Florida's Department of Environmental Protection denied a request for a solid waste permit to build a landfill in Dade City near the Green Swamp. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is taking the lead in the investigation into the disappearance of a small plane off the coast of Homosassa. The agency said it will be responsible for releasing the identity of the remains found in the Gulf of Mexico last week. ...more

December 16, 2008

The identity of a person's remains found in the Gulf of Mexico this week has not been established, and it will require DNA testing to officially determine, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office today. An aircraft carrying Darien Peckham of Tampa and Zachary Schlitt of West Palm Beach crashed into the Gulf on Nov. 30. ...more

December 10, 2008

The private search organization that helped look for missing toddler Caylee Anthony in Orlando says it's scanning the Gulf of Mexico for two pilots whose aircraft went missing Sunday. ...more

December 6, 2008

The Coast Guard has called off its search for two pilots whose plane disappeared Sunday over the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

December 3, 2008

An 87-foot Coast Guard cutter will search all night for two pilots whose plane apparently crashed Sunday into the Gulf of Mexico, authorities say. ...more

December 1, 2008