21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (372+ words) A 42-year-old Lakeland woman faces aggravated child abuse charges after authorities said an autopsy revealed her 3-month-old son died from severe head trauma matching the shape of a ring she wore. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were called…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (562+ words) Laurel wilt (Credit: Panorama Tree Service) HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A deadly tree disease that has swept across Florida is threatening residential yards throughout the Tampa Bay area, putting backyard avocado trees, camphor shade trees, and native bays at risk, according…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (305+ words) A 53-year-old Florida man faces a first-degree murder charge after deputies say he shot and killed his girlfriend inside their Loxahatchee home and then texted family members to admit to the crime. Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (117+ words) MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A 77-year-old Florida woman died Tuesday morning after losing consciousness while snorkeling at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Joan Bell Schlauch of Edgewater, Florida. According…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (270+ words) A South Florida elementary school assistant principal faces criminal charges after deputies said he assaulted his wife during a late-night argument over a phone and a missing television remote. Deputies arrested 53-year-old Marc Scott Horowitz at his Weston home late…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (432+ words) Florida executed a 74-year-old man by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1976 killing of a teenage girl and the wounding of two of her friends, carrying out the state’s 14th execution of the year. Harold Gene Lucas was pronounced dead at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (402+ words) A 74-year-old man convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl and wounding two of her friends nearly five decades ago is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening. Harold Gene Lucas will receive a three-drug lethal injection at 6 p.m. at…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) A 37-year-old Michigan man living in Winter Haven faces multiple charges after allegedly driving under the influence, striking a mailbox, and physically scuffling with responding law enforcement, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Grady Judd detailed the incident,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) State investigators have arrested a man accused of filing dozens of bogus insurance applications for luxury vehicles he never actually owned in an effort to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake refunds. Adam Otrok was taken into custody…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (247+ words) Flagler County Sheriff's Office Two Fort Pierce women were arrested after allegedly attempting to pay a restaurant bill with a counterfeit $100 bill marked as a movie prop, authorities said. On Aug. 8, 2026, three women ordered food and drinks at the St....