WLRN WEEKEND: A collection of some of our feature stories for your weekend reading
'Defensiveness and a pride': Florida author explores her complex relationship with her home state
Have you ever thought about what it’s like to grow up in Florida? Looking beyond the headlines and memes. What does it mean to come from a state with such a complicated reputation? In her debut book and memoir, Anywhere Else: Essays on Florida, author Rachel Knox explores those questions.
Nature and poetry: Students get inspired by the 'light and delight' of Everglades National Park
A local organization fostering reading comprehension and creative writing in Miami-Dade County schools recently took a group of elementary students into the heart of South Florida's wildlife to get them inspired by the wetlands' flora and fauna.
To mark the start of National Poetry Month, Miami-Dade names new Poet Laureate
Nicole Tallman said her goal as Poet Laureate is to do more collaborative poetry projects with county residents, and also find ways to merge poetry with the county’s thriving music scene.
Steady decline in birth rate will affect local student enrollment for years to come
As South Florida school districts predicting dwindling enrollment into next school year, the steady decline in birth rate will contribute to the dramatic year-to-year student loss.
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Carlton Gillespie/WLRNHundreds of people filled the front lawn of Coral Springs City Hall Friday night for a candlelight vigil to remember slain vice mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen. -
Lynne Sladky/APFlorida’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee was created two decades ago to investigate why Florida moms are dying during and after pregnancy – and to stop preventable deaths from happening in the first place. But the secretive panel housed within the Florida Department of Health hadn’t publicly released any annual findings in years until a Florida Trib reporter asked agency officials last week about the committee’s apparent lack of action.
- Archaeologists discover long-lost grave at Dry Tortugas National Park
- U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart announces $6 million in federal funds to ease I-75 traffic congestion
- The Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington has a new crown jewel winner
- Reward offered for information about butchered hammerhead shark in Palm Beach County
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With the passing of legendary WLRN 'Night Train' jazz host, Ted Grossman, listeners lost a treasure trove of knowledge and recordings of the musical art form. Enter Rusty Barker and 'Echoes of Jazz.' The program will air Sunday nights on all WLRN main broadcast and streaming channels, from April. -
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is for the first time collecting data on verbal warnings made during traffic stops. The change comes after years of urging by faith-based social justice coalition PEACE and is advised by a nationally recognized expert on bias in policing. -
The increase in the number of Florida's measles cases slowed down in March. But its overall case count is still one of the highest in the country.
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Best-selling author James Patterson explores the current literacy crisis in America, highlighting evidence-based solutions from the Science of Reading.
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