The 19th annual Ruskin Seafood Festival is right around the corner, and organizers are making last-minute preparations to make it the best ever. ...more

October 13, 2007

When is a primitive weapon no longer primitive? When it gets a battery-powered ignition, says Capt. John Miller of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission's Division of Law Enforcement. ...more

October 3, 2007

For those who like to combine fishing with hunting dangerous game, the state Fish & Wildlife Commission has recently taken a step likely to add lots of interest to the annual alligator harvest, now under way and continuing through Nov. 1. ...more

September 26, 2007

Jim Rapp has one hand on the wheel and the other holding a pair of binoculars as he drives his truck slowly down a gravel drive on the banks of a Chesapeake Bay marsh. ...more

September 23, 2007

Highlands County commissioners this week committed county staff to assist the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in finishing land acquisition for a national wildlife refuge at Flamingo Villas. ...more

September 13, 2007

HUDSON - A 31-year-old man is accused of having more than $18,400 worth of stolen exotic birds, cages and other items in his home. ...more

September 4, 2007