A trust controlled by local architect Stephen J. Spencer is constructing a chickee hut without state or federal permits in shallow waters it owns near Anclote Key Preserve State Park. Former Times ...

Florida, USA, January 12th, 2026, FinanceWireNative American Tiki Palm Huts of Florida, Inc., a longtime leader in tiki and ...

In a cute neighborhood with a perky name like Sunnyside, what could be more appropriate than a breakfast and lunch eatery so small you have to order from a walk-up window? Owner Harriett Sanchez might ...

Before Dan Jimmie could marry Annie Mae, he had to meet a demand made by his future father-in-law. The requirement was rooted in Seminole Indian tradition, a growing-to-manhood ritual expected of all ...

Infused with the same high energy found in Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, this second installment of the Flint Future Detectives series offers even zanier adventures with mixed results. Steven Carter and ...

Grace Marisi's waterfront restaurant is known as much for its view as its food. But at the moment, the best seats on Sam's outdoor deck go to the birds. They have found a nice perch atop the stalled ...

The new 20-by-40-foot chickee hut at Riverbend Park/Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park is expected to be done in about a week, part of the county park’s $3 million renovation. The next step at the one ...

O.B. Osceola sat under the shade of thousands of cabbage palm leaves thatched into a roof over the dock at the Cove Inn on Naples Bay. The beams supporting the roof still smelled of freshly cut pine.

The first thing Nancy Kilmartin noticed was the frass. That’s science-speak for caterpillar poop — little dark pellets baby butterflies or moths expel as they eat. And it was scattered in a dark ...

James Billie, chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, may be more noted for being acquitted on a charge of killing a Florida panther than for his efforts to rescue the vanishing Indian culture, but ...