Ponce de Leon News

Last month, a fire destroyed an ancient tree in central Florida. At 3,500 years old, the Senator was one of the oldest bald cypress trees in the world, and, at 118 feet, one of the tallest east of the Mississippi.

Next year, on the 500th anniversary celebration of the founding of Florida, should Brevard County's barrier island be named to honor the European explorer who discovered us? As a Floridian and as an historian, it would seem right and proper to honor Ponce de Leon in this way.

The long-awaited release of a public record provides some insight into what happened to a prominent Ponce de Leon man, but the exact cause of his fatal injury remains unknown.

James Hilton's 1933 novel, "Lost Horizon," captured the public imagination during the hard times of the Great Depression.

The Washington County Drug Task Force, consisting of the Washington County Sheriff's Office and the Chipley Police Department reports the arrest of a couple on narcotics and weapon charges, on Tuesday, Jan.

If license tag sales are any indication, not many Hispanics in Florida want to put ethnic pride on their car's backside.

"He'd start telling me a story, 'Back when I was a kid during World War I...' and I'd say, Holy cow, my father fought in World War I," said Dr.