No charges will be filed against the driver of a Mack truck that smashed into the Interstate 75 overpass on Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 13, 2008

Driver of Mack truck smashed into I-75 overpass Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 12, 2008

Sarajevo. February 1984. A clear, cold night. Beneath a black canopy dusted with gem-quality stars, two Etats-Unis sportswriters stamp their boots on the media center sidewalk as they hail one of the rattletrap mini-sedans that passes, during the Olympic fortnight, for a taxi. ...more

July 16, 2008

A little more than a year after the notorious intersection of interstates 4 and 275 in downtown Tampa was upgraded, traffic is again slowing down and sometimes grinding to a halt, and not just during rush hours. ...more

February 24, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Fred Everson. ...more

December 9, 2007

Referring to the dozens of traffic lights in Sebring-Avon Park U.S. 27 area and north on U.S. 27, the use of sensors to prevent the running of red lights will create other problems: mainly motorists like myself will either continually slam on brakes on yellow to avoid a possible ticket or alternately drive at 20 mph in order to stop within the three seconds allowed on yellow before the red light. Almost all U.S. 27 lights change to yellow when I approach within 140 yards of them and three seconds is not enough time to make it through the red. As a retiree on a fixed pension, I cannot just work overtime to pay any traffic fine. A traffic ticket to seniors means no food for weeks to pay any fines or the loss of the car, and so no means to get food in. My solution is to drive very slow, in order to stop within three seconds, but unfortunately I must drive in the fast outside lanes to avoid transport trucks (most of them cannot stop and do not stop for these red lights) from crashing into my car at the rear, and most trucks travel the inside lanes. ...more

December 2, 2007