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After the Parkland, Florida, school shooting last February, a new state law requires public schools to put armed guards on every campus. Host Robin…

The University of South Florida has brought a former executive back to run its athletic department.Michael Kelly has been named the new vice president of…

A state geologist with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has confirmed that a large depression that opened in Pasco County Monday is a…

Sarasota Orchestra C-E-O Joseph McKenna said his organization will not be part of the grander vision to alter Sarasota's Bayfront. McKenna spoke at a City…

Pharmaceutical companies have for the past 20 years barraged the public with commercials about pills that help people lose weight, control cholesterol...

The unarmed security monitor who first spotted the suspect before a shooting that killed 17 at a Florida high school is being dismissed from his job.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively put an end to a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about...

Advocates are raising concerns about state plans for cleaning up Florida’s ailing springs.

The Sarasota County School Board is holding an emergency meeting Thursday on school security. It comes after months of debate over whether the Sheriff's…

Some Rocky Point residents are fired up about a development plan that could affect one-third of their nine-acre lagoon, just off the Courtney Campbell…

During her medallion speech in 2001, University of South Florida System President Judy Genshaft set a goal: get USF on the same level as the state's two…

A firm hired by a state agency to conduct a prescribed burn sparked a weekend wildfire that burned 820 acres and 36 homes in Northwest Florida,...

Similar to a decision in another case involving whether patients should be able to smoke medical marijuana, an appeals court this week refused to...

A massive algae outbreak is spreading in the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida.

FBI leaders and local law enforcement officials are studying shootings in schools to piece together trends and come up with ways to prevent future...

There is another opioid crisis happening in the U.S., and it has nothing to do with the overdose epidemic: Hospitals are frequently running out of...

Three hospitals in Marion and Citrus counties are challenging a state decision to sign off on a new 66-bed hospital in Marion County, according to...

In a second phase of a plan to increase its use of solar energy, Tampa Electric Co. on Friday asked state regulators for approval to recoup money from...

The newspaper headline for August 28, 2019, reads: “Category 5 Hurricane Expected to Hit Homestead, South Miami in Three Days.”

In the minutes following last week's Florida Board of Governors' vote establishing the University of South Florida as the state's third preeminent…

While Independence Day fireworks come with lots of bright colors and loud noises that wow humans, they also can create an unsafe environment for…

The families of the 17 victims killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting will each receive $400,000 from a $10.5 million fund....

This year, Miami-Dade County's arsenal of mosquito-fighting technology includes traps, spraying backpacks -- and mosquito-eating fish.

Is there anything more Floridian than a flamingo? They’re everywhere. Pink plastic ornaments dotting lawns. On cocktail swizzlers and motel signs.

There was disappointment Wednesday night because the annual fireworks shows at Tampa’s Riverwalk and St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront did not go as…