A Colombian drug lord was sentenced to life in prison today, the culmination of an investigation by a multiagency task force created to stop the flow of cocaine from South America to the United States, federal prosecutors say. ...more

January 12, 2009

Two passengers in a 30-foot sport boat were rescued about 3 p.m. Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico off John's Pass by a "Good Samaritan" fishing vessel, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said. ...more

January 10, 2009

The investigation of the disappearance of cruise ship passenger Jennifer Ellis-Seitz of Winter Haven could take weeks, FBI spokesman Mike Leverock said today. ...more

December 31, 2008

Mexican authorities have suspended their search for a Florida woman who apparently fell from a ship balcony during a Christmas week cruise. ...more

December 30, 2008

Authorities have suspended their search for a Winter Haven woman reported missing Friday from a cruise ship near Cancun, Mexico. ...more

December 29, 2008

A Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ship at the center of a missing person mystery returned to the Port of Miami on Sunday morning, where FBI agents stood waiting. ...more

December 29, 2008

Mexican Navy boats and helicopters are searching water off the Caribbean resort of Cancun for an American woman who reportedly fell from a cruise ship. ...more

December 28, 2008

Palma Ceia residents got a jolt this morning when a pair of rescue helicopters and a C-130 plane zoomed past in preparation for a flyover at Sunday's Buccaneers game. ...more

December 23, 2008

A Lutz man who led authorities on a high-speed boat chase in January pleaded guilty to federal charges of ramming a Coast Guard inflatable boat with a stolen 28-foot powerboat. ...more

December 23, 2008

HERNANDO COUNTY SPORTS BRIEFS ...more

December 22, 2008