The 22-year-old driver of a car that crashed on Mariner Boulevard Monday, claiming the life of a young mother, remained in critical condition Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said. ...more

June 12, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A collision between a personal watercraft and a ski boat Monday evening sent one juvenile to Florida Hospital Lake Placid while a second victim had to be airlifted to Tampa General Hospital in serious condition. The operator of the personal watercraft remained in serious condition Tuesday morning at Tampa General, according to hospital spokeswoman Ellen Fiss. The accident happened on Lake Placid, according to Gary Morse, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It was reported earlier that it happened on Lake Childs. Lake Placid used to be called Lake Childs, said Morse, wanting to clear up any confusion. ...more

June 10, 2008

A man biking under an Interstate 4 overpass saw something he didn't expect early this morning: a car flying over his head. The 1993 Chevrolet Camaro was traveling east on Interstate 4 near 21st Street about 2:15 a.m., when it crashed through a guardrail and vaulted over the overpass embankment, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

May 28, 2008

CLEARWATER -- The condition of a 9-year-old girl who was severely burned in a house fire early Saturday has been upgraded, while the cause of the blaze has been traced to a lit cigarette. ...more

February 25, 2008

Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and kept a busy schedule of civil rights activism up to her final days, has died. She was 97. ...more

February 24, 2008

A 13-year-old boy was hit by a car and seriously injured when he darted out into traffic on Deltona Boulevard to fetch a basketball that rolled into the street. ...more

February 23, 2008

A 33-year-old patient is accused of raping another patient in the behavioral health wing of Community Hospital, according to a police report. ...more

February 19, 2008

The ex-wife of a motorist involved in a series of wrecks that left a man critically injured Wednesday is accused of hiding her ex-husband while authorities were looking for him, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

February 16, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The ex-wife of a motorist involved in a series of wrecks that left a man critically injured Wednesday is accused of hiding her ex-husband while authorities were looking for him, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

February 15, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A St. Petersburg man scuttled off on foot after striking two cars with his pickup Wednesday evening, critically injuring one man, and later was seen running away from his ex-wife's house, police say. ...more

February 14, 2008