The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) has been dealing with a rash of phone calls about telephone fundraising from organizations that claim to represent the patrol. ...more

February 6, 2009

Traffic fatalities in Highlands County dropped slightly from 17 in 2007 to 16 last year, but about a third of the fatalities last year involved motorcycles, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

February 3, 2009

A Palm Beach Gardens woman was injured Saturday night following a motorcycle accident at U.S. 98 and County Road 721 in Highlands County. ...more

February 2, 2009

A man who drove around railroad crossing gates was killed when a train hit his sport utility vehicle late Wednesday night in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 29, 2009

Two Highlands County motorists sustained injuries from a two-vehicle accident Sunday night on U.S. 27 (State Road 25) and Raley Road. ...more

January 26, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol says three children were killed when an SUV hit their father's minivan in south Miami-Dade. ...more

January 25, 2009

An Oldsmar woman was killed early this morning when she fell from a motorcycle and was hit by another motorcycle and two cars, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 25, 2009

No more free license plates for Florida Highway Patrol troopers' marked cars. That's the rule from FHP director Electra Bustle. Bustle made the statements after The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times questioned the free-tag deal. ...more

January 25, 2009

An 83-year-old Spring Hill man died Tuesday after he was struck by his own car as it rolled down a driveway. ...more

January 15, 2009

Police Monday afternoon charged a St. Petersburg man with aggravated assault with a vehicle after what they say was a road rage incident that started on Interstate 75 and ended in downtown Tampa. ...more

January 12, 2009