Hernando High grad Kyle Swanston has moved on to professional basketball in Finland. ...more

December 5, 2009

Initially, I thought President Obama, being the initial representative of his race, just didn't want to make any waves. Everyone had to like him. Then, I assumed he was simply inexperienced and young. He would develop with time. Now, our president is a "milquetoast." By all evidence, he has no backbone. ...more

November 9, 2009

About 400 divers and snorkelers had to get wet to listen to a radio station's broadcast in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. ...more

July 11, 2009

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 29-year-old scuba diver who vanished this afternoon about 21 miles west of Johns Pass in Treasure Island. ...more

May 2, 2009

If you noticed anything about Tuesday's weather, it likely was the blustery wind that rattled trees, made tumbleweeds out of litter and kicked up waves that made swimming and surfing a challenge. Winds clocked a steady 20 mph or more and played havoc with wildfires that broke out in the Bay area. Winds are expected to drop to about 10 mph this morning but will be strong enough to make temperatures feel like they are in the 30s. A quick warm-up is expected the rest of the week. ...more

April 8, 2009

To Bob Bleakley, the father of one of three friends who did not survive a gulf fishing trip last week, details of a report released Monday about what happened on the boat are inconsequential ...more

March 16, 2009

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this morning launched an effort to recover the 21-foot boat that capsized this past weekend with four men aboard, leaving one survivor. ...more

March 5, 2009

Bruce Cooper knows the official version of what happened to his son. One of four people clinging to an overturned boat in the Gulf of Mexico, his son Marquis gave in to the wind, the cold, the pounding waves. He slipped away from the boat and died. ...more

March 5, 2009

Ben Ellis, 62, of Tampa was one of four scuba divers who motored out of St. George's Island in the Florida Panhandle on a cold December day in 1984. They were aboard a 23-foot boat that was headed to a sunken wreck where they planned to spend the day diving. ...more

March 3, 2009

Two former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and two former University of South Florida football players are presumed missing in the Gulf of Mexico after failing to return home from a Saturday fishing trip. ...more

March 1, 2009