Full-tilt pumping at wellfields in Pasco and Hillsborough counties will lower nearby lake levels and affect wetlands but likely won't bring a return to environmental damage seen before 2003, when the region's water supply relied solely on groundwater. ...more

March 29, 2009

Full-tilt pumping at wellfields in Pasco and Hillsborough counties will lower nearby lake levels and affect wetlands but likely won't bring a return to environmental damage seen before 2003, when the region's water supply relied solely on groundwater. ...more

March 28, 2009

"Big Blue" has served his sentence and will be back in uniform for Utah State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. ...more

March 20, 2009

With rivers gurgling to a trickle and the desalination plant limping because of mechanical problems, water suppliers are turning up the pumps to tap groundwater at a rate not seen since 2002. ...more

March 18, 2009

With rivers gurgling to a trickle and the desalination plant limping because of mechanical problems, water suppliers are turning up the pumps to tap groundwater at a rate not seen since 2002. ...more

March 17, 2009

Month after month, he was the king of the road. Win after win, he ruled over NASCAR, no matter what he was driving. If they'd put him on a unicycle he might have come in first. ...more

February 8, 2009

An Indiana financial adviser accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash said he's been under psychiatric care and claims not to recall the events of the day he bailed out, a newspaper reported Friday. ...more

January 23, 2009

Employees of Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO) made a startling discovery when looking for the cause of a recent power outage. Van Crawford and J.R. Gough found that power lines were torn down from four poles along a stretch of Dansby Road near Wauchula. A visual search of the area revealed a single-engine airplane lying upside down in a nearby orange grove. They arrived shortly after the Dec. 7 crash. ...more

December 11, 2008

Credit Greg Biffle and Jeff Burton for their confidence. Although Jimmie Johnson is turning the Sprint Cup title chase into a rout, neither driver is conceding anything to the two-time defending champion. ...more

October 26, 2008

The Mulberry police chief has suspended the department's canine unit until policies and equipment are in place to ensure the dogs' safety, after a German shepherd left in a car died when the air conditioner failed. ...more

August 7, 2008