Share This Post Facebook Pinterest Twitter LinkedinPhoto Courtesy of Joe Lozoya 2025 Florida Strawberry Festival court member Olivia Paige Lawton, daughter of Jacob and Kinsey Lawton and Jamie and ...

Former Congressman Kendrick Meek recalls his entry into Florida politics when, as the first Black captain in the Florida ...

Columnist Steve Bousquet attended the large outpouring of affection on Wednesday in Ocala for former Gov. Buddy MacKay, who recently died at the age of 91.

The Florida wildfires of 1998 remain one of the state’s most devastating natural disasters. They highlighted the unique risks ...

Mackay served as Florida’s governor for less than a month in 1998 after Lawton Chiles’s sudden death. However, his passion ...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - People will honor the life of former Florida Governor Buddy MacKay in Ocala on Wednesday. MacKay passed ...

Former Congressman Kendrick Meek recalls his entry into Florida politics when, as the first Black captain in the Florida Highway Patrol, he served as travel aide to then-Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay.

Gov. Ron DeSantis called Monday for a special legislative session to help implement President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Located about three-quarters of the way down the Florida Keys at Mile Marker 37, on Big Pine Key, this gem is one of Florida's southernmost state parks, with flora and fauna that originated in the ...

(WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags ... serving two terms alongside Lawton Chiles. MacKay stepped in as the state’s 42nd governor in December 1998 after Chiles died suddenly ...

Losing her husband and her first election over a span of two months, long-time Sarasota County Tax Collector Barbara ...

Ron DeSantis has directed flags to half-staff in Florida to honor the late Gov ... the December 1998 death of his predecessor, Lawton Chiles; MacKay was his lieutenant governor.