Around $2,400 in drinks, food, shirts, hats, sundries and services were charged to another person’s room, the Monroe Sheriff’s Office says.

He’s still facing criminal charges.

A man nicknamed the "crossword bandit" for leaving behind a crossword puzzle book after reportedly skipping out on tabs at local Southwest Florida restaurants has been detained.

The owner beat the foster dog about 18 times in the span of a single night, officers say.

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In Mikita Brottman’s true-crime odyssey, “A Double Life,” things get lurid.

Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.

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Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody are seeking a moratorium on oil and gas production in a huge swath of the Gulf used for military training.

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A Brevard County woman was arrested on DUI-related charges after deputies say she struck and killed a horse with her vehicle before driving home without reporting the crash.

The Tom the Cat labeling signals information to drug smugglers, such as who bought the contraband and where it’s intended to go, deputies say.

The stories of a whale, a panther and a butterfly help explain why new interpretations of the Endangered Species Act could be catastrophic for species’ survival.

The 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months.

He’s accused of beating a deputy, taking his patrol car and then carjacking a woman before crashing into another car.

Dengue cases continue climbing in Florida. See affected counties, symptoms and prevention tips.

Where are the audits? State law says Florida should’ve long ago audited the billions of tax dollars DeSantis spent on “Alligator Alcatraz” and elsewhere. Yet not a single audit has been released. And ...

A 63-year-old man was arrested earlier this week after he was caught trying to pawn a $2,000 comic book he said he got from a “deceased friend,” according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

An Ocala man suspected of multiple golf cart thefts was arrested and is facing grand theft charges after a security supervisor from the World Equestrian Center caught him stealing a golf cart on video...

Hillsborough deputies said a Riverview man advertised peyote and psilocybin mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace before his arrest.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A new non-profit public television service will restore PBS and PBS KIDS programming to the Florida Panhandle region.Emerald Coast PBS, a new

A FedEx delivery driver and his girlfriend were arrested in Bay County after authorities recovered approximately $10,000 in stolen property taken from delivery routes.

A Collier County judge has granted the Naples mayor's request for an early termination to her probation, which she was arrested for violating in April.

Okaloosa deputy Eddie Duran Jr. was found not guilty of manslaughter for gunning down U.S. Air Force Airman Roger Fortson in his apartment doorway.

Florida sheriffs warn Amendment 3 could slash local budgets and force cuts to law enforcement — despite DeSantis’ opposition to 'Defund the police.'

A Winter Springs man is facing a felony assault charge after police said he tried to run over someone with a golf cart in the Hacienda Village neighborhood back in June, an incident neighbors told off...

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Now that the minimum wage in Florida has risen to $15 an hour as of Sept. 30, will it bring higher prices for consumers as some warned six years ago?

Hillsborough County's dengue fever outbreak has reached a point where local officials say they need help from outside agencies, additional aircraft and expanded treatment efforts across a much larger ...

The head of Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library says the property tax measure would hit services such as tutoring, language lessons and citizenship classes, while another resident expects housing...

Florida reported two new Vibrio vulnificus cases, bringing the 2026 total to 25 cases and five deaths. Here's where, and how to avoid it.

One private school administrator called the money from universal private school vouchers “a leverage opportunity for capital.”

He appeared stone-faced as a judge denounced him for betraying his life’s mission.

A Florida man who crashed a Tesla into a light pole and two trees apparently had no intention of reporting the wreck to police. Fortunately for deputies, his iPhone was feeling civic-minded. According...

A mistaken-identity encounter turned deadly when a gunman opened fire on a car, killing a West Palm Beach minister who kept driving after being shot to get his passenger to safety.

Here’s how a Sarasota nonprofit is leading a new effort to track local impacts of climate change.

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