St. Petersburg police have shut down a section of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North after a city garbage truck apparently accidentally pulled down some power lines, knocking several poles into the roadway. ...more

September 17, 2008

"Pray For Me, I Drive On U.S. 19," a bumper sticker that has been seen on vehicles traveling the highway for decades proclaims. ...more

September 17, 2008

Thousands of commuters got a rude wake-up call Monday as they headed south on State Road 60: a massive traffic jam caused by an exit that was switched overnight from one side of the road to the other. ...more

September 16, 2008

Motorists moved gingerly along a flooded Sunset Boulevard in Port Richey on Thursday morning as tidal water from the Pithlachascotee River flooded the roadway. Homes and businesses along the road were not flooded, and by late morning the water was beginning to recede. A high tide coupled with a surge from Hurricane Ike pushed water higher along Florida's west coast Thursday morning. The Pithlachascotee River runs along Sunset Boulevard in Port Richey. ...more

September 12, 2008

The University of South Florida football program was hit with tragedy again with the death of former USF linebacker Mike Minus on Monday night. ...more

September 9, 2008

An 89-year-old woman was killed in a three-car crash at the intersection of Forest Oaks and Deltona boulevards Tuesday afternoon. ...more

September 3, 2008

Have you ever had to go to a location on Dale Mabry Highway using only a numerical address to find it? Our perspicacious reader Dennis Ryan did and found the building numbers very inconspicuous; in fact downright vexing. They seem nonexistent at times. ...more

September 3, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG A 38-year-old man was critically injured in when his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle crashed, police said. ...more

August 30, 2008

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the death of a 46-year-old woman who was hit by a motorcycle on U.S. 19 about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. ...more

August 28, 2008

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the death of a 46-year-old woman who was hit by a motorcycle on U.S. 19 about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after arguing with her husband, according to reports. ...more

August 27, 2008