An 11-year-old boy hit by a car Sunday has died, St. Petersburg police said in a news release. Ricky Little was taken off life support Wednesday after being declared brain dead. The boy was with friends along the south side of 62nd Avenue South when a tennis ball they were playing with bounced into a nearby park, according to the news release. He chased after the ball. As he was crossing the street to come back, he waited for one car to pass, but ran into the path of an oncoming Chrysler Pacifica. ...more

April 16, 2009

Radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge Clem has been named grand marshal for a NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. ...more

April 14, 2009

A 53-year-old man died Friday in a crash at County Road 583 and U.S. 41 in Pasco County, troopers say. ...more

April 10, 2009

PLANT CITY Author Bruce Hunt, whose books include a look at Florida bed and breakfasts, will be the featured speaker at an April 16 membership meeting of the Friends of the Bruton Memorial Library. ...more

April 7, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has sued a Florida locksmith company accused of deceiving and overcharging customers in Kansas City.Koster said in a news release that Dependable Locks Inc. violated Missouri law by fraudulently advertising itself by at least 16 different names that all led consumers to one company. ...more

April 3, 2009

A two-vehicle crash on State Road 70, just east of New Pine Ridge Road, took the life of a Lake Placid man at about 9:40 p.m. Monday, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. ...more

March 31, 2009

A 2-year-old Seminole boy drowned today, Pinellas County deputies say. ...more

March 27, 2009

A Pinellas County man has been sentenced to life in federal prison on charges relating to distribution and possession of marijuana and cocaine, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release today. ...more

March 27, 2009

A 20-year-old St. Petersburg man is in serious condition at Bayfront Medical Center after he accidentally shot himself in the head, police say. ...more

March 27, 2009

The University of Florida will partner with Lockheed Martin to develop and launch five miniature satellites called CubeSats to test a range of space technology innovations. ...more

March 27, 2009