A federal court on Tuesday declared that remedial state Senate plans failed to fix unlawful legislative maps in DeSoto County ...

An inmate who escaped from the DeSoto County courthouse last week walked out in shower shoes and asked a stranger for a ride, the county’s sheriff said Wednesday. An inmate who escaped from the ...

A burn ban is now in effect in DeSoto County, prohibiting open burning unless authorized by the Florida Forest Service. According to the county’s “Emergency Drought Conditions Fire Hazard ...