CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands — Forecasters say a weakening Omar has become a tropical storm again, far from land in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

October 17, 2008

DENNIS, Mass. - A wayward manatee is headed south after being pulled from frigid waters off Cape Cod in an early morning rescue. ...more

October 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Residents who want cleaner, deeper canals will have to decide whether they are willing to pay for them. ...more

September 17, 2008

The Lake Denton Committee voted 4-1 to close public access to one of our county's nicest lakes. County lake officials said they will fight closing public access when they make their case to county commissioners before an ultimate decision is made. We hope the lake officials are successful. ...more

September 4, 2008

With summer coming to a close and slightly cooler weather on the horizon, more boats will be hitting the water in search of fish. ...more

August 27, 2008

Reasons why Tampa is better than Green Bay ...more

August 6, 2008

DUNEDIN Firefighters battled a boat fire that broke out at the City Marina on Edgewater Drive late last night. ...more

July 31, 2008

It's flying day - or flugtag in German - today in downtown Tampa. Some roads will be closed as teams try their homemade flying contraptions starting at 1 p.m. near the Tampa Convention Center. Road closings, shown here, are scheduled to occur between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. There is open seating in the areas shown below, and the channels will be open for boats but the aircraft area will be closed to them. ...more

July 19, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Rescue workers pulled an 87-year-old Madeira Beach man from his submerged car this afternoon after he crashed into the water. ...more

July 12, 2008

As I ride along U.S. 27, I look out on Lake Jackson. As I look past the weeds, where there is sand, I notice people out there with chairs, coolers and some of them who can get their boats afloat, boats. Where there is sand and water people tend to go to the beach, have fun, swim, relax and just have a good time. I further notice that none of them choose to sit in the weeds. It's still unimaginable that we spent over $70,000 to remove some of the weeds from the dry lake bed, and maintain the so called "native" weeds. Weeds are unsightly. Weeds are weeds. A weed by any other name is still a weed. We pick them from our lawns and flower beds. We poison them to get rid of them. But then along comes someone with a grant to grow them. Who decides that we should have weeds growing where there will again someday be a lake? We don't need to cultivate weeds where there should, and eventually will be, water. Something for boat props to get tangled in. Now I've noticed that we are maintaining the weeds. We are mowing weeds in a lake bed. I wonder how much that is costing and who is paying that bill? ...more

July 3, 2008