Eight members of a Tampa Bay-area crime ring involved in a multimillion-dollar scheme to export and exploit Florida's marine resources have been arrested, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The scheme was cracked following a six-month undercover investigation by the fish and wildlife agency, and there might be federal charges. ...more

November 13, 2008

The scrub habitat that runs down much of the center of Highlands County is home to 26 animal and plant species listed by the federal and state governments as endangered, threatened or species of special concern. ...more

November 12, 2008

What price tag does one put on an arm? A man who lost his recently during a fierce battle with an alligator has a new one worth $110,000. ...more

October 26, 2008

Ray Clark first noticed corn vanishing at an alarming rate from deer feeders on his 600-acre Polk County ranch. ...more

October 25, 2008

First Ray Clark noticed corn vanishing at an alarming rate from deer feeders on his 600-acre Polk County ranch. ...more

October 24, 2008

An Okeechobee man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bond Tuesday after he was arrested by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer and charged with domestic violence battery by strangulation. ...more

October 21, 2008

A Leesburg man trying to pull a loaded gun from his truck was killed when it went off and hit him in the chest. ...more

October 21, 2008

Florida's stone crab season opens Wednesday, meaning commercial and recreational crabbers can begin pulling the granite-shelled delicacies from traps that have been collecting the crustaceans in the Gulf of Mexico the past 10 days. ...more

October 13, 2008

A local man was arrested Tuesday on a warrant in connection with the 2007 theft of a 1998 Skip Jack, Old Timer boat. ...more

October 13, 2008