The National Congress of American Indians adopted a formal resolution, urging the federal government to close Alligator ...

For kids in three Florida counties, the long break starts today, Dec. 19. With Christmas — and subsequently New Year's Day — ...

The Florida DEP announced plans to add 74 acres to Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park in eastern Polk ...

Florida’s fresh bodies of water are perhaps best known for the southern state’s most iconic resident: the American alligator.

Maples is running in Palm Beach-based HD 87. The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) is lining up behind two Republicans running in a pair of Special Elections set for early next year. AIF ...

A Lee County grand jury indicted three men for first-degree murder in three separate cases. Yohani Gonzalez De Lazaro was ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WSVN) — A 14-foot, 600-pound alligator was removed from a Sarasota County neighborhood after it was discovered resting on a resident’s front doorstep. Seven Sarasota County Sheriff’s ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A burn ban has been issued for multiple communities in Polk County. On Tuesday, Polk officials issued burn bans for Auburndale, Bartow, Davenport, Dundee, Fort Meade, Frostproof, ...

Sheriff Grady Judd said the man had beaten another man with a brick and charged deputies with the same brick after they ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Franklin County man was recently arrested for illegally shooting an alligator in the Tate’s Hell Wildlife Management Area, according to FWC. According to Officer ...

Polk County officials say residents who evacuated over the weekend because of a breach in the Carter Lake Dam might have to wait several more days before learning whether it’s safe to go home. Late ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The director of the Polk County Office of Emergency Management is telling evacuated residents living south of the Carter Lake dam in Camden to prepare to stay away from ...