The Grand Boulevard-Trouble Creek Road intersection in New Port Richey has been reopened after a fatal motorcycle crash shut it down nearly two hours Tuesday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Gary Don Luker, 59, of Wesley Chapel, was riding a 2006 Harley-Davidson south on Grand Boulevard and approached Trouble Creek Road about 8:40 p.m. when a car that was traveling north on the road turned into the path of his motorcycle, troopers say. Luker died at the scene. The driver of the 1988 Nissan, James Patrick Enoch, 19, of New Port Richey, and a passenger was not hurt, the highway patrol said. The crash is under investigation. ...more

December 3, 2008

A federal judge has granted a motion by attorneys for John "Junior" Gotti to transfer his racketeering case to New York, saying allowing the case to proceed in Florida "stands athwart the manifest interests of justice." ...more

December 3, 2008

The motorcycle in a Plant City Police Department demonstration Nov. 18 that injured two spectators, the police chief and the driver was going 37 mph when it skidded out of control, according to a report on the accident. ...more

December 2, 2008

Two people on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were killed this afternoon when a Chevrolet sport utility vehicle, traveling the wrong direction, hit them head-on, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

November 29, 2008

A 37-year-old man died Tuesday night when his motorcycle collided with a pickup on State Road 54 in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 27, 2008

Police Chief Bill McDaniel, one of his officers and two spectators were injured Nov. 18 during a motorcycle demonstration for the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce. ...more

November 26, 2008

A 37-year-old man died Tuesday night when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on State Road 54 in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

November 25, 2008

One of four people injured last week when a Plant City police motorcycle crashed into spectators during a demonstration is still hospitalized. ...more

November 24, 2008

Tampa International Airport is scheduled to open a Carrabba's Italian Grill on Wednesday on the main terminal's third level. It will be the 11th Carrabba's in the Tampa Bay area. The airport Carrabba's replaces The Wharf, which occupied a key corner position on the airport's departure level opposite T.G.I. Friday's, the airport's busiest restaurant. ...more

November 24, 2008

Police Chief Bill McDaniel, one of his motorcycle officers and two spectators were injured today during a demonstration for the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce. ...more

November 18, 2008