Deputies in Deltona found a 6-year-old girl wandering with her dog; the community helped her with basic needs. The girl's mother and her boyfriend were arrested for child desertion and animal abandonment.

Orlando's weather this week will have mixed conditions, with initial breezy sunshine, possible rain and thunderstorms, followed by sunny days and clear nights.

Kimberly Spencer heroically saved her dog, Kona, from an alligator's jaws in Tampa, both sustaining injuries requiring stitches. The incident prompts reminders of the dangers of Florida's wildlife.

Three MS-13 gang members were arrested in Florida for cold case murders, as part of Operation Shadow of the Beast. They could face life imprisonment or the death penalty if convicted.

After a road rage incident in Polk County, Camden Davis was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, caught on dashcam threatening truck occupants.

Green Meadows Petting Farm in Kissimmee reopens, marking a step in the $150 million Lancaster Ranch Park project that includes trails, parks, and more.

Two men were arrested in Kissimmee, charged with burglary and criminal mischief in a "bank jugging" incident, where a vehicle was broken into after a bank withdrawal.

The Volusia County Commission has made a section of Ormond Beach permanently dog-friendly after a successful two-year trial, with minimal incidents reported.

An apartment fire in St. Cloud hospitalized three people, including a child. Firefighters contained the blaze, which began in a garage. The cause is under investigation.

Pinellas County deputies shot a woman who fled a traffic stop, claimed the CIA was after her, and later brandished a gun. She's critically wounded; seven deputies are on leave pending an investigation.

Tech industry groups challenge Florida's new law that aims to increase age restrictions on social media to protect minors, citing First Amendment rights and current platform safeguards for youths.

Dallas Scott Weed was arrested in Titusville for DUI after his truck hit and killed pedestrian D'Lon Pierre Fils, who was returning to his Walmart job.

Orlando man Joel Fonseca Flores gets 32-year sentence for drug trafficking linked to a fatal overdose and illegal firearm possession; his co-defendant Misty Lynn Parady receives over six years in prison.