The owner of three fishing boats that were seized after authorities found them smuggling cocaine from Colombia pleaded guilty this morning to a federal drug offense. ...more

February 2, 2009

Four Colombians pleaded guilty today to conspiring to smuggle 3,894 pounds of cocaine into the United States on a go-fast boat that was apprehended in the eastern Pacific Ocean. ...more

January 13, 2009

Three more men have been arrested and extradited to the United States in an ongoing Tampa-based investigation that targets Colombian drug smugglers. ...more

December 11, 2008

When three U.S. Coast Guard investigators peered into the hatch of a semi-submarine Saturday night, they saw two knives near the crewmen, Lt. j.g. Todd Bagetis said. ...more

September 17, 2008

When three U.S. Coast Guard investigators peered into the hatch of a semi-submarine Saturday night, they saw two knives near the crewmen, Lt. j.g. Todd Bagetis said. It was the middle of the night when the guardsmen climbed out of a small launch boat and onto the vessel authorities said was smuggling seven tons of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and knocked on the hatch. ...more

September 16, 2008

Working under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, a group of Coast Guard law enforcement officers climbed atop a semi-submersible vessel in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean early Saturday. ...more

September 16, 2008

Working as part of a Tampa-based investigation, the Coast Guard this weekend seized a semi-submarine with 7 tons of cocaine aboard about 350 miles west of Guatemala in the eastern Pacific Ocean, officials said. ...more

September 15, 2008

SEBRING — Yep, we had rain. At least a full inch of it Tuesday, depending on which part of the county you're in, and more is coming with the start of the summer rainy season. In fact, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service is predicting that the Florida Heartland could see an abnormally soggy summer as the current La Nina conditions weaken. ...more

May 21, 2008

Regarding 'There Is No Drought' (Letters, Oct 4). Let there be no doubt that the region is experiencing a serious drought. ...more

October 17, 2007