17+ hour, 57+ min ago   (249+ words) A Florida duo face criminal charges after deputies say they fired several firearms into the ground outside a local home while drinking on Saturday night. Deputies with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5100 block of Happiness Street…...

19+ hour, 7+ min ago   (163+ words) A wrong-way collision early Sunday morning on Interstate 75 in Sumter County sent three people to the hospital, including two travelers from Texas, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash took place around 4:30 a.m. near milepost 327, just south of State Road…...

19+ hour, 24+ min ago   (372+ words) A 42-year-old Lakeland woman faces aggravated child abuse charges after authorities said an autopsy revealed her 3-month-old son died from severe head trauma matching the shape of a ring she wore. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were called…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (145+ words) WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Naomi James has been located and is safe, according to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office. ORIGINAL REPORT: Authorities in Pasco County are asking for the public’s help to find a missing and endangered 17-year-old girl last seen Saturday…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (147+ words) Authorities have issued a Florida Missing Child Alert for six children last seen in Daytona Beach who may now be traveling through Georgia with two adults. According to investigators, the children were last seen in the area of the 100 block…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (235+ words) TAMPA, Fla. – A four-vehicle collision shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 275 on the Howard Frankland Bridge for roughly two hours late Thursday morning, sending two drivers to the hospital. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (232+ words) A 37-year-old Florida man will spend the rest of his life behind bars following a multi-agency investigation into years of child sexual abuse. Judge Daniel B. Merritt Jr. handed down consecutive life sentences to Gerald Allen Gilbert on each count of…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (274+ words) CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A 43-year-old Florida man faces an indecent exposure charge after police say he walked into a local retail store fully nude on Monday morning. Officers with the Cape Coral Police Department were dispatched around 10:45 a.m. on September…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (351+ words) A South Florida vacation ended in a harrowing escape Sunday when a woman fled her Pompano Beach hotel room wrapped only in a T-shirt after being assaulted, choked, and held against her will by her boyfriend, according to Broward Sheriff’s…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (562+ words) Laurel wilt (Credit: Panorama Tree Service) HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A deadly tree disease that has swept across Florida is threatening residential yards throughout the Tampa Bay area, putting backyard avocado trees, camphor shade trees, and native bays at risk, according…...