A Florida mother is accusing a Jacksonville police officer of using excessive force after a violent arrest outside her daughter's school.

The Florida Panthers, already missing three veteran forwards, lost defenseman Dmitry Kulikov for five months after upper-body surgery.

Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

A 73-year-old Wakulla County man was arrested after deputies said he stabbed a relative and threatened another before turning the knife on himself.

Florida sets new record with 14 executions in 2025. Samuel Lee Smithers, convicted of killing two women in 1996, was put to death by lethal injection in Florida State Prison.

Sitting at a cozy corner table at Caracas Bakery, Florida's newest Democratic Senate candidate Hector Mujica described his Sunday routine: church with his wife and 16-month-old son, sometimes with their dog Coco in tow, before heading here for pastries.

The teen has been charged with presenting false evidence, making a false report of a crime, possession of a firearm by a minor and shooting into a conveyance, according to a press release from the

The judge said a local college didn’t give reasonable public notice before it gifted the land to the state, which then voted to transfer the property to the library foundation.

Billy Napier's time as Florida Gators coach could end as soon as after their next game as financial backers are threatening to pull support.

Turnage concluded she found no evidence that implicated Henry Cradle but that there was “enough probable cause to establish Taylor Cadle lied,” the complaint says. Encouraged by her adoptive mother and aunt to plead guilty,