The history and origins of Florida's county names, from Madison to Pasco

Miami-Dade (1836): Originally just called Dade County after Francis L. Dade, a major in the U.S. Army during the Second ...

Hillsborough Commissioners disagree over future of African American History Center

Hillsborough County Commissioners were given an update on Wednesday about plans to build an African American History and ...
Sun Sentinel

The Florida manatee a ‘nonnative’? It’s been here for millennia | Opinion

Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s. These ...
CBS News

Manatee spotted off Cape Cod for first time in nearly a decade

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...