GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mel Berman. ...more

November 21, 2008

A 19-year-old sophomore from Tampa attending college in North Carolina received a fatal head injury during a fraternity initiation, authorities say. ...more

November 20, 2008

Time to protect your nose and your plants. Jack Frost will be nipping over the next two mornings. ...more

November 18, 2008

Despite windy conditions and brutally cold weather, the Lake Placid swimming and diving teams made quite a splash at the Class 1A-District 5 meet at the Rowdy Gaines pool in Winter Haven on Wednesday. ...more

October 31, 2008

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Ray Markham. ...more

September 10, 2008

Back to the gridiron we go, controllers in hand and headsets at the ready. But how will this year's version of NCAA Football 09 for Xbox360 stack up to last year's? Only time will tell, but here are some early impressions. ...more

July 19, 2008

Lorne DeWitt's latest global warming letter is a laundry list of denialist talking points, complete with the ritual denunciation of Al Gore. DeWitt has escalated the rhetoric. In his previous letter, the bulk of the scientific community were "environ-whackos." Now, they're "... sick, demented, pathological liars." ...more

June 29, 2008

Nearly two decades ago, Tampa's Scott Lawler took a big chance. Lawler, an all-state player from King High, signed a soccer scholarship with Butler University, which was starting a program. ...more

June 21, 2008

Cool weather made it difficult for a state-hired trapper to catch an alligator that killed a dog at Al Lopez Park on Monday. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - Cool weather is making it difficult for a state-hired trapper to catch an alligator that killed a dog at Al Lopez Park on Monday. ...more

February 14, 2008