Ponce de Leon News

Justin Riney started his journey on January 1st. He embarked on a trip around the entire state of Florida on a paddleboard, and so far he has spent 138 days on the water.

Thanks to Stella Mansfield , who posted this announcement for the Viva Florida 500 events scheduled at Heritage Village .

The battle scars have mounted. Orlando Predators quarterback Aaron Garcia has accumulated broken bones, dislocated joints and undergone numerous arthroscopic surgeries in nearly two decades in the Arena Football League.

I haven't spent a lot of time in Holland, but their latest video sure gets me thinking about a trip back.

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YouReporter , Will Cooke, spotted this pirate ship about 2 miles off of Boca Raton.

The Viva Florida 500 celebration held in Branford to commemorate the 500th year anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon's arrival on Florida's east coast had a great turnout Friday.

El Galeon , a replica of the ships used by 16th Century Spanish explorers, was docked in Port Canaveral through May 12.

Five hundred years ago, when the Spanish first landed in Florida, the Calusa Indians were the dominant tribe in the state.

Elementary school students pet and brush a goat named Sophie at an annual event held Friday at the county fairgrounds to introduce children to different types of agriculture.

Dania Maxwell/Staff Carlos Bicho, dressed as Juan Ponce de Leon shovels dirt over a time capsule buried in the ground during an event at the Naples Depot Museum on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

A long time ago, in a university not far away, this MIT physicist hatched a plan for a bold experiment in space.

JPo is trending in South Florida. We're talking about Juan Ponce de Leon, the conquistador-explorer-governor who is still relevant 500 years after he claimed Florida for Spain.

Walton County will close Morrison Springs Park on Monday to disperse chemicals to eliminate hydrilla that is taking over the swimming area.

WHAT: As part of Viva Florida 500, the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon's landing on Florida's east coast, the Orange County Library System will present "Ponce de Len and Flamenco - An Age of Discovery." Experience the thunderous, soulful and expressive dance that originated in the Andalusia region of southern Spain.

The State of Florida is celebrating its 500th birthday, including debates about the exploration of Juan Ponce de Leon, who landed on the peninsula on April 2, 1513.

It's tough to cover the entire Sunshine State in an hour. But they made a pretty good attempt at it.

Tune in to a live stream of the tall ship's arrival tomorrow at 8 a.m. here at FloridaToday.com PORT CANAVERAL - One of the world's largest tall ships will be at Port Canaveral for the next two days as part of Florida's Viva 500 celebration of the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon's landing on Florida's east coast.

"You are the first man I have ever seen working at Victoria's Secret," said a customer walking up to the cash register.

This 2012 photo provided by Anne Da TMInnocenzio shows her on the right with her sister Donna in the middle and mother Marie on the left in Rudesheim, Germany, on a port call they made while taking a Rhine River cruise together.