After getting a report of a car underwater, a Pasco County dive team was called out Tuesday morning to the area off Aripeka Road to search, finding a van, authorities said. ...more

July 22, 2009

No matter how small its numbers or its relative strength, the Temple Terrace River Watch Task Force isn't willing to concede to the wishes of the Southwest Florida Water Management District's governing board. ...more

March 25, 2009

A quick look at harbor pilots in Tampa Bay. ...more

January 16, 2009

A prosecutor this morning identified the boyfriend of a missing woman as "a suspect in a murder case," even though police do not classify him that way. Jennifer Denise Johnson, 31, was reported missing at 7:55 p.m. Saturday after relatives became concerned when she was not at home for her 2-year-old daughter's birthday party. ...more

November 18, 2008

It wasn't a person drowning in the driver's seat of a car at the bottom of a retention pond. It was a dummy strapped into a contraption made of PVC pipe and construction mesh at the bottom of a swimming pool. ...more

August 27, 2008

It wasn't a person drowning in the driver's seat of a car at the bottom of retention pond. It was a dummy strapped into a contraption made of PVC pipe and construction mesh at the bottom of a swimming pool. ...more

August 26, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

January 20, 2008

Robert Crews III has an interesting deal for Highlands County. The president and CEO of Crews Groves Inc. wants to trade an acre of beach frontage land on Lake Denton for the county-owned boat ramp on Lake Bonnett. Public access on the boat ramp for popular Lake Denton has been closed for months while a committee tries to figure out how best to use the lake. This land would give the county much more room for parking and public use. This all sounds intriguing, but one thing we cannot give up is public access to Lake Bonnett to achieve it on Lake Denton. We understand that this access is important to the Crews and their real estate investment on Lake Bonnett. ...more

January 11, 2008

Thomas LeGault's sister dragged him to an art class when he was 13. There, a passion for art and a career were born. ...more

January 2, 2008

State Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa, weighed in on the Dade City landfill controversy Tuesday, filing legislation that would severely restrict where new landfills could be built in Florida. ...more

December 5, 2007