An inmate at Hernando County Detention Center, William Harrison Gillespie, has been charged with second-degree murder for kicking Jory Linn Van Antwerp in the head, resulting in Van Antwerp's fatal brain injury.

Hernando County Fire Rescue saved a driver trapped in a submerged vehicle in Hernando Beach. The patient was critical but got a pulse back en route to the hospital.

Ashley Brundage, a transgender woman and former DEI VP at PNC Bank, is running for Florida's 65th House District, a challenge in a GOP-dominated state.

A woman from Odessa is indicted for international parental kidnapping and could face up to three years if convicted, though she remains innocent until proven guilty.