TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Public Service Commission has cut fuel cost recovery rates for three of Florida's investor-owned power companies starting in January. The commission re..

LEE COUNTY, Fla. - At a time when most school systems are scaling back, Lee County teachers and support staff are getting raises. Lee County teachers recently received a one-percen..

LEE COUNTY, Fla. - The Lehigh Acres man accused of slashing his daughter's throat and murdering her infant son is off suicide watch. Manuel Rosales made an appearance in Lee County..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - 500 gallons of ammonia was spilled at 925 New Harvest Road just after 2:15 pm. Employees nearby were evacuated. State Road 29 was shut down in both dire..

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - The Cape Coral Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating two suspects who stole the wallet of a 79-year-old woman and u..

FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Fort Myers Police Department is cracking down on people who illegally carry firearms. Undercover vice and uniformed patrol removed 17-guns from city streets ..

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - The North American Aerospace Defense Command is conducting training flights over the Florida Keys. NORAD says aircraft will practice intercept..

MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida mother will serve 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing her 3-year-old son in a 2006 homicide. Danqiong Yang had been charged wi..

NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) - A mother bear and three cubs are back in their usual habitat after surprising a Florida neighborhood by hanging out in a big pine tree. Residents found the bla..

OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Actor Wesley Snipes is heading back to court, hoping to convince a central Florida judge he deserves a new trial because he claims the jury was biased. U.S. Dist..

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An electrical problem has cropped up again aboard space shuttle Discovery and could jeopardize Wednesday's launch. The trouble appears to be with a back..

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - A Gulf coast area deputy and a woman sustained minor injuries after their vehicles crashed. Both people were hospitalized after the early Tuesday crash. Aut..

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Red states. Blue states. And now voting from a weightless state. The three Americans orbiting the planet on Election Day have cast their ballots. Space ..

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A central Florida man caught an alligator that measured more than 14 feet long. The 14-foot, 3 1/2-inch male alligator was caught in Lake Washington in Brev..

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA celebrated 10 years of continuous human presence at the International Space Station on Tuesday while readying shuttle Discovery for one last trip i..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's homeownership rate is at the lowest level in more than a decade, hampered by a rise in foreclosures and weak demand for housing. The percentage of ho..

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will hold a postelection news conference on Wednesday. The White House said Tuesday that Obama will take reporters' questions Wednesday at ..

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man working at a South Florida water plant fell about 30 feet in a water tank. Authorities say the man was flown to a hospital Tuesday, but the exten..

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Three people have been treated for hookworms believed to have come from a stretch of Miami Beach where there are feral cats nearby. The cases were reported..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Rick Scott voted in Collier County Tuesday. Scott and his wife voted at Saint Ann's Catholic Church. A dozen supporters wa..