There are not a lot of fish left that people pursue strictly to hook and cook or catch and release into hot grease, as the net fishers used to say. But the sheepshead is one. ...more

November 1, 2009

It's Halloween, the unofficial national day of candy consumption. In just a few hours, your little darlings will be coming home with their haul of Lemonheads, Sour Skittles and Kit Kat Bars. And you will once again bemoan the junk and its power to destroy kids' appetite for anything remotely healthful. ...more

October 31, 2009

An Avon Park man stopped for riding his bike at night without proper lighting was subsequently arrested after police reportedly found cocaine in his shoe. ...more

July 21, 2009

Cuba is expected to rapidly improve its infrastructure and accommodations for tourists as soon as U.S. restrictions on travel there are lifted, Pinellas County tourism officials said this morning. ...more

March 4, 2009

A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people aboard slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport today. Nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured, many seriously, officials said. ...more

February 25, 2009

Last month, the cash-strapped Pinellas School District decided to close or consolidate a number of elementary and middle schools. Sheriff Jim Coats announced this week a reorganization under which, he said, the Sheriff's Office could "serve citizens as efficiently as possible given the present and future budget challenges." ...more

February 7, 2009

A Federal Aviation Administration investigator was on the scene Sunday of a plane crash that happened at Golf Hammock Saturday. ...more

December 14, 2008

Two men died Saturday when a light aircraft broke up and crashed onto a golf course west of Sebring, officials said. ...more

December 14, 2008

It's not often you meet a cannon maker whose home resembles a small museum. ...more

September 22, 2008

Once upon a time West Pasco was a called a cultural wasteland by fine art lovers and a group of individuals associated with Suncoast Richey Theatre, which at that time was called the Meighan Theatre. ...more

September 6, 2008