Though Hurricane Ike appears heading into the central Gulf of Mexico next week and away from the Tampa Bay area, local residents can't really relax until the storm gets well past the Keys. ...more

September 7, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay killed four people during the weekend - and that was before it had pelted Cuba and reemerged as a Category 1 hurricane. ...more

August 18, 2008

Dozens of disappointed residents were turned away without receiving the help they sought at Tuesday's Sebring visit by the Internal Revenue Service. ...more

July 23, 2008

Shipwreck salvagers have recovered a gold chalice while searching for the wreckage of a Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys. ...more

June 26, 2008

Down here in the so-called Sportfishing Capital of the World, there's a saying among anglers: Even during an economic depression, a man has money for beer and fishing. ...more

June 18, 2008

ISLAMORADA - Down here in the so-called "Sportfishing Capital of the World," there's a saying among anglers: Even during a depression, a man has money for beer and fishing. ...more

June 17, 2008

SEBRING — A fire in an empty home at 6925 Acorn Terrace late Friday, in the Spring Lake subdivision, was deliberately set, said State Fire Marshal Lt. Brandon Ball on Monday. State arson investigator Michael Douglas was called by firefighters to the scene off of Oak Knoll early Saturday. It was Douglas who determined the fire was arson. "It is an arson fire and we are working it with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office," Ball said. "An accelerant K-9 responded and it was deemed to be intentional." However, Ball would not say if the dog alerted to the presence of an accelerant or if the determination was made by a observations of the fire marshal investigator himself. The fire was actually lit in a playhouse in the back yard. But fortunately, firefighters also discovered a fire in a planter. ...more

June 16, 2008

KEY WEST - Animal activists are searching for a man they say was seen stomping on baby chickens and a hen in Key West on Tuesday. ...more

June 13, 2008

Greek immigrants have been sponge diving here for more than a century, but Taso Karistinos doesn't come from that tradition. ...more

May 24, 2008

Sean Fitzgibbon was born without a fibula in his right leg, and his right foot was deformed, too. Now he and three other men are planning to circumnavigate the Florida Keys to impart a message of hope and perseverance to all of those who have lost a limb, including troops returning from Iraq. ...more

May 6, 2008