Red algae is littering some beaches along the southwestern coast of Florida. ...more

July 21, 2008

SEBRING - Heavy rains brought a return visit of the walking catfish into the parking lot behind the Shoppes at Shelby Crossing on Tuesday. Watch a video of the catfish in action. ...more

July 9, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Caladium farmers are smiling. Farmers pointed to more than a week of daily rains as favorable for the crop outlook and the August Caladium Festival, but cautioned that too much of good thing could become a negative. Carolyn Phypers, of Happiness Farms, said the caladium crop forecast is "looking pretty good." "The rain helped out," said Phypers. "If it doesn't drown them out, we'll be fine. Sometimes you can get too much rain, but we need the rain, so we can't complain." ...more

July 3, 2008

Genealogists rely on official records when gathering the details of their ancestors' lives, but that only tells part of the story. Studying the land of ancestors - such as how mountains and lakes were barriers or how roads crossed their properties - will help you get to know them. ...more

June 8, 2008

A tanker truck has flipped over on Interstate 75 and caught fire. ...more

June 4, 2008

Heavy rains still threatened to cause dangerous flooding and mudslides in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. ...more

June 2, 2008

The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center have been cleared to do additional earthwork on their mothballed mall site, but only to prevent flooding should the site be hit with heavy rainfall this summer. ...more

May 22, 2008

About 3,000 patrons and food lovers braved the weather to attend Saturday's Fiesta Day in Ybor City before organizers closed down the event four hours early. ...more

February 24, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A project the Save Our Canals group thought would expand throughout Hillsborough County may be in danger of disappearing. ...more

February 23, 2008

Repeated environmental violations at the site of the 1.3-million-square-foot Cypress Creek Town Center project in Wesley Chapel shows what happens when government regulators rely on assurances by developers, instead of laying down the law before land is cleared. ...more

February 11, 2008