The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission added 16 reptiles to a list of prohibited species, including several python species, green iguanas and all species of tegu lizards.
Suzi Shea is the newest Chalkboard Champion and recipient of $500 from May Custom Home. Shea retired from teaching after three decades and started volunteering at the school before becoming a full-time teacher again.
Florida regulators will hold an online public hearing March 11 about a proposal by the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to raise rates later this year.
Winds will shift to the southeast Friday bring a major shift to our weekend weather. Humidity will increase and morning fog issues could reappear, with some locally dense fog possible
The main weather feature for Florida will be high pressure slowly moving east toward the Atlantic ocean just east of Florida. This high pressure will keep skies mainly fair through the weekend.
Firefighters prevented catastrophe following a multi-vehicle crash that ended with one vehicle smashing into a commercial vehicle and puncturing its gas tank.
The Florida Department of Health reports a 5.23% positivity rate as Gov. DeSantis announced that Florida will soon be receiving more doses from Johnson & Johnson.
A Bradenton woman has been charged with aggravated battery following an altercation in which a man claimed to have been beaten and thrown into a fire hydrant.
Speaking in Jacksonville about continued efforts to distribute vaccines among Florida’s senior populations, DeSantis confirmed that more vaccines are on their way to Florida.
This delightful weather will continue through the weekend and beyond it now looks like. With high pressure firmly anchored over Florida and the Gulf of Mexico we can expect a string of warm sunny days with the only downside being some morning fog on Friday and Saturday.
Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, refusing to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honor of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh.
The US. Coast Guard Southeast were able to rescue 5 Cuban migrants who had been at sea for 16 days. The rescue happened this weekend off the coast in Miami.
High pressure will expand across the area and bring a north wind to the area today. This will keep us in the dry air but, will full sunshine, the temperatures will rapidly climb into the 70′s today
It doesn’t get much better than this, does it? Low humidity plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures expected through the rest of the work week here in late February.
A federal appeals court appeared divided Tuesday as it heard arguments about whether to overturn the conviction of former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown, who contends that a juror was improperly removed from her 2017 trial because he said the “Holy Spirit” told him Brown was not guilty of fraud
Manatee County Commissioners are discussing whether or not to remove Vanessa Baugh as chair following controversy over COVID-19 vaccine availability in Lakewood Ranch’s more affluent zip codes.
Mayor Hagen Brody has confirmed to ABC 7 that Sarasota-DOH will be receiving the largest number of first doses of the COVID-19 (13,000) vaccine to date with 13,000.
Bradenton and Sarasota police officers are on their way to Lutz, Fla. to pay respects fallen Deputy Michael Magli who was killed in the line of duty on Feb 17.
Teachers and law enforcement officers over 50 could begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines at federal sites in the coming weeks and months, Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Tuesday.
Flags will be flying at half-staff for the next five days at all Sarasota city facilities in remembrance of the more than 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.
There is something for everyone in the 7-Day Suncoast forecast. Cool and crisp, dry and sunny, warm and balmy; we will have it all. In fact, our weather will be some of the best in the nation this week.
Scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm possible through the early morning hours on Tuesday as a weak cold front pushes through the Suncoast. Not expecting anything too strong but some light to moderate rain can be expected over parts of our area through 3 a.m.
The Saudi Air Force officer who killed three U.S. sailors at a military base in Florida in 2019 had accomplices who knew about plans for the shooting but did nothing to stop it.
After calls from both the Manatee County Democrats and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, for her resignation, Commissioner Vanessa Baugh released another statement on the controversy regarding vaccine distribution in affluent areas of Manatee County.
Gov. DeSantis has directed that the flags of the United States and Florida shall be flown at half-staff to honor the memory of a Pinellas County Sheriffs deputy.
