Withlacoochee Forestry Center crews are fighting a wildfire south of Waters Road near Van Fleet in Lake County; officials have asked people to avoid the area.

Police say a 66-year-old St. Cloud man faces multiple felony child-sex-abuse charges after children living in his home reported years of abuse, including victims as young as 5.

A $140 million plan could revive the half-built Sycamore Orlando Resort, ending years of stalled construction and court proceedings in Kissimmee.

Florida bars phones for K‑8 but allows high schoolers device use outside class. The state will pilot full‑day high‑school bans in six districts and requires a report by Dec. 1, 2026.

A SmartAsset analysis finds surprising winners — barbers, opticians and some doctors — and big losers — designers and many science and academic roles — once Florida prices are factored in.

SpaceX is aiming for a predawn Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral on June 23 to fly its Starfall demo, a prototype reentry capsule the FAA cleared for testing. The booster will try to return to a droneship off the Atlantic coast.

A DeLand Walmart cashier was arrested after deputies say she kept an elderly customer's $2,700 winning lottery ticket; deputies recovered the stub and filed grand theft charges.

An active police investigation on North Atlantic Avenue drew a heavy law‑enforcement presence near downtown Cocoa Beach; officials said the scene was contained around 10 a.m.

Timothy Byrnes, 58, a retired NYPD lieutenant and 9/11 first responder, was killed after being ejected from a golf cart in the Village of Citrus Grove. Police say the trailer attached to a pickup struck him after the cart hit a curb.

Survivors who leave abusive partners say police reports still don’t free them from shared leases — a bill to change that stalled in Tallahassee.

A neighbor was arrested Sunday after deputies say shots fired into a fence panel in the 1700 block of Oak Grove Chase Drive injured a man; the motive remains under investigation.

A plea this week spares a West Melbourne man the death penalty and resolves the 2021 abuse death of 3‑year‑old Jameson Nance with a 60‑year prison term.

A life sentence closed a decades‑old cold case in Sanford while the victim’s son told reporters he forgave the man convicted of his mother’s killing.