A Valrico man was placed on probation for five years after pleading guilty Wednesday to a reckless driving charge in an accident that killed a 27-year-old woman in 2006. ...more

January 21, 2010

A Brooksville man was killed late Sunday night after his 1996 Ford pick-up collided with a county fire truck off Centralia Road. ...more

November 16, 2009

A Polk County woman severely burned in a car wreck last week faces at least a month in the hospital and a number of skin graft surgeries. ...more

November 16, 2009

Michael Gay didn't think much of a small fire he saw when he was driving down 80 Foot Road near Bartow on Wednesday night. ...more

November 14, 2009

An average of 17 times a day, I enter an automobile, twist my arthritic hip and stretch my bursitis ridden shoulder to place a safety harness across my med port. The port is plumbed directly into my heart for chemotherapy. My surgeon told me that a medium level impact while wearing my seat belt would probably unplug the port. Death would occur in about three minutes. ...more

August 29, 2009

A 16-year-old Seffner girl died early Saturday in a single-car crash on Interstate 75 near the junction with Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

June 27, 2009

Whether you're traveling on the road or in the friendly skies, Alison Rhodes, also known as "The Safety Mom," shares these tips for keeping your children safe in a plane, train, automobile or hotel room. ...more

December 12, 2008

A school bus driver was cited for turning left in front of approaching traffic Monday afternoon at U.S. 17 and Maxwell Drive in Wauchula, into the path of a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle, an FHP report stated. ...more

November 18, 2008

Galina Komissarchuk said she and her husband had been arguing with their daughter and son-in-law, when her daughter unexpectedly showed up at her parents' Sarasota house late at night. ...more

November 5, 2008

Have fun. That was the message Florida's coaching staff continually delivered during the week to QB Tim Tebow. ...more

October 12, 2008