WEEKI WACHEE – Last month, five retired mermaids relived the “magic” of the waters of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. Made ...

While paddleboarding along Florida’s crystal-clear Weeki Wachee River, tourists were treated to an unforgettable encounter. A herd of approximately ten majestic manatees calmly swam beneath them, ...

What You Need To Know Dianne McDonald, 91, was one of the first Weeki Wachee mermaids The first mermaid show was back in 1947, when U.S. 19 was a two-lane dirt road, and swimmers performed ...

Hernando County also took an active role in the process. “The Weeki Wachee River is the premier kayaking and paddle boarding river in the state of Florida.

The 927-acre Weeki Wachee Springs State Park leases its land mostly from the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Within those state park boundaries, signs tell people who rent kayaks from ...

Barbara Wynns still remembers her first trip to the magical, mermaid-filled roadside attraction Weeki Wachee in 1963. “I was 13 years old, and I knew right then I was never going to get married ...

Weeki Wachee River advocate Shannon Turbeville told 10 Investigates last year it’s this type of activity that needs to be better monitored. "Out-of-vessel recreation is what's destroying the river.

Mermaids, water adventures, and fun, oh my! For more than 70 years, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park has been a summer haven for Floridians.

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 ...

As the Weeki Wachee Springs State Park prepares to celebrate its 75th birthday, organizers are preparing to pull out all the stops. This is the biggest one, right now, a life-size statue of their ...

Five original Weeki Wachee mermaids in their 70s reunited to swim again decades later. The reunion was made possible by AARP’s "Wish of a Lifetime" program. The women performed together in the ...

A $4.1 million taxpayer-funded dredging project along the Weeki Wachee River could've been avoided if officials better enforced rules on the water, advocate says.