The Florida Department of Environmental Protection yesterday announced it would take legal action against the Dan A. Hughes Co., the Texas oil prospectors busted late last year for unauthorized drilling in the Big Cypress Swamp watershed. Tough talk, but it could mean little more than locking the barn door after…
A man with two knots on his forehead and a chipped tooth spoke to the media on Tuesday evening about filing, along with two other people, a lawsuit against Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey and his twin brother, Maurkice. On Saturday, New Times broke the story of Riquan James, 24,…
Dwyane Wade is officially back with the Miami Heat, and he decided to make the announcement in the coolest way possible. Heat fans are still mostly livid over LeBron James’ departure. Especially with the way he did it — via an article in Sports Illustrated that never mentions Heat fans,…
Hey there, Palm Beach County. Notice how when you turn on the tap, your kitchen suddenly smells like a swimming pool? That’s because, as of Monday, county officials are having chlorine flushed through the pipes in a disinfection process that’ll last until August. Palm Beach County Water Utilities will be…
It looks like our long statewide nightmare of having giant snakes roaming the wilderness and eating everything is far from over. According to the folks over at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, more and more Burmese python eggs are hatching in Southwest Florida. And while the conservancy is now trying…
The nickname of Fruitland Park, Florida, might be “The Friendly City,” but something sinister is lurking behind the Lake County city’s façade of Southern hospitality. Deputy Police Chief and Fire Chief David Borst stepped down last Thursday after the FBI confronted him with evidence that he was involved in the…
With a November ballot initiative teed up for medical marijuana, the camps working both sides of the issue are now deep in the trenches, trying to lure voters. Cold, hard cash is obviously powering the efforts, which begs the question: Where’s the money coming from? In both camps, big-money donors…
Oh, Giancarlo. That power. Last night, the rest of baseball-watching America figured out what we already knew: Giancarlo Stanton is pretty much the strongest dude in the sport. So what if our beloved fauxhawk-wearing monster didn’t win the Home Run Derby — that honor would go to Yoenis Cespedes, the…
Dennis Rodman is once again in the news, and, as it is with Rodman, that’s not a good thing. According to a report by TMZ, Rodman was named in a Fort Lauderdale Police report by a woman who says she was drugged last week while drinking with Rodman at a…
Another day, another reminder that Fort Lauderdale is awesome. While the Venice of America has been hitting the top rankings in national surveys, it was about time the city was placed against other cities in its own state. And, thanks to real estate blog Movoto, Fort Lauderdale ranks as the…
It was Fourth of July in St. Augustine when a cop spotted Raul Reinoso Martinez pushing a beaten-up bike down A1A. A car braked as he cut across the road, and the homeless-looking man angrily slammed on the vehicle’s hood. When Officer Todd Smith called the man over, he noticed…
As of Monday morning, Miami Beach Police Sgt. Bobby Hernandez confirmed detectives are still trying to discern exactly what happened at Cameo Saturday night and whether the Pouncey brothers were involved in an alleged assault. An incident report was released in which two victims are named: a 32-year-old female named…
Acoustic guitar chords rang from the speakers, and the 60 or so people filling the sanctuary clapped along with the music. But the services held last night at the Parkway Christian Church in Davie weren’t the usually scheduled Sunday fare. Instead, friends and family gathered last night to mark the…
Did you even watch, bro? During yesterday’s World Cup Final — Germany beat Argentina 1-0, by the way, if you’ve been in a dark room with nothing but good memories and your tears since LeBron James announced he was, you know, never mind — a young man bolted onto the…
Prospectors from Texas oil company Dan A. Hughes won’t be drilling throughout the Big Cypress Swamp watershed anytime soon. That means (1) diminished revenues for Old Florida plutocrats Barron Collier, (2) one fewer threat to the Florida Panther and other species, and (3) one fewer worry for Collier County residents…
The Miami Heat had a rough weekend, what with LeBron James deciding to fly the proverbial escape pod back to Cleveland, where he’ll try to win titles for a guy who once very publicly called him a coward. But something happened when all the dust settled. The Heat was still…
A man says Dolphins center Mike Pouncey and his brother Maurkice assaulted him at Cameo Nightclub in Miami Beach last night, where the often-troubled Dolphins center and his twin behemoth brother were holding their annual birthday bash. UPDATE 2: Here’s our Monday morning update on the investigation, including the incident…
As your resident Clevelander living and working now in South Florida, let me just say that I’m glad this roller-coaster has finally hit the breaks. A couple weeks back, when someone told me LeBron might re-sign with the Cavs, I brushed it off as homer, pipe-dream BS. After one shirtless…
LeBron James has told Sports Illustrated that he’s going back to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In a letter dictated to SI’s Lee Jenkins, LeBron says that he’s going back home, and decided not to have a press conference in order to better explain himself…
A Florida judge took the GOP and their redrawn congregational district maps from 2012 to the proverbial woodshed on Thursday, when he ruled that the maps were drawn up illegally. Second Judicial Circuit judge Terry P. Lewis called the maps a mockery to the rules of transparency when he ruled…
Rick Scott couldn’t have found a better man than Bill Scherer to be special counsel in the Digital Domain fiasco. A veteran litigator with more than his share of courtroom wins, Scherer is sure to look for every possible legal grounds to sue the authors of flim-flam man John Textor’s…
So, turns out, according to ESPN, that the reason the entire basketball world is still being held hostage by LeBron James’ indecision is over Cavs owner Dan Gilbert’s infamous 2010 comic sans letter where he publicly blasted James. In the letter, Gilbert called LeBron’s choice to freely sign with another…
