A local boater had his arm pinned under a pickup truck after an accident near the boat ramp at Veterans Memorial Park. ...more

October 31, 2009

A motorcyclist was killed Friday evening in collision with a car at U.S. 301 and Interstate 75, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. While heading north on U.S. 301 about 7:24 p.m., a 1997 Camaro driven by Wayne Timothy Gardner II, 21, of Apollo Beach, turned into the path of a 1991 Sukuzi while attempting to merge onto I-75. ...more

October 31, 2009

University of South Florida researchers plan to study the effects of the swine flu vaccine on HIV-infected children and pregnant women. ...more

October 31, 2009

A 20-year-old Draks gang member stabbed a man in the chest with a kitchen knife Tuesday, puncturing his lung, Temple Terrace police say. ...more

October 28, 2009

Avon Park police say a Frostproof man suffered a severe foot injury and was flown to Tampa General Hospital Friday after his vehicle collided with a tree. ...more

October 27, 2009

Almost a month after a Tampa teen's near-fatal shock atop a power pole, 17-year-old Avi Davidson is showing signs of improvement. ...more

October 26, 2009

Almost a month after a Tampa teen's near fatal electrocution, 17-year-old Avi Davidson is showing signs of improvement. ...more

October 25, 2009

The community lost one of its cultural leaders with the death Wednesday of Jo Brenner, 70, of Sebring, who was the wife of downtown Sebring merchant Gene Brenner. They shared 30 years of marriage together. ...more

October 23, 2009

What will the Tampa Bay area look like in 2100? One leading climate change scientist says many famous locations, including places such as Tampa General Hospital and the Salvador Dalí Museum, could be covered with seawater. ...more

October 23, 2009

Gordon Hamilton, a research professor at the University of Maine, has done extensive research on how melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica are affecting global sea levels. He's in Tampa as part of the Hip Boot Tour, which is organized by Clean Air-Cool Plant, a nonprofit global warming activist group. ...more

October 22, 2009