More than two weeks after a small plane carrying two people crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off Homosassa, a second body has been recovered. ...more

December 19, 2008

The Lake County medical examiner is investigating a body that a commercial fishing vessel found Monday afternoon about 15 miles southwest of Yankeetown, the Coast Guard said. ...more

December 9, 2008

The private search organization that helped look for missing toddler Caylee Anthony in Orlando says it's scanning the Gulf of Mexico for two pilots whose aircraft went missing Sunday. ...more

December 6, 2008

A memorial service will be held in Tampa tonight for Zachary Schlitt, who was onboard a plane that disappeared Sunday over the Gulf of Mexico. The service will be held at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tampa. ...more

December 4, 2008

Pasco County sheriff's deputies are investigating the disappearance of a 17-year-old boater, the sheriff's office said Sunday. The teen went missing after leaving Gulf Harbors around 6 p.m. Saturday to go to Anclote Island, according to a report. ...more

October 19, 2008

Being a pack rat likely saved Kris Geidel's life. Now he's hoping to keep his fishing business from sinking. ...more

October 11, 2008

A boater is hospitalized after being knocked unconscious by a leaping dolphin along the Atlantic coast of central Florida. ...more

October 9, 2008

Working as part of a Tampa-based investigation, the Coast Guard this weekend seized a semi-submarine with 7 tons of cocaine aboard about 350 miles west of Guatemala in the eastern Pacific Ocean, officials said. ...more

September 15, 2008

As the past national commander of a congressionally chartered veterans' organization, I have opportunities to visit VA hospitals and clinics across the county. As I tour the hospital wards talking to returning servicemen and women, one striking difference between today and the Vietnam era is evident. Today, our citizens are openly showing their support and patriotism to our returning soldiers, sailors, Marines, Coast Guard and airmen. Everywhere I look in the hospitals I see gift baskets, visitors and get-well wishes on cards and banners from schools. ...more

July 4, 2008

Kate Waterford has loved horses since she was a young girl growing up in Washington state and spending time at her grandfather's cattle ranch. ...more

June 27, 2008