Seminole County

A former Florida tax collector already facing charges of stalking a political opponent and sex trafficking of a minor has been ordered to remain in jail after his latest arrest for a bond violation. U.S. Magistrate Embry Kidd ruled Wednesday that former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg violated his nightly curfew on Sunday when he left central Florida...

Sheriff’s deputies say two toddlers have died after being pulled from a pond near their home in central Florida

Officials in central Florida are asking for the public’s help in finding a 35-year-old woman and her 26-year-old boyfriend who went missing under “suspicious circumstances.”

Officials say public high school students in one Florida county received more than eight million racist emails with “disgusting” messages

The lawyer for the family of a 16-year-old boy who was arrested after refusing to wear a mask at a central Florida high school called the incident “government abuse” of a teen suffering from panic attacks

Authorities say a Florida man accused of beating his mother to death was in jail, but no motive was immediately given

Federal prosecutors say a Florida tax collector created fake social media accounts that falsely suggested a political opponent favored white supremacy and had engaged in sexual misconduct with a student

A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his parents and brother because prosecutors say he was angry they cut off his relationship with a model he met on an adult website.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is re-establishing Florida’s office of drug control and creating a drug task force on drug abuse to combat the opioid epidemic.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is appointing a circuit judge to replace the state’s top election official who abruptly resigned.

Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned Thursday after photos surfaced showing him in blackface dressed as a Hurricane Katrina victim at a Halloween party in 2005.

Florida Republican Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis is tapping a county elections supervisor to be the next secretary of state.

Power outages caused by Hurricane Michael are likely to linger into early next week for some of the hardest hit communities in southwest Georgia. More than 188,000 homes and businesses still didn’t have power Friday. Crews and property owners worked to clear fallen trees and debris and repair damage to homes and businesses. Michael, which was a Category 4 hurricane...

Drone footage captures the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Michael in Salem, Virginia.

A Florida woman has been charged with negligent manslaughter in the death of her 1-year-old daughter, who was left for hours in a hot vehicle.

In a statement sent to parents Leon County school officials said there were “security benefits” to the ban that does not apply to purses.

A Florida JROTC teacher is accused of having sex with one of his high school students.

Three chickens in central Florida have tested positive for the potentially fatal West Nile virus.