Yeehaw Junction News

Dense fog causing zero visibility likely caused a fatal crash Tuesday morning on state Road 60 in Osceola County, deputies said.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 8:22 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 8:22 a.m. A fatal accident has resulted in State Road 60 being closed from the Kissimmee River Bridge to U.S. 441 in Yeehaw Junction, the Florida Department of Transportation is reporting.

The irony of former Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks possibly challenging Jim Norman for a Hillsborough County Commission seat is that if Norman hadn't backed the Community Investment Tax, keeping the team here, Brooks might be considering a run for office in Baltimore instead of Tampa.

Anthony Pugliese III filed a lawsuit Thursday in Palm Beach Circuit Court accusing DeLuca of squeezing him out of a $9 billion project south of Orlando.

Anthony V. Pugliese III points to a map showing where the Destiny project will be developed.

A rollover crash on the Florida Turnpike killed a 5-year old girl. Alejandra Caicedo was riding in a car heading southbound Saturday night when the driver lost control south of Yeehaw Junction in Vero Beach.

Share + Nov 29, 2009 9:48 am US/Eastern YEEHAW JUNCTION A five year old Coral Springs girl was killed when her family's van rolled over on the Florida Turnpike about 14 miles south of Yeehaw Junction in Indian River County.

Crossing the digital divide to Grandma's house Crossing the digital divide to Grandma's house How do you get to grandma's house in the digital age? It's like asking five New Yorkers how to get to Brooklyn: Everyone's got a different answer and no one's necessarily wrong.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 8:48 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 8:48 p.m. It hit me as I was driving through one of the formerly remote sections of Central Florida's rural interior.

R adio host Jim Philips and I were talking this week about all the serious issues facing Florida - and how Gov.

The Orlando Sentinel put Tuesday's Cabinet vote to enforce the state's growth law in a Marion County case in a larger perspective.

With the state's housing market cratered and its population in decline, Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet waded into the debate over Florida's development future Tuesday when they rejected an appeal from developers of a 400-acre project outside Ocala .

The Sun Sentinel reports that Brogan, as Florida Atlantic University president, made a video pitch for a private 65-square-mile development in Yeehaw Junction.

Driving home from work the other day I saw a red-tailed hawk swoosh down after a squirrel.

I shared my thoughts recently about a Naples Renaissance , engaging facets of culture, identity and our sense of place, specifically affecting future architectural and site design.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 4:49 p.m. It's summer, almost - that time of year when I think about all the places in Florida I've never visited, despite living here for 45 years.

In Central Florida, where the Ronald Reagan Turnpike meets Highway 441, lies a largely empty area of old cattle ranches and swamp known locally as Yeehaw Junction.

They may see themselves as victims, but local elected officials have no one to blame but themselves for last week's announcement that backers of Florida Hometown Democracy, a proposed constitutional amendment to manage growth, have garnered enough signatures to get it on the 2010 ballot.

Timothy Debrecht, deputy chief at Osceola County Fire Rescue, said the boat lounge chair that caused 95.3 FM radio DJ Erika Roman to loose control of her vehicle and crash on Florida's Turnpike May 1 belonged to his boat.