An area man was transported Friday by Highlands County Emergency Medical Services to Florida Hospital Heartland after he was struck by an SUV while riding his power scooter on southbound U.S. 27 in front of Lakeshore Mall. ...more

January 9, 2009

It was an awful December for carmakers, but the fortunes were most terrible for Chrysler LLC, which said Monday that sales plunged 53 percent. ...more

January 6, 2009

Hillsborough County detectives are investigating the slaying of a man in a storage-facility parking lot in Brandon. Sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said the victim hasn't been identified. ...more

December 30, 2008

The two 17-year-old Winter Haven boys were best friends. They had attended Lake Region High School together, and they hung out every day. On Monday night, Aldeir Mayorga and Troy Christopher Cockrum were returning from another night of socializing with friends when a car crash killed them both, Cockrum's mother said today. ...more

December 30, 2008

When Tampa police officers saw a stolen vehicle heading south on North 33rd Street near East Lake Drive on Monday night, they tried to stop it. ...more

December 23, 2008

An accident on Interstate 4 in which a pedestrian was struck and killed has snarled traffic for miles. ...more

December 23, 2008

Pinellas County deputies say a used automobile dealer was rolling back odometers on vehicles he was selling. ...more

December 19, 2008

The city's police department is searching for a man accused of robbing the Dollar General on U.S. 301 on Saturday night. ...more

December 17, 2008

Dade City police are looking for a man they say robbed a Dollar General store on Saturday. ...more

December 15, 2008

A 28-year-old Brandon man died after a crash at 2 a.m. today at Kings Avenue and Oakfield Drive. Anthony Christopher Montgomery was southbound on Kings in a 2005 Nissan Frontier when his vehicle went into a median, hit a palm tree and then struck an oak tree, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 15, 2008