FLORIDA NEWS

The mayor of Gainesville on Tuesday said he’s keeping a COVID-19 vaccine requirement in place for city workers.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says people who decide not to get a COVID-19 vaccine might be making the wrong choice, but he defends their right to choose.

Trial testimony shows a former political rival of a Republican Florida congressional candidate made repeated threats to “take her out,” even claiming he could summon a supposed Russian and Ukrainian hit squad to kill her.

Daily case averages are at their lowest point since late July and hospitalizations are lower than they’ve been since early August.

Vaccine mandates remain in place for employees of Leon County, Florida’s Capital county, following the Governor’s threat of a $5,000 fine per employee.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans Tuesday to end the Florida Standards Assessments, also known as FSA, testing for students across the state, a move applauded by the state's largest teachers union.

The Emu was reunited with his family. We are sure it was an “emutional” reunion.

Officials say three students at a South Florida junior high school have been arrested and charged with making threats on social media to shoot up their school.

The University of Florida is among the top five public universities in the nation, according to the annual rankings released Monday by U.S. News & World Report.

The state's mandate ban is in effect, but some school districts with mandates say they're not changing their policies.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened local governments with $5,000 fines per violation for requiring their employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus that has overrun hospitals across the state.

“It’s extremely disappointing,” Vonzel Hudson, a Jaguars fan, said. “Heartbreaking. Especially when you know you have the number one draft and he’s supposed to put up big numbers.”

As with previous surges, when the number of new cases begins to drop, deaths attributed to the virus coninue rise for several weeks.

The on-again, off-again ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students is back in force.

The fine previously started at $250 and went up to $1,500 for repeat offenders.

Governor Ron DeSantis is proposing $5,000 hiring bonuses and tuition at an academy to boost recruiting.

Florida’s new “anti-riot” law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as a way to quell violent protests is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

A Florida sheriff says a chance encounter with a former Marine beset by delusions of child sex trafficking ultimately led to the massacre of four members of a Florida family including mother holding a baby boy.

Tropical depression Mindy has dumped rain along the Georgia and South Carolina seacoasts during its trek over land and is now moving well offshore into the Atlantic Ocean.

After spending more than $2.7 million on a petition drive to create more affordable housing, Florida Realtors are dropping the effort.

St. Augustine's history is traced to 1565.

A circuit judge on Wednesday again ruled against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ mask policy for students, setting aside a stay and allowing school districts to enact mask mandates without interference from the Department of Education as the case moves forward on appeal.

A 148-year-old Florida Keys lighthouse could get a new life now that a community organization is poised to take ownership and begin a massive preservation project.

Prosecutors say three people have been arrested on charges involving the theft of the identities of some of the victims of June’s deadly South Florida condominium collapse.