MIAMI – Whenever Floridians sing their state song at sporting events, school recitals and inaugurations, voices trail off in the third line of the chorus as the politically correct singers skip over ...

Florida's famous state song about the Suwannee River, considered by many to be racially insensitive, is entering troubled waters yet again. A legislator wants to find a new song to replace Old Folks ...

The Florida Senate passed a bill on Thursday keeping Swanee River as the official Florida state song. They will rewrite the racist lyrics in an attempt to forget the “darkies” but will they get rid of ...

We call Florida the Sunshine State. We should call it the Benighted State, mainly because our lawmakers, mostly Republicans, are a bunch of ideologues whose constituents follow them blindly. And our ...

MIAMI — Whenever Floridians sing their state song at sporting events, school recitals and inaugurations, voices trail off in the third line of the chorus as the politically correct skip over or mumble ...

The Ganges River in India is a final resting place for the ashes of loved ones. For those who can't make the journey, a river in Florida has become a substitute for the funeral tradition.

TALLAHASSEE | When it comes to the state song, it looks like Florida lawmakers and Floridians will still be singing the same tune. Gov. Charlie Crist won't be humming along, however. After spending ...

Little Feat follows up their acoustic live album ...At Rams Head with this electric live recording, Down Upon the Suwannee River. The new live recording was captured on 36 tracks out in the woods of ...

Way down in the farthest reaches of Georgia along Highway 441 -- way, way, way down yonder at the Florida state line -- there's not much to see except a gazillion acres of the deepest, thickest woods ...

Special to the Sun-Sentinel When you tire of all the theme park traffic and the Gold Coast, Treasure Coast, Space Coast, Sun Coast, consider going back to the basics. Head for the Nature Coast, an ...