Florida's tourist beaches are being held hostage, some say, by a handful of North Florida property owners who complain the state's method of repairing eroded beaches violates their property rights. Next month, the case will go to the U-S Supreme Court. Rick Stone has the story.

Florida's tourist beaches are being held hostage, some say, by a handful of North Florida property owners who complain the state's method of repairing eroded beaches violates their property rights. Next month, the case will go to the U-S Supreme Court. Rick Stone has the story.

U.S. Sugar and the state of Florida have announced an agreement on the much-anticipated deal to purchase 180-thousand-acres of farmland near Lake Okeechobee in order to help with Everglades Restoration. Rick Stone reports.

Florida's threatened butterfly populations are now getting some official attention as state wildlife officials launch a major preservation effort. Rick Stone reports.

Speculation continues as to why U-S Sugar agreed to sell out to the state to make way for Everglades Restoration. Rick Stone has more…

Broward State Senator Steve Geller has filed a federal lawsuit to force national Democrats to seat Florida delegates at the party's national convention. Rick Stone reports.

The Newport Guitar Festival has wrapped up at its first weekend in Miami Beach after three years in Rhode Island. Organizers say we're in a golden age of guitar making…and the "gold" part is now to be taken literally. Rick Stone reports.

Stuck at home caring for sick adults, hundreds of Palm Beach County
middle school kids are losing out on childhood and endangering their
education. There's a program to help them...it's the only one like it in
the entire country. Rick Stone reports on the "Caregiving Youth
Project”.

A Michigan woman killed by a large ray in the waters off Marathon yesterday died a violent but very unusual death. State wildlife officials say it was probably the collision with the ray, and not its poisonous barb, that killed her. Rick Stone reports.

Whatever the national verdict on last night's Repubican candidates' debate at Florida Atlantic University, it was Mike Huckabee's night in a small auditorium on the F-A-U campus. That's where 300 students gathered in front of a giant screen for a debate watch party. Rick Stone reports from Boca Raton.