The man who was killed in St. Petersburg Sunday evening when his sport utility vehicle went out of control has been identified as Trent Anton Evans, 33, of Clearwater, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a press release this morning. ...more

January 12, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash in St. Petersburg where a motorist's vehicle overturned then crashed into several parked cars near an automobile dealership. ...more

January 11, 2009

Police say the response to $5 admission today to Lowry Park Zoo has created heavy traffic, packed parking lots and turned the zoo into, well, a zoo. ...more

January 11, 2009

Gail Manner doesn't understand why the driver who struck her son last summer with a car, killing him, only got a traffic ticket. Alan D. Danks Jr., 25, was cited for careless driving after his into Matthew Manner on June 20 in St. Petersburg. ...more

January 8, 2009

The windows of 19 cars were smashed within a four-hour period Saturday morning, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

January 5, 2009

Graffiti was spray-painted on 15 vehicles on Portside Street in the city's New Tampa area early Monday, authorities said. Cars parked in unlit areas along the street in the Heritage Isles community appeared to have been targeted, Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. ...more

December 31, 2008

TAMPA -- AAA Lines, a specialized vehicle delivery service based in Baltimore, will launch an export service at the Port of Tampa on Sunday that will transport cars, trucks and construction equipment to West Africa and the Middle East. The "roll on/roll off" service will begin with the arrival of AAA Lines' vessel M/V Ocean Coach at the Port of Tampa on Sunday. ...more

December 29, 2008

Car manufacturers were granted their bailout. The loan to them is the responsibility of taxpayers who are out of jobs and losing homes and health care perks. Some are even going hungry. ...more

December 26, 2008

A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected. ...more

December 21, 2008

Crews this morning successfully demolished another underwater section of the old John's Pass Bridge as part of the state's ongoing bridge replacement project. ...more

December 16, 2008