If T-shirts and programs are too pricey, the concert-goer always has — or had — his ticket stub as a keepsake. ...more

November 30, 2009

Federal officials are considering opening a vast sweep of forest and swamp on both sides of Alligator Alley to hunting and off-road vehicles. ...more

July 11, 2009

Alligator Alley has been closed again thanks to smoke from a massive brush fire in the Everglades that has lingered over the highway. ...more

May 3, 2009

Alligator Alley will open for a few hours even as wildfires continue to pour over the highway. ...more

April 28, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol planned to temporarily open a roughly 75-mile cross-state stretch of Interstate 75 that had been closed because of a wildfire. ...more

April 26, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol officials announced that a 78-mile stretch of Allligator Alley previously closed because of a brush fire is now open. ...more

April 25, 2009

Weather conditions in the Everglades won't provide much help for crews battling a wildfire that has grown to more than 4,000 acres and closed Interstate 75 across the state. ...more

April 23, 2009

Prosecutors wanted a federal explosives trial to be about terrorism; for the defense, it came down this afternoon to rocket science. ...more

March 26, 2009

An early morning bus ride across Alligator Alley from Port Charlotte went to waste for the Tampa Bay Rays today. A series of rainstorms late in the morning, with more forecast for the afternoon, led to the cancellation of the Rays' spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles. And with that, it was back on the bus for Manager Joe Maddon and his players. "We're just going to stop and get a movie for the ride back, stop at Blockbuster or someplace else and make sure we get a good flick," Maddon said. "We'll probably watch all three episodes of 'The Godfather' by the time we get back." The game, which will not be made up, was to feature the Grapefruit League debut of outfielder Matt Joyce. The Armwood High graduate, acquired in a December trade with the Detroit Tigers, has been hampered by tendinitis in his right leg throughout the spring. A more pressing concern for the Rays' coaching staff will be finding the requisite innings for Andy Sonnanstine and David Price, who were scheduled to pitch today. Maddon and pitching coach Jim Hickey were discussing options as the bus prepared to pull out, with the Rays likely to get both pitchers work in either a minor-league game or a simulated game Sunday in Port Charlotte. About the only person who seemed pleased by the development was Rays catcher Shawn Riggans, a Fort Lauderdale native who will now have a few more hours to spend with family and friends. ...more

March 21, 2009

It could have been the worst storm ever to hit the Tampa region. Hurricane Ike is a Category 3 hurricane that is expected to pick up even more speed as it makes it past Cuba Tuesday and heads west-northwest into the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

September 8, 2008