ST. PETERSBURG One of the ramps leading to Interstate 275 is no longer backed up following a three-vehicle wreck on the interstate, fire officials said. The accident occurred at 6:36 a.m. today just north of the 54th Avenue South exit, said Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg and Rescue. Motorists trying to access the northbound lanes of the interstate temporarily experienced a backup due to the wreck, he said. ...more

December 9, 2008

The Florida Department of Transportation may reverse itself on making Gall Boulevard a one-way road. "The issue is not dead yet," Mayor Cliff McDuffie said at Monday's city council meeting. McDuffie and City Manager Steve Spina met with DOT District 7 Secretary Don Skelton and other department officials in what may have felt like a last-ditch effort to convince the state agency that improvements to U.S. 301 should not include making Gall Boulevard a one-way street ...more

December 8, 2008

A Tampa teenager was killed when the SUV he was riding in skidded out of control just after 1 a.m. Thursday in Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

December 4, 2008

TAMPA Two northbound lanes of 50th Street (U.S. 41) near State Road 60 have reopened following repairs to a water main. The third northbound lane is expected to reopen by 5 p.m. today, state transportation officials said. ...more

December 4, 2008

A suspected drunken driver was pulled over and arrested Sunday after a deputy spotted him driving southbound on Commercial Way in the northbound lanes, a report shows. ...more

November 25, 2008

A man and woman were seriously injured early this morning when a car driving the wrong way on Interstate 275 collided with their vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. ...more

November 23, 2008

The northbound lanes of Interstate 75 near Venice are open again after a fatal car crash caused troopers to close two lanes this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

November 19, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - As landmarks go, the homely red block barn with its face smashed up against U.S. 41's northbound lanes may not look like much. But in the recent history of Land O' Lakes and Pasco County, the global headquarters of Hungry Harry's Famous Bar-B-Que fits neatly between the Old North Church and (appropriately, as we shall see) Wright's Tavern. ...more

November 19, 2008

Police are looking for a 23-year-old woman in connection with a failed carjacking Monday in which the car's owner shot at her and a man investigators say also was involved. ...more

November 18, 2008

An Avon Park woman died following a one-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon in Polk County. Kristel J. Skipper, 36, succumbed to her injuries at Lakeland Regional Medical Center after being flown from the scene with critical injuries. ...more

November 7, 2008