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

Clad in white, the man sprinted forward, a hard, leather-covered ball in his right hand. In a windmill motion, he hurled the ball toward a heavily-padded, bat-wielding opponent. ...more

May 25, 2008

TAMPA -- A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to two federal charges of murder in racketeering, relating to the 1998 death of two homeless men, U.S. Attorney's Office officials announced today. Charles Marovskis, formerly of Tampa, is the second man who has pleaded guilty in the case. Kenneth Hoover, 35, pleaded guilty to the same charges on March 7, 2007. ...more

May 23, 2008

Newland Communities Inc. won county approval last week to add 162 acres and 918 homes to its Waterset community that will be built on land between Big Bend Road in Apollo Beach and 19th Avenue in Ruskin. ...more

May 21, 2008

Newland Communities won county approval last week to add 162 acres and 918 homes to its Waterset community, which will be built between Big Bend Road in Apollo Beach and 19th Avenue in Ruskin. ...more

May 21, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — Drivers complained they did not get enough warning about an October construction roadblock on Interstate 75, where two people died when a semi-tractor trailer plowed into the back of stopped cars, a Florida Highway Patrol report says. ...more

May 8, 2008

SARASOTA - There were no warning signs for an October construction roadblock on Interstate 75, where two people died when a semi-tractor trailer plowed into the back of stopped cars, a Florida Highway Patrol report on the crash states. But the report does not weigh in on whether the lack of warnings contributed to the early morning crash, something that likely will be disputed in any civil legal actions. ...more

May 7, 2008

SEBRING — Although funding will not be available for expansion of the Highlands County Jail in the next 10 years, a block of downtown Sebring could eventually by usurped by a detention facility. City Council members had their first look at the jail's plans for expansion at the Jan. 15 meeting during a discussion about the Sebring Parkway, but they had a hard time focusing on that topic and instead discussed the jail. The Board of County Commissioners has been handling the jail expansion process because administration of the sheriff's office is part of the county's responsibilities. City Council members said because the jail is in the heart of the downtown, they want to be involved in the process as well. "I think the city needs to be part of these discussions about the location and the expansion of the jail," said City Council member Jeff Carlson, who added that the jail is in the middle of the community redevelopment zone. ...more

January 22, 2008

A methamphetamine dealer who gunned down a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in Southern California. A man in Arizona who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents and brother and snatched his children. A man who suffocated his baby daughter and left her body in a tool bag on an expressway overpass near Chicago. ...more

January 18, 2008

State highway officials are looking at the long-term future of Pasco County's most dangerous road with an eye toward squeezing more traffic through an already tight space. ...more

January 13, 2008