With a freeze warning issued for Pasco County, officials will open four cold-weather shelters for the homeless and those without adequate heat. ...more

November 26, 2008

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Pasco County, which is in effect 2 to 8 a.m. Thursday. A three- to five-hour period of extremely cold weather will settle in the area tonight into Thursday morning with temperatures bottoming out in the upper 20s inland and to the lower 30s near the coast, a news release from Pasco County Emergency Management stated. . Winds are forecast to be 5 mph then becoming light toward morning. Combined with the cold lower temperatures Pasco residents can anticipate wind chill as low as 19 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit. ...more

November 26, 2008

Water temperature in the Gulf has dropped into the low 70s, and that's a magic number. It usually triggers some fine fall fishing. ...more

November 26, 2008

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

November 21, 2008

A 19-year-old Tampa resident who died Tuesday in North Carolina was injured during a fraternity initiation, authorities say. ...more

November 21, 2008

A 19-year-old sophomore from Tampa attending college in North Carolina received a fatal head injury during a fraternity initiation, authorities say. ...more

November 20, 2008

Time to protect your nose and your plants. Jack Frost will be nipping over the next two mornings. ...more

November 18, 2008

Despite windy conditions and brutally cold weather, the Lake Placid swimming and diving teams made quite a splash at the Class 1A-District 5 meet at the Rowdy Gaines pool in Winter Haven on Wednesday. ...more

October 31, 2008

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

September 10, 2008

Back to the gridiron we go, controllers in hand and headsets at the ready. But how will this year's version of NCAA Football 09 for Xbox360 stack up to last year's? Only time will tell, but here are some early impressions. ...more

July 19, 2008