Forecast for I-4: smoke and detours
Wildfires raging across Polk County likely will keep Interstate 4 closed until next week and bring more smoke to the Tampa Bay area, a state Division of Forestry official said Tuesday.
Charges filed in Perry bar case
The bar, which refused service to a black man in its front lounge, still faces the loss of its liquor license.
Contact lens suit settled for millions
The attorneys general of Florida and 31 other states have settled a simmering complaint against contact lensmaker Bausch & Lomb, ending part of a 7-year-old lawsuit alleging the contact lens industry and optometrists conspired to keep prices high by restricting sales through mail-order houses and other discounters.
Alternate routes around Interstate 4, from the west
Interstate 4 to Polk Parkway (Exit 20A), south to U.S. 92, then through Lakeland to U.S. 27 (Exit 23) and north to I-4. Parkway tolls are suspended during the detour.
GOP leaders split over banking, insurance bills
State lawmakers have to agree on one bill to regulate the two industries.
