Longtime Sheriff Chris Nocco announced he will be running for the District 21 seat held by state Sen. Ed Hooper, who is retiring in November.

The lawsuit contends the FWC relied on outdated bear population numbers and lacked scientific justification for the December 2025 hunt that resulted in 52 bears being killed over a three-week period. A trial is set to begin in August.

Officials are investigating OpenAI after linking ChatGPT use to the accused FSU shooter and off-campus slayings of two USF students. But can an AI company be held responsible for how its chatbot is used?

Florida lawmakers are back in Tallahassee for a special session focused on next year’s state budget. One influential Republican senator says lawmakers are ready to “lay our swords down” after months of Capitol infighting.

The committee investigating disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein held a field hearing Tuesday in West Palm Beach, where he received the infamous sweetheart deal that allowed him to avoid federal charges.

It claims there weren't enough safeguards in place when the accused gunman asked ChatGPT questions, including the busiest time at the site where the shooting took place.

Florida lawmakers are heading back to Tallahassee for a budget-focused special session after failing to pass a spending plan during the regular session for the second year in a row. Here's the timeline and process.

Florida Highway Patrol is leading efforts statewide to locate and arrest immigrants without legal status. A review of available numbers finds that approximately one in five arrests by troopers occurred in Palm Beach County. WLRN sought to learn why the focus has fallen heavier on the county than Broward and Miami-Dade, which have larger immigrant populations.

Coley Sohn and Linda Bagley-Sohn, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, say the city censored their protest against the city painting over its rainbow crosswalks.

A grand jury indicted Hisham Abugharbieh on seven counts in the killings of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy.

Just days after the Sarasota County School Board sued Tax Collector Mike Moran over millions of dollars withheld from a voter-approved school tax, county commissioners Tuesday voted to reverse course and resume covering the cost of collecting the tax.

New signs posted at Publix stores now state: “Publix kindly asks that only law enforcement openly carry firearms in our stores.” The message appears near the bottom of a broader list of store rules, alongside more routine policies like no pets and no soliciting.