Two Monroe County Sheriff's deputies on patrol spotted a deer with an empty chips bag over its head just after midnight.

Florida socialite Jill Kelley has filed suit against the FBI and the Department of Defense for violations of the federal privacy act by leaking her name.

A South Florida congressman's chief of staff resigned Friday after involvement in an alleged voting fraud scheme which manipulating last year’s primary elections by submitting hundreds of fraudulent absentee-ballot requests.

Florida Highway Patrol trooper Charles Swindle is alleging that there is an “unwritten” FHP rule that stipulates troopers cut lawmakers breaks when pulling over said lawmakers.

James Hopkins of Hillsborough County in Florida faces charges in a severe animal abuse case.

Wildlife officials are investigating an online video that shows a man doing a cannonball onto two manatees in Florida.

An FBI agent shot and killed a man in Orlando early Wednesday, and friends of the victim say he was a friend of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Rick Scott is upping the pace of deaths warrants since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Turns out it is legal for Floridians to fire guns on private property, regardless of whether there’s a school, church, park or home next door.

A Florida man was carrying a gun in his pocket, and as he stepped up to bowl, the ball hit the gun. It went off, but thankfully, the man is expected to be okay. He won't be charged.

Deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy after a food fight turned into a riot at Cypress Bay High School in Broward County.

Florida legislators have finished legislation that will make illegal the sale of bongs. The measure now goes to Gov. Rick Scott for his consideration.

A Jacksonville Florida elementary school teacher’s lesson on the First Amendment has some parents speaking out.

Sgt. Ron King with the Port Canaveral Police Deptartment was fired Friday after an investigation showed he offered other officers a shooting target that resembled Tryavon.

Dr. Deandre Poole, the FAU professor who had students stomp on the written word 'Jesus', has been placed on administrative leave.

Obama pushed more big government spending on American infrastructure at the Port of Miami - all in front of a crane made by a Chinese company ZPMC.

A Florida Professor had students as part of a class exercise stomp on the word Jesus written on a piece of paper. Well, one student refused and was suspended.

Florida has been issuing concealed carry permits to qualified citizens at a record pace and with a dramatic increase in permits firearm violence has fallen to record lows.