DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Causeway main to Honeymoon Island was closed just after 1 p.m. today.Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies sealed off the road in both directions after getting a report of an armed man at the entrance to Honeymoon Island.

Authorities say the man is inside his vehicle and is appa…

DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Causeway main to Honeymoon Island was closed just after 1 p.m. today.Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputies sealed off the roadway in both directions after getting a report of an armed man at the entrance to Honeymoon Island.

Authorities say the man is inside his vehicle a…

DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Causeway main to Honeymoon Island was closed just after 1 p.m. today.Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputies sealed off the roadway in both directions after getting a report of an armed man at the entrance to Honeymoon Island.It is unclear whether the man has a gun or is mak…

TAMPA - A judge has declared Brian Sterner, who was dumped from his wheelchair at the Hillsborough jail, competent to stand trial.

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Robert Foster announced his ruling at a hearing that afternoon. Two doctors evaluated Sterner at the judge’s order after Sterner’s original …

A judge has declared wheelchair dumping victim Brian Sterner competent to stand trial.

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Robert Foster announced his ruling at a hearing that afternoon. Two doctors had evaluated Sterner by order of the judge after Sterner’s original attorney, John Trevena, had raised conc…

TAMPA — Jury choice began today for a University of South Florida graduate accused of violating his student visa by posing for a picture with a firearm in hand while visiting a gun range with Youssef Megahed.

Karim Moussaoui, 28, pleaded not guilty in January to the federal charge. Prosecutors say…

CHASSAHOWITZKA — Most of the flock of endangered whooping cranes that arrived here in late January after an arduous three-month trek from Wisconsin are now headed home, but without some of their buddies. One was killed by the weekend in Georgia; another is taking an airplane.

But the fact that the…

CLEARWATER — A group of cycling advocates (above) — wait for the drawbridge that at the Dunedin Causeway after cycling from the Ross Norton Park and Sports Complex where they camped overnight in Clearwater.The ride kicks off the 15th annual Bike Florida, a weeklong camping tour in which cyclist…

A Miami Herald story raising questions about a home fairness loan House Speaker Marco Rubio obtained has prompted an attack by the Florida Democratic Party.

"What is Marco Rubio hiding and why does he think he can get absent with it? that doesn’t pass the smell pop quiz," spokesman Alejan…

Here’s a bit of House budget language (p. 307) that’s certain to attract the Senate’s attention. Speaker Marco Rubio & Company think it’s day that the state looked at ways to save money by curtailing use of the state airplanes by "moment and third scheduling precedence users" (that wou…

I’ve set up shop here at The Breakers in Palm Beach, where I feel really underdressed in the company of so many billionaires.

Ran into Bryan and Joel Glazer that daylight in amidst sessions. We’ll be talking at length with Joel later on.

Also expect to see Jon Gruden in a little bit. We’ll updat…