LEE COUNTY, Fla. - More than 600 birds seized in the largest cockfighting operation in Florida history were euthanized last week. Lee County Animal Services said they were forced t..

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. - A Marco Island woman is behind bars after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend early Thursday morning. According to the Marco Island police, 23 year old Susan Book..

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - The Pinellas County Sheriff's office makes a major prescription pill bust. But not before more than 100,000 pills hit the streets with a value of 1.5 millio..

MIAMI (AP) - Karl has become a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico after dumping heavy rains on the Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical storm. A hurricane warning was issued Thursday for M..

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy in Gainesville had to fire 17 shots to put down a deer hit by a car. The Alachua sheriff's department says the deputy was "horrified" by..

ISLAMORADO, Fla. (AP) - A group of paralyzed rehabilitation patients will swim with dolphins in the Florida Keys as part of their therapeutic program. Thursday's dolphin swim is a ..

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police say two West Palm Beach bank robbers who rode their motorcycle right into the lobby during their heist had an "inside man." Or in this case, a w..

IMMOKALEE, Fla. - The First Annual Guadalupe Gallop kicks off Saturday, September 18th. It's a 5K Race for education that goes to support the programs of the Guadalupe Center of Im..

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Three skinned alligator carcasses missing their heads and tails have been reported washing up on South Florida beaches. The Florida Fish and Wildlife C..

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - A woman was reportedly injured after crashing into a Broward County deputy's vehicle on Interstate 95. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that Quisepe Muril..

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The panel overseeing Florida's 11 public universities may propose changes in tuition and fee rules that could make going to college more expensive. The Bo..

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Large tar balls are continuing to wash up along Pensacola Beach, even though oil has stopped flowing from BP's blown out Deep water Horizon well. Beach..

FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The former Fort Myers Beach town manager who was fired last year because he married a porn star is now a finalist for the city manager job in Flagler Bea..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida has gotten more than $5.7 million in federal money for increasing adoptions of children in foster care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser..

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Tampa police officer reportedly shot a man wielding a butcher knife outside a hospital. Police say the officer responded to a fight outside St. Joseph's Childr..

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was injured when a vehicle hit his motorcycle during a traffic stop near Tampa. FHP reports that Trooper James Goethe had pulled..

PORT ORANGE, Fla. (AP) - Police believe the owner of a Port Orange restaurant purposefully set the building on fire but didn't mean to die in the blaze. The Biscuits 'N' Gravy rest..

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) - The former owner of a Palm Coast pizzeria accused of attacking customers who complained about their order has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. A Flagle..

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - A Melbourne woman who escaped from an Ocala prison 35 years ago will be paroled for the charges that landed her in prison, but she still faces a charge for t..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Incoming Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon has filled the chamber's two most coveted leadership positions outside of his own. The Winter Park Republican on..