2 hrs ago | NBC2 News
Will it be harder to get high in Florida?
It will soon be a little harder to get high on illegal drugs in Florida. A new bill signed by Governor Rick Scott makes it illegal for retail stores to knowingly sell drug paraphernalia like glass pipes and bongs.
7 hrs ago | News 4 Jax
Death row deaths in Florida rising
In Tallahassee, each of the governors average about two executions per year during their years in office.
7 hrs ago | browardsblog.blogspot.com | browardnews
STAR OF MIAMI HOUSEWIFE DR. KARENT SIERRA IS GOING TO JAIL
8 hrs ago | The Miami Herald
James Warring, Dave Clark to enter Florida Boxing Hall of Fame
Former lightweight Champion Freddie Pendleton shadow boxes for training for his welterweight title bout with James Page in Las Vegas.
12 hrs ago | News Talk Florida
41 Florida Online Sexual Predators Arrested
A tax accountant who serves as a church deacon, a youth football coach, a Disney World costume designer and a Dunedin retiree were among 41 people arrested during a weeklong Polk County sting targeting online sexual predators, officials said.
15 hrs ago | NBC2 News
2 women arrested after getting drunk in Wal-Mart
Not the average place you would go out to have a drink. Deputies say two women were arrested Friday for drinking wine inside a Wal-Mart.
19 hrs ago | CBS 47
Fla. woman charged with throwing acid on victim
A southwest Florida woman has been arrested after police say she poured a bottle of muriatic acid onto a person's face.
Jeb Bush Says His Father is the 'Best Man I've Ever Met'
In a special Father's Day edition of the Sunday Spotlight on ABC's This Week, former Florida governor Jeb Bush reflected on lessons learned from his father and hinted about his own political future.
SW Florida home to many young farmers
Some mornings, Lara Collier dons rubber boots to walk the farm, snapping pictures of vegetables to share on social media and bundling bunches of leeks, strawberries and watermelon for customers.
State Rep. Larry Metz named Most Valuable Legislator by Florida Chamber of Commerce
Metz, a former Lake School Board member first elected to the Legislature in 2010, was named the 2013 Most Valuable Legislator for sponsoring the business group's legal-reform initiative aimed at modernizing expert-testimony standards.
Q&A: Florida Bankers Association chairman assumes helm at critical time
Previous experience includes: senior vice president of corporate banking division and president of community banking division of Union Planters Bank, Coral Gables; president and chief executive of Ready State Bank, Hialeah; and vice president and branch manager of Capital Bank, Miami; vice president and branch manager of Intercontinental Bank, ... (more)
Southern Airways Express lands in Oxford
Memphis-based Southern Airways Express has announced it will begin flights to and from Destin and Panama City in Florida June 20, and then add flights to and from New Orleans by the end of June out of the University Oxford Airport.
Florida Democrats converge on Hollywood for annual gathering | Live updates
The center of the political world, at least for Florida's Democrats, on Saturday was the two-story atrium at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, an oasis of cool air and sweet smells the hotel's signature white tea scent between busy Ocean Drive and the beach.
Hiaasen unleashes more South Florida looniness
Carl Hiaasen's comic thrillers come with a guarantee -- broad humor that capitalizes on people's absurd behavior and Florida's quirkiness, mixed with social commentary that might rival Jonathan Swift and a deep concern for the environment, all wrapped in a solid plot.
A year later, South Florida men charged in 'NATO' terror plot near trial
After Brian Church completed a course in emergency medicine at Broward College, he told his mother he was headed to Chicago for hands-on experience he hoped would boost his chances of becoming a paramedic.
Sick, Sunburned Bottlenose Dolphin Rescued in Florida
The dolphin weighed about 350 pounds and measured eight feet long and was suffering from severe sun exposure and another unknown sickness.
Sarah Palin on U.S. Intervention in Syria: 'Let Allah Sort It Out'
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin criticized the Obama administration's decision to supply weapons to the rebels in the civil war in Syria on Saturday, arguing that the U.S. should "Let Allah sort it out" until there is a stronger leader in the White House.
Florida Democrats To Hold Annual Dinner
The Florida Democratic Party is hosting its annual fundraising dinner Saturday night without any statewide candidates on the speaking list.
Palin embraces SNL sketch, dishes out her own humor
There are so many scandals in Washington, Sarah Palin said, they could be lumped under the name of the botched gun-running sting that landed Attorney General Eric Holder in hot water long before the Benghazi, IRS or NSA stories came to light.
Rubio's English requirement touches a nerve in Florida
That's the way U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio sees it, at least for the millions who live here illegally and would apply to become permanent legal residents under a sweeping immigration-overhaul bill being debated in the U.S. Senate.