PINE ISLAND - Palm tree farms still flourish here, a miracle of sorts in a state rapidly losing farmland to megamansions, strip centers and sprawling subdivisions. ...more

June 11, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mike Anderson, right, with "Reel Animals" partner Billy Nobles. ...more

June 6, 2008

The wind continued to blow throughout much of May, making it tough to get out in anything but an offshore boat. ...more

May 28, 2008

Summer fishing conditions are upon us as the air temperature is beginning to hover in the mid-80s and the winds are beginning to diminish. ...more

May 21, 2008

BOCA GRANDE - Rescue crews resumed the search for a 67-year-old diver Sunday and had not found him by the time the search was called off at 8 p.m. ...more

May 19, 2008

Sandra Raulerson Cameron has lived all her life in rural east Hillsborough County amid orange groves and strawberry fields. That serenity has given her an appreciation for the quiet, pastoral life. ...more

May 7, 2008

They're big, spiny and hungry and have chosen Boca Grande as home. ...more

May 2, 2008

It was a long time coming. Seventy three years, to be exact. But the Suncoast Tarpon Roundup, one of the longest continuous tournaments in the nation, this year finally voted to become a "no-kill" event. ...more

February 13, 2008

Sheriff's detectives think they have unraveled a series of conflicting statements surrounding a Jan. 15 shooting that left a Moon Lake teen with a bullet lodged near his spine. ...more

January 25, 2008

A 35-year-old woman in the Moon Lake area was taken into custody Wednesday in connection with the recent shooting of a 16-year-old neighbor boy, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office arrest report. Christine Elaine Lightfoot, 11916 Boca Grande Ave., New Port Richey, was arrested on a felony count of aggravated battery. Her bail initially was set at $10,000. ...more

January 24, 2008