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B. Scott McLendon

B. Scott McLendon joined New Times staff in 2025. A national award-winning journalist, he previously covered education, crime, courts, and local government for daily newspapers in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. He holds a bachelor’s in journalism from Troy University.

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Depicted are rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of Ocean Drive and 12th Street.

Gayest Florida Pride Crosswalks Unbothered By DeSantis’ War on Rainbows

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 8, 2025

Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared war on, checks notes, rainbow crosswalks.

Depicted is Miami City Hall, a white and blue building, on a sunny day.

Expensive Plan to Move Miami Elections Is Officially Dead

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 5, 2025

The city spent more than $115,000 litigating the issue that died Friday when commissioners canceled a special meeting.

Depicted are men playing basketball at a popular beachside court in Fort Lauderdale.

Iconic Fort Lauderdale Beach Basketball Courts to Be Bulldozed

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 4, 2025

They’re paving basketball paradise to put up a pickleball court.

A blue land crab is pictured outside its underground burrow.

What to Know About South Florida’s Migratory, Home-Invading Land Crabs

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 3, 2025

Everyone knows how to deal with invasive arthropods like spiders and cockroaches, but what about their much larger cousins?

Depicted is a robot bunny University of Florida researchers made to detect Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.

Python Queen Questions Florida’s $480K Robot Rabbit Army

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 2, 2025

The University of Florida deployed 120 robot rabbits to the Florida Everglades to combat the Burmese python issue.

Fern, a one-year-old Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, is pictured exploring his new habitat at Palm Beach Zoo.

Video: Palm Beach’s Cutest Residents Get New Digs

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 29, 2025

Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society unveiled a new habitat for a father-son pair of sloths and a trio of tiny golden monkeys.

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A coiled Burmese python is pictured in the grass.

Video: Miami Family Finds Gigantic Python in Backyard

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 28, 2025

Miami’s snake-response team, Venom One – yes, that’s a real thing – found the nope rope just south of Miami Executive Airport.

A shot of Florida International University's urban campus in Miami at sunset,

FIU Ranked Among the Best Universities in U.S., No. 1 in Florida

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 26, 2025

The Miami school finished several spots ahead of the next-best Florida university.

A screenshot of a video in which Miami Mayor Francis Suarez compared himself bench pressing what appears to be more weight than New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who is shown lifting what many agree appears to be 135 pounds.

Miami Mayor Records Himself Pumping Iron and Internet Gets the Ick

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 25, 2025

“A manufactured sapingo moment,” one commenter wrote.

Pictured are high school students working on computers in a computer lab in a Hialeah high school.

4 Miami-Dade High Schools Ranked Among the Best in U.S.

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 25, 2025

Schools in Hialeah, North Miami, Miami, and Kendall made U.S. News & World Report’s annual list.

A brick driveway is pictured in the foreground leading to a luxe mansion in Miami Beach.

One of the Most Expensive Homes in U.S. Hits Miami Market for $169M

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 22, 2025

The estate topped Realtor.com’s list of most expensive home listings this week.

dramatic nighttime photo of a fire in the Everglades, showing stars, flames, and a tall tree in the middle ground

South Florida Air Quality Continues to Suck Amid Wildfires

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 21, 2025

This news likely comes as no surprise to anyone who stepped outside in the past two days,

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Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers, clad in athleisure gear, looks on from the sidelines against the Denver Broncos in the second half during the NFL preseason game at Levi's Stadium on August 09, 2025, in Santa Clara, California.

Two South Florida Schools Among Best Athletic Programs in U.S.

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 19, 2025

The schools are veritable factories for professional athletes.

A wide shot of a road with trees on either side, with a blue sign that reads, "Alligator Alcatraz."

Florida Nonprofits Hope Hotline Connects Immigrant Detainees, Families

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 18, 2025

It’s part of Florida Immigrant Coalition’s ongoing campaign against Alligator Alcatraz.

Side-by-side images of a black "The Deport Depot" coffee mug and a black "The Deport Depot" mesh hat featuring logos that mimic that of The Home Depot

Florida GOP Quietly Deletes Deportation Depot Merch Days After Launch

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 18, 2025

“We won’t back down to the radical left,” Florida GOP posted on X, announcing the merch days before it disappeared.

photo of a woman standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone

Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ Mother, Has Died

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 15, 2025

The news comes about two years after the Amazon titan moved back to Miami to be closer to his mother, Jacklyn ‘Jackie’ Bezos.

A coiled Burmese python in the grass.

Florida Women Dominate 2025 Python Challenge, Break Records

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 14, 2025

A Naples woman dispached 60 Burmese pythons to claim $10,000 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A black bear cub peaks around a pine tree.

Florida Officials Embrace Medieval Black Bear Hunt With Open Arms

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 13, 2025

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission’s (FWC) own survey says about three-fourths of Floridians oppose the December hunt.

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Soccer legend Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy.

FIFA Needs Unpaid Volunteers to Staff Miami World Cup

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 13, 2025

Miami is one of 16 cities across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico hosting World Cup games next summer.

A slice of Miami's iconic skyline.

Miami Homeowners Are Delisting Properties en Masse

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 12, 2025

Sellers are becoming increasingly frustrated with their properties languishing on the market.

A rendering of storms in the Atlantic Ocean.

What Newly Formed Tropical Storm Erin Means for Miami

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 11, 2025

It could be the beginning of what forecasters are predicting to be another active hurricane season this year.

Sporting sunglasses and a pom-pom-topped team-issue knit hat, Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins looks on before the game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on January 05, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey

Dolphins QB ‘Honored’ by Trump Sports Council Appointment

By B. Scott McLendonAugust 8, 2025

The Alabama alumni and current face of the NFL’s concussion debate said he wasn’t sure why the president appointed him.

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