Sunlake High’s Seahawks host the Weeki Wachee Hornets at 7 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 22, at Sunlake in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. — a nonleague matchup that opens the 2025 campaign for both teams. Follow the ...

A $4.1 million taxpayer-funded dredging project along with Weeki Wachee River in Hernando County could have been avoided if state officials better enforced rules on the water, a local environmentalist ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. (WFLA) — New rules are in place for kayakers and boaters on the Weeki Wachee River. In 2021, a News Channel 8 crew checked out the river with members of the Southwest Florida Water ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — An open-call audition will be held at the end of this month for the next school of mermaids for Weeki Wachee Springs. Open since 1947, Weeki Wachee Springs has been known for ...

The Weeki Wachee football team poses in front of the scoreboard after defeating county-rival Hernando for the first time on Oct. 25, 2024. / Patrick Skipper Since Weeki Wachee High first opened its ...

Two Silver Sirens, now in their 70s, will return to their roots with six special performances. Barbara Wynns began her mermaid career at Weeki Wachee in the 1960s. Now in her 70s, she will continue to ...

WEEKI WACHEE GARDENS, Fla. — Susan Backlinie, the famed "Jaws" actress and stuntwoman who played the shark's first victim, has died. She was 77 years old. Her agent confirmed to The Daily Jaws, a ...

Our small boat motors alongside a pipe that snakes along the bottom of the storied Weeki Wachee. It curves under floating manatees, scores of kayakers and other boaters for one and a half miles ...

HERANDO COUNTY, Fla. — New protections are being made to help preserve the Weeki Wachee River. Last week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted to prohibit visitors from beaching ...