Fort Lauderdale beaches open for swimming after tar balls washed ashore Saturday; Coast Guard investigation ongoing
South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves stepping in dark, greasy balls of oil, possibly ...
Late penalty kick lifts Tampa Bay Sun into tie with Fort Lauderdale
Cecilie Fløe Nielsen scores in the 95th minute to complete Tampa Bay’s comeback from a 2-goal, 2nd-half deficit.
After a nationwide search, Fort Lauderdale finds new leader to run City Hall
Rickelle Williams, an assistant city manager in Miami Beach, beat out more than 90 applicants hoping to be chosen as city ...
Brother of Fort Lauderdale murder suspect accused of covering up evidence, paying inmates for favors
The brother of a Fort Lauderdale man charged with murdering his wife in Spain is now accused of serving as his liaison to the ...
What did spring break used to look like? See the scene in Fort Lauderdale, South Beach
The spring break tradition in Florida stretches back to the early 1960s, when the movie “Where the Boys Are” put Fort ...
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Broward beaches that closed due to tar balls washing ashore reopen amid cleanup efforts
Beachgoers were back on the sand after a mysterious find earlier this weekend.Thick, oily tar balls washed ashore on Fort<a ...
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Coast Guard investigates tar on South Florida beaches
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves ...
Vacation destination closes beaches over gross ‘tar balls’ as cause remains a mystery: ‘Thought it was a sea creature’
When we first came down here, there was like weird, black globs on the beach … I thought it was a sea creature or something,” one man said.
Coast Guard looking for source of oily tar balls that washed up on Fort Lauderdale Beach
At 7:05 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard’s Southeast District posted to social media that “Coast Guard air and surface crews completed searches from Palm beach to Port Everglades for the source of the ...
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Tar balls wash ashore along Broward coastline, prompting beach closures
It was a beautiful day on Fort Lauderdale Beach, until a strange substance cut it short.Swimmers were forced out of<a ...
Beaches reopen in Fort Lauderdale after tar balls wash ashore
Fort Lauderdale beach reopened to swimmers Sunday after an oily substance washed ashore. The U.S. Coast Guard is still working to determine the source of the substance but it's suspected that it could ...