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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 is a street inundated with rain water

Where Miami’s Soggy September Ranks Among Wettest on Record

By B. Scott McLendonOctober 1, 2025

Miami’s September Rainfall Near Record Levels

Depicted is Everglades High School with an image of Steven Babice superimposed.

Broward Teacher: ‘Black People Are Taught to Hate White People’

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 26, 2025

A Miramar social studies teacher is under fire for comments he allegedly made during a classroom rant about Charlie Kirk.

Depicted is the front driveway of a plantation-style mansion in Coral Gables.

$26M Coral Gables Plantation-Style Mansion Could Give Gatsby Envy

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 24, 2025

Luxury real estate firm Douglas Elliman calls the six-bedroom, six-and-a-half bathroom, 15,200 square foot property a “rare estate of timeless elegance.”

Depicted are state workers sandblasting Delray Beach's pride intersection.

Death of Delray Beach Pride Art Could Spawn Bigger, Gayer Display

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 20, 2025

Be careful what you wash for.

Depicted is an opulent gothic-style mansion in Coconut Grove.

$24M Gothic Miami Mansion Hits Market With Alice in Wonderland Vibes

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 20, 2025

The fairytale estate, 1840 South Bayshore Lane, sits on Biscayne Bay directly across from Grove Isle.

A raccoon snacks on melon on Raccoon Island.

Broward Issues Rabies Alert After Raccoon Infection Found

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 19, 2025

Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ dogs, and hide yo’ cats, too!

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Pictured is conservative commentator Charlie Kirk speaking at an event.

South Florida Professor Latest in Hot Seat Over Charlie Kirk Comment

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 17, 2025

Professor Rebel Cole joins staff at prominent South Florida schools in the hot seat for comments made about Charlie Kirk.

Brickell skyline by night with Metromover crossing bridge in the foreground

Miami Ranks as Top Homebuyer Market in U.S. Amid Mass Delistings

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 11, 2025

The news comes as seven of the top 50 U.S. metros have shifted toward strong buyer’s markets.

Depicted is a blacked-out pride street display in Delray Beach.

State Tries to Paint Over Florida Pride Crosswalk, Nature Intervenes

By B. Scott McLendonSeptember 9, 2025

Florida Department of Transportation officials painted over the intersection at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the city.

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.

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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.

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.

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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,

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.

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