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

Five Tarpon Springs fishermen were relieved to get to dry land Friday morning after taking a beating from Hurricane Ike. ...more

September 13, 2008

Five Tarpon Springs fishermen are relieved to be on dry land after taking a beating from Hurricane Ike. ...more

September 12, 2008

Just Natural Seepage Regarding "Tarballs, Anyone?" by Buzz Kelly (Other Views, July 31): ...more

August 7, 2008

Tropical Storm Dolly could be the year's first hurricane to strike the United States as the strengthening storm emerges into the welcoming environment of the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

July 21, 2008

SEBRING — Bill Nelson lives in Tallahassee, but he started Friday morning in Fort Myers. A northeasterly drive in his dark gray Nissan Pathfinder took him to town hall meetings in LaBelle, Moore Haven, then Sebring. He had to be back in Washington at 9 a.m. Saturday to argue the case for seating the Florida delegation at the Democratic National Convention, so Florida's U.S. senator had to arrive at the Orlando airport by 8 p.m. Friday to catch a flight to Washington. But U.S. Airways canceled the red-eye, so his aides made hasty phone calls to people he expected to meet at 3:30 p.m. in Sebring City Hall. Could they be there 30 minutes early? Nelson needed to fly from Sebring in a private plane so he could make the 6:15 flight in Orlando. ...more

May 31, 2008

Just 15 miles off Florida's coast, the world's most powerful sustained ocean current - the mighty Gulf Stream - rushes by at nearly 8.5 billion gallons per second. And it never stops. ...more

February 15, 2008

STUART - Why cross the state to visit a coastal town few in the Tampa Bay area can even find on a map? We found plenty of reasons during our recent two-day stay in Stuart, a friendly city that bills itself as "The Sailfish Capital of the World." ...more

November 10, 2007

A trip that began as a routine charter boat jaunt to the Bahamas turned horribly wrong somewhere on the high seas, with four crew members still missing Wednesday and two men who hired the vessel in custody facing federal charges. ...more

September 27, 2007