Sun Sentinel columnist Steve Bousquet looks back at the long life of R. Emmett McTigue, who died on June 13 at the age of 92.

The first Juneteenth was held in Galveston the next year. Celebrations were low-key affairs, often kept to church gatherings ...

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...

Incident happened February 4 at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy Student refused to stand for pledge; arrest report says he called school leaders racists His mother, Dhakira Talbot, wants charges ...

With the season opener 75 days away, Pitt announced 19 additions to the football roster Monday. The list includes seven ...

Steve Bousquet, South Florida Sun Sentinel columnist. For six long months, Lawton Chiles, the last elected Democratic governor, could not get the votes in an increasingly anti-tax Senate to raise ...

In 1994, Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles (D) signed a $2.1 million compensation bill for the Rosewood massacre of 1923. Nine survivors received $150,000 each. A state university scholarship fund was ...

The team defeated Tallahassee Lawton Chiles High School 26-2 on May 10 to win the championship. "It has been great," senior Lily Von-Purkyne said. "I've been super proud of my team and myself for ...

Florida hasn’t had a Democrat occupying the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee since Buddy MacKay finished out Lawton Chiles’ second term in office in January of 1999. Since then there has ...

In 1991, then-Governor Lawton Chiles granted Lu honorary Florida citizenship and let him stay in the park he’d long called home. With that, the FDEP says Florida Lu became more than a resident ...

Lawton Chiles was elected to two consecutive terms, in 1991 and 1994, but died in office in 1998 before his second term was completed.