Two kayakers in Tampa Bay ran into trouble Tuesday and were plucked from the dark waters shortly before midnight. It was the second time in three days kayakers were rescued from open water in the area. ...more

September 3, 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 6, 2008

Capt. Andy Hale has just worked out and is still in a sweaty T-shirt and shorts as he stands in the battle command center. He is watching a flat-screen display that shows what's happening outside on the bow and the aft. ...more

February 17, 2008

The choice wasn't easy, but it was a simple one. Either jump in, or the woman clinging to the side of the Howard Frankland Bridge would certainly die. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa police officer jumped into Old Tampa Bay from the Howard Frankland Bridge on Monday night to save a woman who had been clinging to a piling and crying for help. ...more

January 29, 2008

They were going to be kings of Clearwater. But at that crucial moment when drinking buddies Craig Hill and Todd Payne were to make the leap from the summit of the Memorial Causeway Bridge to the dark waters of the Intracoastal Waterway below, there was a glitch in their impromptu plan, authorities say. ...more

November 27, 2007

The journey starts at the dock here, on Long Island, about an hour's drive east of Manhattan. And it all comes back to Point Lookout, too. ...more

November 18, 2007