I would like to report a crime; two crimes actually. The first is a decade of destruction to public property by the users of ATVs, Jeeps and trucks in the Henscratch and Leisure Lakes areas of the protected Lake Wales Ridge properties. ...more

March 6, 2009

The Coast Guard will begin enforcement today of a federal security identification badge and background program at Tampa, St. Petersburg and Manatee seaports to allow workers unescorted access to 68 port facilities. ...more

January 13, 2009

The Coast Guard will begin enforcement Tuesday of a federal security identification badge and background program at Tampa, St. Petersburg and Manatee seaports to allow workers unescorted access to 68 port facilities. ...more

January 12, 2009

The Florida Gators, college football's newest gold standard after a 24-14 victory against Oklahoma, collected their riches Friday morning. First, the $30,000 crystal creation of sparkle and prestige that is the BCS national championship trophy was handed over. The football writers' Grantland Rice Trophy, the National Football Foundation's MacArthur Trophy and finally the Associated Press national championship followed. ...more

January 10, 2009

The University of Florida Gators, college football's newest gold standard after a 24-14 victory over Oklahoma, collected their riches Friday morning. First the $30,000 crystal creation of sparkle and prestige that is the BCS National Championship trophy was handed over. The Football Writers' Grantland Rice Trophy, the National Football Foundation's MacArthur Trophy and finally the Associated Press national championship followed. ...more

January 9, 2009

With its imposing size, prehistoric appearance and unique barbed snout, the sawfish once was a common sight in Florida waters, often hauled to docks as a trophy catch or dispatched by fishermen when nets ensnared the toothy bill. ...more

December 31, 2008

Think about the Florida Gators without Tim Tebow at quarterback. Now, imagine him playing for the Alabama Crimson Tide. ...more

December 2, 2008

A $1,000 grant from Sam's Club in New Port Richey has given a boost to the Young Workers Program, a Sertoma Speech and Hearing Foundation of Florida program that helps young people with hearing impairments find and maintain quality jobs. ...more

July 5, 2008

Vikas Chinnan stood over a tank at the world's largest aquarium, peering down at the world's largest fish species. He was wondering what it would be like to jump in and frolic beside the whale sharks. ...more

June 27, 2008

As an activist working to preserve and improve the quality of the Gulf of Mexico, Joe Murphy hears from counterparts in other Gulf coast states who envy Florida's heretofore firm stance against oil rigs within 125 miles of shore. ...more

June 24, 2008