Drivers have been doing double-takes along a 12.5-mile stretch of U.S. 92, wondering whether they've witnessed the Sunshine State's version of Alaska's "bridge to nowhere." The boardwalks are part of a multimillion-dollar Florida Department of Transportation project alongside U.S. 92 between Eureka Springs and Thonotosassa roads. Transportation officials say plenty of pedestrians are expected to use the foot paths when all is said and done. ...more

October 6, 2008

An ambulance collided with a car on Bay Pines Boulevard, critically injuring the car driver and causing minor injuries to an ambulance passenger, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. ...more

September 28, 2008

A train struck and killed a man who authorities said was lying on the tracks this morning. ...more

September 27, 2008

An ambulance collided with a car on Bay Pines Boulevard, critically injuring the car driver and causing minor injuries to an ambulance passenger, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. ...more

September 27, 2008

A Central High School student died Thursday morning, a day after she was involved in a brutal head-on collision on Hexam Road. ...more

September 26, 2008

"Pray For Me, I Drive On U.S. 19." That bumper sticker has been seen for decades on cars driving the heavily congested road. ...more

September 18, 2008

It could have been the worst storm ever to hit the Tampa region. Hurricane Ike is a Category 3 hurricane that is expected to pick up even more speed as it makes it past Cuba Tuesday and heads west-northwest into the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

September 8, 2008

(Note to some animal-rights activists who have contacted me about previous columns: In no way am I endorsing the act of striking an alligator or other reptile in the head with a stump or stump-like object. But, in defense of the actions of the aforementioned Mr. Moses, he was, as the song states, used as gator bait by his daddy and later had his left arm bitten off "clean up to the elbow.") ...more

September 7, 2008

TAMPA Two children are being treated at Tampa General Hospital after a car accident this evening. ...more

September 6, 2008

An early morning crash Monday at the intersection of U.S. 27 and State Road 64 closed the intersection as police investigated the accident and crews cleaned up a hazardous diesel spill. ...more

August 19, 2008