Juneteenth commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when the last African American slaves in the United States learned they were free.

READ: Florida Man Arrested In Tragic Death Of 1-Year-Old: Charged With Murder, Child Abuse Lopez also acknowledged the recent legislative changes, adding, “I commend Governor Ron DeSantis for his ...

Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit to block a migrant detention center being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades. The lawsuit filed Friday seeks to halt the ...

The Los Angeles harbor commission has approved plans for a 6,200-seat outdoor waterfront amphitheater at West Harbor.

Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky Friday heralded significant progress in the state’s insurance landscape, announcing the approval of two new companies to write residential policies, ...

A Tampa Bay, Florida tornado lifted a house with 76-year-old Deborah Mettler inside. She spoke out about surviving the EF-1 tornado.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Thursday evening to ban oil drilling along the Apalachicola River in northwest Florida, delivering a win for both environmentalists and fishermen who said ...

Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop charged in a sexual abuse case, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence.

The big story: As required by law, the Florida Department of Education has released a summary of students’ spring state test results ahead of the June 30 deadline. The data dump offered some ...

Wild video shows tornado ripping apart homes in Florida neighborhood The video shows debris flying in the air, walls caving in and even roofs ripping off trailer homes.

Two more candidates have entered the Tampa City Council Special Election for District 5 to replace the late Gwendolyn Henderson, who passed away suddenly earlier this month.

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar was executed Tuesday evening. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a ...