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 ...

WEEKI WACHEE — Last month, Hernando County commissioners were treated to a stack of letters from some of their youngest constituents, urging them to do the right thing for their local treasure ...

WEEKI WACHEE — The iconic Florida roadside attraction where women wearing tails put on an underwater swimming show — Weeki Wachee — isn’t just known as the City of Live Mermaids.

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — Gliding over the shallow, crystal-clear turquoise water of the Weeki Wachee River, Madison Trowbridge’s kayak seemed like it was floating on air. “I try to keep to the ...

WEEKI WACHEE GARDENS, Fla. — Is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection doing enough to preserve the Weeki Wachee State Park portion of the Weeki Wachee River? A recently filed ...

“I been waitin’ on that one,” intones a deep voice into a microphone, confirming that, yes, in fact, that had been a burp disrupting my peaceful drift down the turquoise Weeki Wachee River.

Weeki Wachee Springs initially benefited when Walt Disney World opened an hour away in Orlando in 1971. Tourists looking for other diversions drove over to see the mermaids and live animal shows.

Though humans haven’t necessarily visited Weeki Wachee Springs for that long, performing mermaids have captivated audiences since the park opened in 1947. Weeki Wachee Springs finds its place in ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — Nostalgia and a timely flood of donations saved the tails of the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids a few years ago when the vintage Florida roadside attraction nearly succumbed ...

In 1948, Newton Perry saw the opportunity to create an attraction that was similar to Wakulla Springs at the Weeki Wachee ...