Michael Platt figures he's seen the last of his $140,000 fishing boat, stolen from a dry dock in July. ...more

October 24, 2007

Two men charged with killing four crew members on a fishing boat they chartered were ordered held without bail Tuesday, despite defense attorneys' insistence that no evidence linked their clients to the crime. ...more

October 24, 2007

The Coast Guard is looking for a 69-year-old man off the west coast of Florida. His sailboat, the Tranquility, was found by a fishing boat about 65 miles west of Johns Pass about 3 p.m. Thursday. ...more

October 19, 2007

CLEARWATER - Michael Platt figures he's seen the last of his $140,000 fishing boat, stolen from a dry dock in July. Pricey vessels such as his are being targeted in greater numbers throughout Florida, dismantled and sold for parts or kept intact and used for maritime smuggling operations by organized crime rings. ...more

October 17, 2007

SEBRING — It's time again to stand in restaurant lines a little bit longer and for traffic volume to increase. The annual southern flight of snowbirds to Highlands County started a couple of weeks earlier than usual, according to several residents and local officials. ...more

October 3, 2007

The bodies of two missing boaters were recovered Monday by Pinellas County sheriff's deputies. ...more

October 2, 2007

PALM HARBOR - The body of 46-year-old Daniel Propes, the second of two anglers who went missing Sunday morning, was found at 3:50 p.m. by deputies in Lake Tarpon, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

October 1, 2007