TAMPA - City workers on Wednesday found the body of a dog killed two days earlier by an alligator at Al Lopez Park. ...more

February 13, 2008

It may be several days before a trapper can snare an alligator that killed a dog at Al Lopez Park on Monday. ...more

February 13, 2008

TAMPA - It may be several days before a trapper can snare an alligator that killed a dog at Al Lopez Park on Monday. ...more

February 12, 2008

Michael Desmond has started saving for college, stashing away money he earns washing and waxing his parents' cars. ...more

February 9, 2008

Michael Desmond has started saving for college, stashing away money he earns washing and waxing his parents' cars. ...more

February 7, 2008

GAINESVILLE - University of Florida safeties coach John "Doc" Holliday has accepted a job with the West Virginia University, Holliday's wife, Diana, said in a report from the Independent Florida Alligator. ...more

January 10, 2008

Seven rare albino alligators disappeared from a Brazilian university zoo, and authorities suspect that animal smugglers stole them, officials said Friday. ...more

January 5, 2008

Monday, Ben Moffitt will make his 43rd - and final - start at linebacker for the University of South Florida. ...more

December 30, 2007

A man who jumped into a lake to flee tribal police was killed by an alligator more than 9 feet long, officials said Tuesday. ...more

November 14, 2007

LORIDA — A Lorida hunter whose Web site touts him as "Florida's Exclusive Guide and Outfitter" and who has been featured on several nationally televised hunting shows, is facing second-degree misdemeanor charges for attempting to take an alligator without a permit. Daniel Santangelo, 42, of 5229 Bluff Hammock Road, was cited by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officials on Aug. 16, the first night of the 2007 Phase I alligator hunting season, in the Kissimmee River at Bluff Hammock. The officer who pulled over the airboat said he saw one of Santangelo's passengers standing on the boat with a harpoon as he approached the vessel, according to Highlands County Courthouse records. ...more

October 9, 2007