Roger Hammer is searching for wildflowers. A wilderness photographer since 1972, the tall, sturdy 70-year-old has spent much of his life in the world-famous swamps of South Florida. With a long gray ponytail swaying across his back, he steps over the soft, algae-covered slough floor about 60 miles west of…
On Sunday, a $500,000 artificial reef, designed to look like the famous moai sculptures on Easter Island, was destroyed when the barge transporting it flipped over and sunk to the bottom of the ocean — an event caught on dramatic video footage. Just over 24 hours later, the team behind…
Florida’s abortion rates dropped ten percent between 2010 and 2014, though the drop rates of other states’ has been more significant. The Associated Press collected annual numbers from health departments of 45 states — California, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Wyoming don’t compile numbers — and found that about…
The 2016 Presidential election season is coming to a boil. For the next year and a half, you’re only going to see more and more coverage on the blatant, craven, and obnoxious political ass-kissing underway as both Democrats and Republicans gun for the White House. Here’s something to think about,…
On a January evening back in 2012, Willis Morgan, a retired pressroom supervisor at the Miami Herald, was trying to get a few winks in at his Hallandale Beach home before heading to his part-time concierge job. But the 64-year-old was jolted awake when he heard the startling screams of…
Looks like the West Boca coyote problem has been solved, for now. The coyote that had attacked two dogs in the area last week was caught and euthanized on Sunday. According to multiple reports, trappers have been working on capturing the coyote, who had been wandering the area near the…
For months, hype has been building about a set of 15 giant sculptures — eight to 22 feet tall and designed as replicas of the mysterious heads at easter Island — that were built and designed to be sunk yesterday off the coast of Deerfield Beach, making an artificial reef…
Last month a Deerfield Beach disabled woman’s kittens were killed by men who then beat the woman, cut her with broken glass, and robbed her safe. Following the crime, BSO announced that Crime Stoppers would pay anyone up to $3,000 for a tip that would lead to an arrest. And…
Pam Bondi has jumped into the flakka hysteria fray and issued an official warning to Florida parents as summer kicks off. “Flakka causes delusions, hallucinations and can increase body temperature to a dangerous level,” Bondi said in a press release on Thursday. Flakka has been making headlines across the U.S…
When it comes to the prodigious city-within-a-city known as the mix-used development, the 65-acre monstrosity known as Metropica is going to make all large mall and retail shops like Sawgrass or the upcoming Miami Worldcenter look like ant farms. Metropica, which is being built in Sunrise, will be a 4-million-square-foot…
After a Hialeah cop left his two K-9 partners in a hot car all day, killing them, PETA is advocating for police departments to install heat alarms in K-9 unit vehicles. The animal rights organization says several K-9s die every year from being left in hot police cars. On the…
Jayvon Woolfork, the lone suspect in the brutal gang rape of a Hollywood teen not to have taken a plea deal, had an outburst in court Thursday where he demanded to see proof of his guilt. This despite the fact that he gave police a taped confession at the time…
Rene Roberge, 47, of Quebec is facing ten-years-to-life in prison after getting caught trying to arrange a sexual tryst in Broward with who he thought was an underage boy. According to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Roberge traveled from Canada to Fort Lauderdale on…
Everybody sitting on the edges of their seats in eager anticipation of Jeb Bush’s announcement for presidency can now circle a date on their calendar. W’s little brother tweeted out an image of himself staring at an ominous, alien aircraft-like light, similar to that scene in lose Encounters of the…
A coyote has attacked and killed at least one dog in West Boca this week, stoking obvious concerns and fear for the residents of the area. The president of the Timberwalk Homeowners Association, where the dogs were attacked, has hired a trapper to catch the coyote, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The…
A tentative agreement between the Palm Beach County school district and the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association means that Palm Beach County teachers are going to get a 2 percent raise. Teachers and the district have been negotiating proposed salary increases for months, but on Wednesday the two sides…
Last month, animal advocates from Pets Broward held a peaceful protest at the groundbreaking ceremony for Broward County’s new $15.2 million, 40,000-square-foot animal care shelter. The protest focused mainly on the county not keeping to the No Kill Resolution commissioners ceremoniously instituted in 2012, as well as the overall poorly managed…
When Dwyane Wade signed a two-year deal worth $31,125,000 with the Heat last summer, fans were shocked. The shocking part wasn’t that Wade was sticking with the only team he’s ever known in his 12-year career, but that he was re-upping for an estimated $10 million less than what he…
According to numbers released by the Delray Beach Police Department Tuesday, if you did heroin in the beachside town last month and are still alive, consider yourself lucky. Delray Beach cops say seventeen people overdosed and three people died while chasing the dragon in May. Those numbers account for the…
When Caitlyn Jenner (formerly known as Bruce Jenner) made her public debut in a series of Annie Leibovitz photos and the cover of Vanity Fair, folks from all walks of life showed support via Twitter with a #CallMeCaitlyn hashtag. Jenner also became the fastest person to get over a million…
Stephen Budd, the former Rosarian Academy Elementary School teacher accused of child molestation, has been found guilty on all counts on Tuesday. Budd, 53, has been sentenced to serve three consecutive life sentences, and another 15 years. In 2003, Budd was arrested as he was leaving his West Palm Beach apartment after…
Governor Rick Scott. Hi. Hello. How are you? We see that you’ve been busy hosting a summit in Orlando of several potential GOP presidential candidates today. Neat! This summit includes some All-Stars in the world of being ridiculously shady and dubious. Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Mike…
