It's difficult to write honest fishing reports in the summer months. The fishing gets so bad sometimes, I wish I played golf. ...more

August 27, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay left behind a soggy but relieved Central Florida as the storm crawled across the state Tuesday toward an exit into the Atlantic Ocean. But forecasters warned that the storm isn't done with Florida yet, saying it could become a hurricane over water, curve left and make a second landfall north of Jacksonville. ...more

August 20, 2008

TAMPA Local electric companies said very few customers experienced power outages as Tropical Storm Fay bypassed the Bay area. ...more

August 19, 2008

County administrator Pat Bean says the state of emergency in Hillsborough has been lifted and the mandatory evacuations for mobile homes and voluntary evacuations of low-lying areas has been cancelled. "We've been blessed again," she says. "We are just as pleased as we can be." ...more

August 19, 2008

It has been typical summer fare for South Shore anglers the past few weeks. The afternoon outgoing tides have been better than the morning rise, but not much. Thunderstorms have threatened almost daily. ...more

July 15, 2008

It occurred to me ... that I could also be saving gas, putting fewer miles on my leased car and reducing my carbon footprint if I joined them by biking along Bayshore. ...more

July 10, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. finished restoring power Monday to 600 customers still without electricity after Sunday's violent storms. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - Six hundred Tampa Electric Co. customers remained without power this morning, the bulk of them in a swath of western Hillsborough County extending from the Carrollwood and Lutz area south to the Interbay neighborhoods. ...more

July 7, 2008

The rain clouds didn't swerve past Hernando County Sunday. In some areas, they hovered. ...more

July 7, 2008

The rain clouds didn't swerve past Hernando County Sunday. ...more

July 6, 2008