Kinsley Briggs enjoys her food while all dressed up for the Tampa Halloween party on Oct. 25. (Photo Courtesy photo) Seminoles and staff celebrate the first Spooktacular Halloween Party at the Tampa Recreation Center on Oct. 25. (Courtesy photo) Young Seminoles enjoy a Halloween costume contest in Tampa. (Courtesy photo) Katlyn Henry, Keason

BIG CYPRESS — In preparation for the possible landfall of Hurricane Dorian in early September, the Environmental Resource Management Department (ERMD) released water in canals across the reservations to lower water levels, thus avoiding the possibility of flooding due to excess rainfall. To accomplish the task, the department worked with the

TAMPA — About 15 members of the Tampa community joined 26,000 others at the Making Strides Against Cancer walk on Nov. 3 at Raymond James Stadium. The original Walk was scheduled for Oct. 19, the same day Tropical Storm Nestor hit the area. Nancy Frank holds up the number 16 to

FORT LAUDERDALE — Tucomah Robbins and Jason Melton have been friends for many years, and also have a shared interest in and respect for Seminole culture – particularly through war reenactments and weapons techniques. Their talents have coalesced through their work with the Tribe’s Osceola Warrior Legacy and at ISR

Paul Bowers Sr. served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, but his fellow soldiers in the fields and jungles of Vietnam just called him Chief. “Since I was a Seminole they thought I knew everything because I was from the swamp,” Bowers said. “They had me walk [up

Billie Micco was drafted in 1968 and served for two years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Micco was going to college in Oklahoma when he received the draft letter. He was soon sent to Fort Gordon in Georgia to complete basic training and then it was on

Talon Youngman has always wanted to help people and found the way to his passion in the Glades County Sheriff’s Office. Youngman is the first Seminole and Native American in the department; he joined in 2017 and was promoted to sergeant last month. “I can’t believe no one else put