EGMONT KEY, Fla. (AP) – Fire officials are assessing the damage after a lightning strike sparked a fire on Egmont Key off Florida’s west coast. Authorities say almost 80 acres burned Tuesday following ...

EGMONT KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — A shocking video caught a Bradenton man landing a helicopter in the middle of a closed shorebird nesting site at Egmont Key State Park. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

The helicopter landed in a wildlife refuge with thousands of nesting shorebirds during peak breeding season. A screenshot from a video provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

You probably don’t know five people who’ve set foot on Egmont Key, a roughly 250-acre island at the mouth of Tampa Bay. The rapidly disappearing landmass is visible from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, ...

A helicopter pilot in Florida was charged this week by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) after he allegedly landed on a closed shorebird nesting site. Ernesto Cordero was ...

Ernesto Cordero, 54, pleaded guilty to operating as an airman without a valid certificate and faces up to three years in federal prison, prosecutors announced. (Fox 13/Video Elephant) A Bradenton man ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five boaters Friday after their 32-foot vessel sank 28 miles west of Egmont Key. Just after 3:30 a.m., the Coast Guard in St. Petersburg reportedly ...