Highlands County has spent $7,213 over the past 12 weeks to re-open limited public access to Lake Denton. ...more

August 29, 2008

There's no question that the latest generation of microfiber lines has changed the playing field for anglers during the past 10 years, with a large percentage of seasoned fishermen switching to the braided fiber for spinning tackle, and many thousands more using them in heavier tests on baitcasters. ...more

August 22, 2008

The storm has passed, leaving behind some streets that are flooded, but passable in a pickup or sports-utility vehicle. A couple of kids splashed around in what yesterday was an open, grassy lot, now filled with about 2 feet of water. ...more

August 19, 2008

C.J. Peck of Tarpon Springs proposes alternative to closing causeway and beach at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs for the entire 2009 summer. ...more

July 26, 2008

The idea of banning outboard motors in the Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve has not gathered steam on a local task force considering the possibility of Hillsborough County designating its first pole-or-troll zone. ...more

June 28, 2008

RIVERVIEW - Mosaic Fertilizer announced today that it has purchased the historic Giant's Camp in Riverview, a once-thriving down-home restaurant and bait shop run by a man known on the carnival sideshow circuit as The Giant. ...more

June 27, 2008

New Lightning coach Barry Melrose is famous for his mullet hairstyle, a coif that comes with its own slogan: "Business in the front, party in the back." Popularized in the 1970s and '80s, a mullet is characterized by short hair on the top and sides, long hair in the back. Though Melrose trimmed up the back of his for Tuesday's big introduction, he will always and forever be "The Mullet." ...more

June 25, 2008

Barring a steamier summer than usual, the repainting job on the Sunshine Skyway's cables, now in its 17th month, could be finished before the end of the summer. ...more

June 24, 2008

One of the pygmy killer whales found stranded on Monday in south Florida underwent an MRI test today at Axcess Diagnostics in Sarasota. ...more

June 18, 2008

Catfish was the catch of the day during a recent family fishing tournament in South Shore. ...more

June 14, 2008