Chadwick Willacy maintained his innocence before Florida executed him for the first-degree murder of elderly neighbor Marlys Sather, set on fire in 1990.

"Maria Elvira Salazar, and Carlos Giménez are on notice - Democrats are taking back your seats in November," a House Majority PAC spokesman said.

Widespread, significant drought has contributed to a dangerous wildfire setup across Florida, prompting warnings as blazes erupt.

An appeals court has decided that an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" will remain open.

Beginning this week, Floridians who rely on federal food assistance are seeing more restrictions on what they can buy through the government program. Soda, energy drinks, candy and ultra-processed prepared shelf-stable desserts are no longer available for purchase through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

A Florida inmate smiled and laughed in court as a judge gave him a life sentence for killing his cellmate by stabbing him in the head with a pen.

Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27, were last seen in the Tampa area on April 16, the University of South Florida Police Department said​. Loved ones say their disappearances are out of character and they're concerned.

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may begin to lead scientists to invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) slithering through the Everglades.