A Florida man who stole Christmas packages off of a porch in North Lakeland will face a judge on Thursday.
Author: Tampa Herald
Sarasota Police sergeant captures gator wandering in yard
A Sarasota police sergeant captured a stolen alligator on Wednesday.
PHOTO: Gator swims above Florida manatee
Dana Menk was driving home on a cold day in January 2014 when she made a pit stop at Blue Spring State Park.
Florida Florida man records jaw-dropping video of hissing gator in storm gutter
A Florida Florida man says he felt the earth shake when he went to check his mailbox. And that’s when he discovered an alligator was living in the d…
Deputies: Patient smoked meth in Hernando hospital ICU, boyfriend gave it to her
A Spring Hill Florida man faces drug charges after deputies say he brought meth and a glass pipe into a hospital’s intensive care unit where his gir…
Fentanyl-related overdose deaths rising at an alarming rate
This opioid epidemic has been exacerbated by the national reemergence of fentanyl – a synthetic opioid which is much more potent than heroin…
Brevard Co. babysitter arrested after drowning death of 5-year-old girl
Palm Bay investigators said Jacqueline Bjorndal was babysitting Aubrey Alcott, age 5, last Friday when the child drowned in a backyard pool.
VIDEO: Doctors visit rare white Florida alligator
A white alligator in Florida is getting checked out by doctors.
Florida’s I-4 corridor is where the election could be won
The Interstate 4 corridor stretching from the Tampa Bay area through Orlando to Daytona Beach is a bellwether of the nation’s largest swing …
Number of US foster kids rises; parents’ drug abuse a factor
After dropping sharply between 2005 and 2012, the number of children in the U.S. foster care system has increased for a third year in a row,…