The Lightning will take a couple of days to rest following a 12-day cross-continent trip to recollect themselves and get ready for Saturday's home opener, one of our five must-see games at the Forum this season: ...more

October 7, 2008

Strong winds kicked up rough surf Thursday as an intense low-pressure system chugged toward the Southeast coast with wind gusts of up to 40 mph, knocking out power to thousands of homes in Virginia. ...more

September 26, 2008

Two men were arrested this week, accused of stealing more than $11,600 worth of copper wire from a Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative New River substation in August. Timothy Andrew Davis, of 30404 Lynne Drive, already in jail on unrelated drug and grand theft auto charges, is now facing a new charge of grand theft. Pasco deputies say Davis, Jason Gregory Lanier, 27, and a third man who hasn't been arrested yet, stole the 1,037 feet of copper from a secured area that houses generators and transformers sometime between Aug. 14 and Aug. 18. ...more

September 17, 2008

University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said it would take a "minor miracle" for sophomore RB Mike Ford to play Saturday at UCF. ...more

September 5, 2008

The Rays originally targeted Monday for All-Star 3B Evan Longoria's return from a right wrist fracture, but Longoria isn't quite ready, and it doesn't appear he'll be available for the Yankees series Tuesday through Thursday. ...more

August 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: Randy Rochelle. ...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: Ray Markham. ...more

August 20, 2008

As I kept one eye on the Olympics from Beijing the past couple of days, and another on the approaching tropical storm-hurricane, I couldn't help but recall the titanic 2001 effort by a group led by former Hillsborough Commissioner Ed Turanchik to win the 2012 Olympics for Central Florida. ...more

August 19, 2008

TAMPA - If it survives the next few days, a tropical wave about 200 miles from the Caribbean Sea could again have some potential to develop into a depression or tropical storm. ...more

August 13, 2008

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

August 5, 2008