We've been lucky so far in the 2008 hurricane season, but are not yet in the clear. ...more

September 22, 2008

The National Hurricane Center is watching a tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea that has the potential to become a tropical depression or storm. ...more

September 22, 2008

Fall arrives today, or so the calendar says. It may mean something to the rest of the country, but in Florida, where the peak of the sultry hurricane season passed less than two weeks ago, summer drags on. ...more

September 22, 2008

After 15 years of serving Pasco County, Chief Assistant County Administrator Michele Baker has been congratulated by her peers. ...more

September 19, 2008

President Bush got a firsthand look Tuesday at the fury that Hurricane Ike unleashed on the Gulf Coast. He was greeted by a virtual ghost town in Galveston, where Ike made landfall. Bush urged frustrated storm evacuees to keep it that way until local officials say it is safe to return. ...more

September 17, 2008

Dan Alatorre arrived at Blue Heron Vineyards at the crack of dawn, ripe with anticipation. ...more

September 17, 2008

PLANT CITY Two abandoned gasoline stations have attracted the scrutiny of the Plant City Code Enforcement Board. ...more

September 13, 2008

They called it the "Suchan Shuffle." It was just a silly little dance that meteorologist Chris Suchan did off-camera to kill time on the set at WBTV in Charlotte, N.C. ...more

September 10, 2008

After 15 years of serving Pasco County, Chief Assistant County Administrator Michele Baker recently was congratulated by her peers. ...more

September 10, 2008

The city of Tampa made an unsuccessful bid to get the 2008 GOP National Convention a couple of years ago, and though no one is saying it was a deal killer, the fact that it would be in the peak of hurricane season was certainly a factor in our rejection. ...more

September 9, 2008