Rob McKinzie, of Fort Lauderdale, plays basketball on the Fort Lauderdale beach court on Thursday, May 1, 2025. A plan to convert the courts into pickleball courts has sparked a public outcry.

For two years now, Fort Lauderdale has been a city without a City Hall. The eight-story building was critically damaged in a record-breaking rainstorm that hit in April 2023, sending floodwaters ...

Talk in Washington of overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and possibly eliminating it altogether — has set off alarm bells within Fort Lauderdale City Hall. Some, including ...

A small sign with big impact went up late last week near the public basketball courts toward the southern end of Fort Lauderdale beach: “Coming Soon: Basketball court conversion to pickleball ...

To help ease gridlock, Fort Lauderdale is studying a controversial proposal that would turn Andrews Avenue and Third Avenue into a pair of one-way streets with dedicated bus lanes from Sunrise ...

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis stands at the podium as city and public safety officials announce their 2025 spring break regulations at the Las Olas Oceanside Park on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

As part of the deal, the city agreed to build pickleball courts on the beach. Eagle-eyed activists knew about the plan, but had no idea the new courts were going to replace the basketball courts.