Three people were injured Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of State Road 66 and Skipper Road. ...more

March 20, 2009

Three people were injured Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident that happened at the intersection of State Road 66 and Skipper Road. ...more

March 19, 2009

Lakeland police are asking for the public's help in finding a man charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a shooting on Monday. ...more

March 18, 2009

After handing over several firearms to a Highlands County sheriff's deputy, a 60-year-old man pulled another handgun and shot himself in the presence of the deputy on Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009

The impact was heard a mile away. The driver of a flatbed truck was released from St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa about 5 p.m. after the truck was struck by a train Tuesday morning. ...more

March 4, 2009

A train struck a flatbed truck about 11 a.m. Tuesday, and the driver was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Kim Jan Nagelhoute, 51, a driver for Helena Chemical Co., was attempting to pull across the railroad tracks and into the Dade City business's driveway when the crash occurred, said Sgt. Steve Gaskins, spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash caused 17 empty coal cars and two locomotives to derail. Willie Lee Brown, an engineer on the CSX train, was taken to Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City; his condition was not immediately available. Charges are pending against Nagelhoute. ...more

March 4, 2009

The driver of a flatbed truck was in serious condition at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa after the truck was struck by a train this morning. ...more

March 3, 2009

Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven is open again following a single-car crash early this morning. The driver, 21-year-old Tyler Parton, and his father, 49-year-old Kenneth Parton, both of Bartow, were in stable condition at area hospitals. ...more

February 26, 2009

A standoff between an armed man and Lakeland police came to an end when three officers shot the man. ...more

February 26, 2009

A Sebring woman who was reported missing on Friday was located later in the evening at Highlands Regional Medical Center, according to Sheriff's Det. Jamie Davidson on Monday. ...more

February 23, 2009