The state has taken away "public transportation" for Medicare recipients, to help reduce our taxes. If you are on Medicaid you can receive it, but if you're on Medicare, there is no more funding for it, and you just don't need it. That must be their theory? My daughter, who has a progressive crippling disease, was recently denied transportation for a "follow- up" appointment, two days after she had cataract surgery. I have spent two days phoning all over the state without any results. She has to have another cataract removed, which involves two appointments again, and three other appointments before the year's end. ...more

November 5, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A high school student tried robbing a CiCi's Pizza from the drive-through Wednesday night, but an employee recognized him as a former co-worker and slammed the window shut, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

October 25, 2007

Mars' aging twin rovers will explore the red planet for at least two more years under an extension approved by NASA. ...more

October 17, 2007

EAST MANATEE - It was just after 8 p.m. and night was falling fast Sunday when a Manatee County sheriff's deputy saw a car going way too fast on State Road 70. ...more

October 16, 2007

Several students were hailed as heroes Friday after taking control of a school bus when the driver suffered a seizure and lost control. ...more

October 13, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The man at the wheel of a city bus that lurched out of control last month before crashing into a strip mall was arrested today, police said. Travis Merriex, 37, was fired from the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority after the Sept. 12 wreck. As he was leaving a grievance hearing, he was arrested, said St. Petersburg police spokesman William Proffitt. ...more

October 10, 2007

The Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced the recall of 5,200 Novara Afterburner Trailer bicycles. ...more

September 18, 2007

DADE CITY - A 27-year-old driver on I-75 in Pasco likely fell asleep behind the wheel this afternoon and crashed in the median, said Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Larry Coggins. ...more

September 7, 2007