Polk County authorities say Stephen Horne will have to live with one of those choices in life that can't be undone yet changes everything. ...more

November 10, 2009

A longtime city council agenda item was approved Monday concerning an agreement between city officials and the Enrichment Center Inc. to open a new disaster shelter and renovate a city-owned structure. ...more

November 3, 2009

A garbage collector died Friday morning in Brandon when a car slammed into the back of the truck he was working on, pinning him between the two vehicles, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

October 24, 2009

An accident involving a Toyota car and a garbage truck early this morning pinned a garbage collector between the two vehicles. The worker, whose name was not immediately released, died of his injuries. ...more

October 23, 2009

A 16-year-old was listed in good condition at Tampa General Hospital Wednesday after running his car into the back of a garbage truck on Tuesday. ...more

October 1, 2009

A Sebring teenager was injured Tuesday morning after he ran his 2007 Ford Mustang into the back of a garbage truck. ...more

September 30, 2009

A Sebring teenager was injured Tuesday morning after he ran his 2007 Ford Mustang into the back of a garbage truck. ...more

September 29, 2009

Attitude, the alligator, gets amorous whenever her friend, the garbage truck, rumbles by. Or she gets angry, thinking an intrusive reptile is lurking in her territory. ...more

February 18, 2009

Attitude, the alligator, gets amorous whenever her friend, the garbage truck, rumbles by. Or she gets angry, thinking an intrusive reptile is lurking in her territory. Either way, the 25-year-old American alligator - the queen mum at Sarasota Jungle Gardens - acts weird. Twice a week, a city garbage truck growls nearby and hoists garbage bins into its cavernous maw, Attitude, who's been at the park for about 10 years, jerks her head up, hoists her tail and lets out a bellow for the ages. ...more

February 17, 2009

Once the sound of the clattering garbage truck dies down and chattering schoolchildren load onto the bus, you can hear the twittering. Little hissing contests taking place among the flowering plants. ...more

January 26, 2009