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A lawyer visiting a client in jail was arrested after deputies determined his legal documents were laced with a powerful drug ...

Columnist Scott Maxwell celebrates good news, the expansion of Nemours Children’s Hospital – a hospital that Orlando Health ...

“On December 31 ... a local woman reached out through text messaging to someone she believed was a drug dealer. The woman was ...

Back to school: Happy 2025. Today was supposed to be a teacher planning day, with students' returning to classes on Tuesday.

Donald Trump wants the Gulf of Mexico to be called the Gulf of America. As a new Florida resident, he once wanted to move an airport. After Trump bought Mar-a-Lago for $10 million in 1985, he abhorred ...

Volusia County board member Jessie Thompson learned that lesson when a video surfaced days after her selection as chairperson, showing her making controversial negative statements about some students ...

Her time in Florida was brief. Davis moved back to Newnan ... While Davis' interaction with Carter was innocuous, his visit ...

A Florida state trooper subjected to a barrage of “loud pops” on New Year’s Day was the target of a dangerous fireworks prank ...

The deputy — perceiving he was being targeted — stopped being polite and rammed the bicyclist, sending him bouncing off the hood, sailing through hedges and crashing to the ground, a Flagler County ...

A crossword puzzle game in the Florida Lottery just won a woman the kind of cash that lets people quit their jobs. Belinda Dozier of Sanford didn’t spell out her future plans, but the prize amounted ...