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

The Senate passed a giant tax package Tuesday that saves more than 20 million taxpayers from the bite of the alternative minimum tax. ...more

September 24, 2008

A 49-year-old paraplegic who uses a wheelchair is missing, St. Petersburg police said. John D. Westerfield, of 1000 Burlington Ave. N., No. 203, has been missing since Sept. 8, but the family did not report it until Sept. 16, St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa said. ...more

September 23, 2008

A 34-year-old South Tampa woman punched a teenager on the mouth and scratched the girl's neck several times, according to the Tampa Police Department. ...more

September 16, 2008

ZEPHYRHILLS The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that killed one person this afternoon. Another victim was airlifted for medical treatment. ...more

September 6, 2008

A man and woman felt lucky after a single-engine plane in which they flew struck a bird Friday afternoon and was forced to crash-land in a cow pasture near the Highlands County Landfill, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Mitch Moore. ...more

August 30, 2008

A man and woman felt lucky after a single engine plane in which they flew struck a bird Friday afternoon and was forced to crash land in a cow pasture near the Highlands County Landfill, according to Sheriff's Sgt. Mitch Moore. ...more

August 29, 2008

A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said. It was the third fatal crash in as many months for a network of charities that ferry patients to medical treatment. ...more

August 13, 2008

Nine boaters were rescued by the Coast Guard in three incidents near Homosassa on Tuesday after storms passed through the area, the guard reported. ...more

August 12, 2008

A suspected shoplifter enlisted the help of her 17-year-old son to steal a pair of sneakers from a Bealls Outlet store on Tuesday. ...more

July 30, 2008