Meleah Lyden

They range in topic and experience but are all interconnected by similar characteristics: their struggles, their perseverance, their strength. These are the tales of unsung heroes in Florida.

Mohamed Fathy Suliman, 34, lived most of his life in Florida but in the years after he was arrested in Turkey in 2014, he traveled extensively overseas until he was arrested in India in January 2021 on a U.S. criminal warrant.

Although the number of juveniles arrested in Alachua County has decreased since 2019, community members are feeling the effects of teen violence. Law…

Many of the Black Seminole characteristics come from the Gullah, which is a mixture of West African culture and languages mixed in with southern English…

Gainesville's only all-Black secondary school was forced to close its doors mid-semester during the 1969-1970 school year.

The family couldn’t have predicted that their world would be turned upside down when Category Four Hurricane Ida barrelled through Lousiana on Aug. 29.

To party or not to party? As college students across Florida wrestled during the pandemic over public health restrictions, including whether it was safe to visit bars, nightclubs or house parties, Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in.

Lost lives. Lost jobs. Lost classrooms. Lost opportunities. Lost time with families. A lost year.

Pinellas County voters have selected the winning presidential candidate every election since 1980, except for the contested 2000 race, when a 36-day recount fight awarded the White House to George W. Bush.

Ten times, Edward Palkovic's votes didn’t count.