Health department officials aren't sure whether a man who died was from Highlands County, or whether he died from the swine flu, but his death was established this week by FloridasHealth.com. He was one of 167 in the state of Florida. ...more

November 28, 2009

A local police chief in Florida says Tiger Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and helped get the golfer out of the car. ...more

November 27, 2009

Authorities say a Trinity man has walked away from the crash of his single-engine airplane with only minor injuries after it flipped over while landing at an upstate New York airport. Officials say 45-year-old Peter Damigos was landing his T-18 Thorp at Stewart International Airport late Monday afternoon when he lost control of the aircraft. ...more

November 17, 2009

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man accused of killing a pedestrian while driving and text messaging has been ordered to stand trial for gross vehicular manslaughter. ...more

September 28, 2009

An amusement park in Southern California says a cable snapped on a roller coaster, sending a 12-year-old boy and a man to hospitals with injuries. ...more

September 18, 2009

A Silver Alert was issued for Ann T. Giles, 82, after she left a relative's home in Gibsonton and headed for her home at The Villages, near Ocala, on Wednesday morning. ...more

August 21, 2009

Hotel and motel tax collections in Hillsborough County continued to decline in June, falling 21.4 percent compared with year-ago figures to about $1.2 million. ...more

August 7, 2009

Authorities say two people died when the vehicle they were riding in overturned on Interstate 4 in Orange County. ...more

June 6, 2009

President Barack Obama is playing a bit of divide and conquer this week, pitting his Republican critics in Washington against GOP governors and mayors eager for the federal money that his hard-fought stimulus plan will bring. Next on the list of Republican notables to embrace the president is California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is to join Obama at a town hall meeting Thursday in Los Angeles. ...more

March 19, 2009

School cafeterias in Pasco County apparently are just the place for vegetarians. ...more

March 18, 2009