Florida Highway Patrol

Florida Highway Patrol kicked off Operation Southern Slow Down. It’s part of a regionwide effort to reduce the number of speeders, aggressive drivers and crashes on Florida roads and highways.

Another one bites the dust: Florida Huighway Patrol's black and tan cruisers chomp the competition and take first place in the 2023 American Association of State Troopers Best Looking Cruiser Competition.

The National Interagency Fire Center reported the Big Cypress National Preserve reported Thursday that the fire had grown by more than 50 percent.

The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of a full size motorhome involved in a hit-and-run on Alligator Alley who fled the vehicle after it crashed into a fence and burst into flames.

Photos of the vehicle art the scene show it as a dark-colored model with undercarriage neon lighting.

On Saturday, two maintenance crew workers were attempting to cross I-75 in a Gator utility vehicle for debris removal and were struck by a vehicle. They faced non-incapacitating injuries and expect to make a full recovery.

The Florida Highway Patrol says the vehicle involved in a Dec. 25 fatal hit-and-run in DeSoto County is possibly a maroon colored, 2002-2005 Ford SUV, XLT Line or Eddie Bauer Edition version.

Recent fatal crashes in Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres put Lee County's road death toll in 2022 at 123 fatalities, the unofficial second-highest year ever for the county.

A tractor-trailer collided with the toll plaza at the eastbound gate on I-75 in Collier County Monday and a passenger vehicle, injuring several including a toll worker a driver and a passenger.

The Florida Highway patrol is charting what its officers call an "alarming" increase in hit-and-run crashes statewide for several years running, with Lee…