Kevin Harvick passed Kyle Busch with just over nine laps to go and held on through an abbreviated final restart to win the rain-delayed and caution-filled trucks race Monday before a very sparse crowd at Martinsville Speedway. ...more

March 31, 2009

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

A Lake Placid man is out of jail after being arrested Friday on warrants alleging that he almost hit a repo man with his van in July 2008. ...more

March 10, 2009

Another track, another victory for Kyle Busch. The 23-year-old star won his second straight NASCAR truck race Saturday, holding off Kevin Harvick on the final lap at Atlanta Motor Speedway. ...more

March 8, 2009

A 49-year-old Zephyrhills man died early this morning on U.S. 301 in Thonotosassa after his pickup truck veered off the road and struck a tree, troopers said. Mark J. Seoane was driving north about 3:43 a.m. when his 2003 Chevrolet S-10 veered onto the eastern shoulder of U.S. 301 north of Dead River Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

March 6, 2009

A motorcyclist who was killed this morning in Pinellas Park has been identified as Ronald Kilman, 53, of St. Petersburg, police said. At 12:42 a.m. today, Kilman was riding his 2005 Honda motorcycle south on Belcher Road when the motorcycle collided with a Chevrolet Malibu at Park Boulevard, police said. Kilman had the green light, Pinellas Park police said. ...more

February 25, 2009

PLANT CITY Visitors to the Florida Strawberry Festival will notice that the main stage has a new name. GTE Federal Credit Union is the title sponsor for the stage. Previous sponsors have included Southern Chevrolet dealers and Chrysler. ...more

February 20, 2009

A 57-year-old man has been extradited from Illinois to face charges that he was drunk when he was involved in a wreck last year in Largo that left a motorcyclist dead and led to the motorcyclist's passenger losing a leg. James Laier was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter and DUI-serious bodily injury. Bail was set at $55,000. ...more

February 16, 2009

A teenager leaving a nightclub on Armenia Avenue was arrested Sunday morning, accused of driving under the influence, striking and killing a pedestrian then driving away, according to a Tampa Police Department arrest report. ...more

February 15, 2009