FLORIDA NEWS

Authorities say a Florida state agency spokesman was killed in an apparent road rage incident near Tallahassee.

Florida already has an official state pie — key lime — but might soon designate strawberry shortcake as the official state dessert.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is recruiting businesses to train their employees on recognizing the signs of human trafficking.

Street takeovers to perform car stunts like doughnuts, drifting and burnouts could become illegal in Florida.

Legislation that would make it easier for Florida businesses and individuals to challenge local ordinances has cleared its first state Senate test.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said 1 million Abbott COVID-19 rapid tests that expired in a warehouse in December are now “going out” to testing sites after their usage date was extended to March 2022 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

JASMYN, Jacksonville’s LGBTQ+ Youth Center, broke ground Wednesday and announced its new construction project that will complete the organization’s campus.

Officials say a man was killed when a van burst into flames outside the Daytona Beach Police headquarters.

Florida lawmakers have convened their annual 60-day legislative session in a Capitol building no longer in the grip of coronavirus restrictions that limited public access last year.

Here are some mind-blowing things people tried to bring on a plane.

He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00.

Florida lawmakers will return to the Capitol on Tuesday for the start of a new legislative session. One of the bills they'll consider includes another way to catch people speeding through school zones.

There are two things the Legislature must tackle during its annual 60-day session: pass a massive state budget and redraw political maps.

A newly obtained sheriff's report alleges that a Florida corrections deputy held a naked man at gunpoint, filmed him for hours, forced him to sign a $30,000 contract, and threatened to send incriminating video to his family and church.

A Florida man has been charged after authorities say they found an active explosive in his bag after he was spotted running away from a Jan. 6 anniversary rally.

University of Florida researchers predict the omicron variant wave will peak this month. The original prediction for February changed after the recent surge of cases.

A man is in the hospital after he fired at officers in Northwest Jacksonville and was wounded when they returned fire, the Sheriff’s Office said.

A total of 76,887 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Florida on Thursday, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

More than $3.5 million has been awarded to Lake Butler to make improvements to the city’s wastewater collection and pumping system to further mitigate infrastructure damage from future storms, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday.

Public employee unions in Florida will be facing scrutiny from lawmakers when they return to the Capitol next week for their annual session.

Months after announcing that his wife, First Lady Casey DeSantis, was facing a battle with breast cancer, Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a brief update on her fight during a news conference Friday in Lake Butler.

Restoration has been completed on Key West’s Southernmost Point marker, one of the most photographed landmarks in the Florida Keys, following damage from a fire intentionally set early New Year’s Day.

Getting tested at trusted venues: Members of a statewide COVID-19 task force say giving tests at places people are familiar with can help track the spread of COVID-19.