FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Panhandle sheriff has demoted his undersheriff after the man requested and received an unusual late-night hearing to secure his son's quick release..
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reports four more abandoned vagrant/homeless camps were cleaned up last Saturday removing 11,000 pounds of tras..
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A baby died at a Tallahassee hospital after being left in a hot vehicle for at least two hours last week. Tallahassee police say 6-month-old Zariah was pro..
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Three people suffered minor injuries after a sport utility vehicle reportedly crashed into an Escambia County school bus. Officials say the SUV rear-ended th..
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Hernando County jail inmate has died after having a seizure. The sheriff's Office reports that jail deputies spotted 37-year-old Edward A. Thomas Monday ..
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A former Orlando police officer accused of groping a woman has taken a plea deal. Brandon Loverde pleaded no contest Tuesday to misdemeanor disorderly conduct...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An Orlando-area high school student collapsed on a football field during practice and later died. The 15-year-old Wekiva High School student was taken Tuesday ..
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Utility regulators have approved nuclear plant recovery fee of 33 cents for Florida Power & Light Co. That's how much customers using 1,000 kilowatt ho..
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - An appeal court cited a 2005 Florida Supreme Court ruling Tuesday in reversing a first-degree murder conviction for the death of a 2-year-old child. But th..
HONOLULU (AP) - A Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he bilked four Hawaii investors out of $250,000, and admitted he bilked scores of others in what prosecutor..
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Oil giant BP PLC said in an internal report released Wednesday before a key piece of evidence has been analyzed that multiple companies and work teams contribute..
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Gainesville pastor's plan to burn the Quran on September 11th is burning up the viewers view hot line. We're taking your calls and texts about the contro..
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)-The list of booster seats reviewed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The insurance industry group gave its top marks to 21 of 72 booster seats it..
FORT MYERS, Fla. - You've probably been there: on vacation with the family, all crammed into a small, high-priced hotel room. But there might be a way to stretch out and stretch yo..
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Fort Myers Police Department K-9 died in a shootout with a robbery suspect and another was hurt. Officers killed one of the suspects and caught the second afte..
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - A man was found dead inside a Port Charlotte home. Detectives were called to the home on Seashore Avenue around 7:30 Tuesday night. The original c..
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - A North Port family is taking action against the Diocese of Venice, saying their son was discriminated against and dismissed from school because of his disab..
CAPE CORAL, Fla. - The Cape Coral city council approves a budget plan that could mean pay cuts for city employees.Angry Cape taxpayers joined a room full of city employees, wonderi..
AVE MARIA, Fla. - A whole sisterhood of nuns is forced to leave Ave Maria after the school confirms their superior had a sexual relationship with one of the female students at the ..
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida church is rebuffing warnings by the U.S. military's top official in Afghanistan to cancel a scheduled Sept. 11 burning of the Muslim holy book. P..
