Work to make Interstate 275 a smoother trip for thousands of commuters is six months ahead of schedule, but motorists still have a year or so of construction to endure. ...more

September 8, 2008

It could have been the worst storm ever to hit the Tampa region. Hurricane Ike is a Category 3 hurricane that is expected to pick up even more speed as it makes it past Cuba Tuesday and heads west-northwest into the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

September 8, 2008

A 20-year-old woman wearing only a pink polka-dot bikini was pulled over at about 2 a.m. Tuesday and eventually arrested on suspicion of DUI. ...more

August 20, 2008

A construction worker was sentenced to slightly more than 10 years in prison Monday after he pleaded no contest in a drunken driving wreck that killed an Ohio husband and father of five last year, according to computerized court records. ...more

July 22, 2008

A Pinellas Park police officer was hit by a van as he directed traffic at U.S. 19 and Park Boulevard this morning, authorities said. ...more

July 17, 2008

Traffic is backed up on northbound Interstate 275 in unincorporated Pinellas County because of a vehicle fire on the Howard Frankland Bridge, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

July 16, 2008

A crash that dumped bags of stucco from a truck on Interstate 75 near Ellenton closed two northbound lanes, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, and the outside lane was still closed at 7 a.m. ...more

July 8, 2008

A single-vehicle accident on Interstate 275 in Pinellas County just before 5 a.m. today left the 35-year-old driver dead. ...more

June 15, 2008

CLEARWATER - A 77-year-old man whose Ford Escort crashed into a tractor-trailer last week has died, police said. ...more

June 11, 2008

A brilliant lightning strike that sent fire down the power lines fried a traffic signal at Powell Road and Broad Street on Tuesday afternoon and tied up traffic for more than two hours. ...more

June 11, 2008