It might not quite qualify as achieving a state of spiritual enlightenment, but those who enter Pasco-Hernando Community College's conference center will find an oasis of instant stress relief and cultural enrichment. ...more

October 21, 2009

It was neither bird nor plane, but there was something in the air Friday morning over the water at Pinellas County beaches. ...more

June 20, 2009

As hopes of finding three missing boaters waned Tuesday after a Saturday boating accident 45 miles off of the Clearwater coast, it brought to the forefront the importance for boaters to follow simple safety procedures. ...more

March 4, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating two fatal Monday night crashes in Pinellas and Hernando counties. ...more

March 2, 2009

Every day is a new reality in Lee Blessing's "A Body of Water." Stageworks and Gorilla Theatre co-produced this fascinating work, in which truth is massaged and manipulated until it is virtually unrecognizable. ...more

February 19, 2009

Visitors this week probably have noticed that the locals get a little annoyed when someone refers to where we live as Tampa Bay. If you ask directions and don't keep moving, you'll get the lecture about Tampa being the city and the other one that body of water we pay exorbitant prices to live by. ...more

January 28, 2009

I'm still not quite over the movie "Jaws," which came out in 1975. I rarely go into the Gulf, and when I do, I sense that sharp teeth could slice through my leg at any moment. Somehow, it's hard to relax. ...more

August 2, 2008

Regarding "Making Rays A St. Pete Brand Would Be Error, Mayor Baker" (Our Opinion, June 16): ...more

June 21, 2008

Jumping into a body of water in full uniform isn't typically part of a law enforcement officer's repertoire. ...more

February 23, 2008

PINELLAS PARK - Jumping into a body of water in full uniform isn't typically part of a law enforcement officer's repertoire. ...more

February 22, 2008