FBI finds phone evidence linking NAS Pensacola gunman with Al Qaeda

Cell-phone evidence was discovered by federal investigators that established the gunman's ties to Al Qaeda, not only before last year's deadly attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola, but before he arrived in the U.S.

Florida man describes surviving lockdown in supposedly haunted house

A Tampa man says he quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic with ghosts inside one of the most infamous houses in Ybor City.

'Country roads' lead Dr. Steve home after he spent more than a month fighting COVID-19

After battling COVID-19 for 49 days, a longtime pediatrician and Navy veteran Steve "Dr. Steve" Hefler was safely discharged from Sarasota Memorial Hospital on Friday.

Deputy fired over Parkland school shooting to be reinstated with back pay: reports

Sgt. Brian Miller, of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, was the first supervisor to respond to the 2018 shooting that took the lives of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to the Sun-Sentinel.

FHP K-9 sniffs out cocaine hidden in Florida man's taco box

A Florida Highway Patrol K-9 has scored his second drug bust this month – this time, sniffing out cocaine hidden in a taco dinner kit.

Florida mother accused of abusing 14-year-old adopted son

“Somebody that can do that to another human is bad enough. But you start doing that to a child, yeah, we take it personally. We really do,” the sheriff said.

Video shows massive alligators dueling in Circle B Bar Reserve canal

It’s not unusual to see alligators at Circle B Bar Reserve, but seeing two giant gators fighting there is enough to stop anyone in their tracks.

Massive gator slowly treks across Florida golf course

Down in Florida, more gators are out and about as they search for love, and seeing them on a golf course is not an unusual sight nowadays.

Demonstrators do push-ups, squats outside Pinellas courthouse to protest gym closures

Demonstrators gathered outside of the Pinellas County Courthouse on Monday by doing squats and push-ups to protest the continued closures of gyms and recreation centers in Florida.

Street-racing suspects said they were speeding because they were hungry, troopers say

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted two sports cars speeding across the Courtney Campbell Causeway as fast as 130 mph Saturday night, but both drivers said they were fasting that day and were trying to quickly get to a relative's home for dinner.

Crowds led Florida city to close beaches one week after reopening

A Florida city closed its beaches because officials said visitors were not practicing social distancing and could have contributed to the spread of the new coronavirus.