A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two fishermen found floating in a life raft this morning in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard officials said. Elisseos Stamtiou, 69, of New Port Richey and Steven Sander, 48, of Spring Hill were about 70 miles west of Clearwater, the Coast Guard said. Their 36-foot-long commercial fishing boat, the Evripos, had sunk, officials said. ...more

September 24, 2008

Since its inception less than a year ago, The Journey - Calvary Lutheran Church's youth ministry program - has worked with homeless people in Gibsonton and elderly people in Ruskin and Apollo Beach. ...more

September 24, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - Deputies searching for a suspect in a home invasion near Ashton Elementary School triggered a lockdown at three public school campuses on Tuesday, minutes before school was scheduled to let out. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Tampa motorcyclist faces several charges after leading law enforcement officials on a half-hour chase through Hillsborough County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

September 8, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Butterfly, freestyle, relay - monologue? Michael Phelps is trading the pool for the "Saturday Night Live" stage. ...more

August 27, 2008

The makers of the election equipment used in Tuesday's primary in Hillsborough County are holding a new conference this afternoon to explain the problems with posting results. ...more

August 27, 2008

NBC had 26.8 million viewers Sunday on the first day of Beijing Olympics AP (that's After Phelps). That's still a little higher than the comparable night in Athens four years ago. ...more

August 19, 2008

Look out, Mark Spitz. Get the check ready, Speedo. Michael Phelps is closing in - quickly, of course. ...more

August 15, 2008

A judge today threw out a jury's determination that a 21-year-old woman was guilty of neglect in the death of her 9-month-old son, who was left in a bathtub last year. ...more

August 11, 2008

The party that preceded the fatal beating of Gregory Kennedy started small, with about a dozen Sarasota High School friends celebrating star wrestler Robert Herrera's birthday on Monday. ...more

August 1, 2008