Republicans Scott Franklin, Laurel Lee and Daniel Webster voted for the bill, while Democrat Darren Soto opposed it. The ...

Burn ban in effect since June 5 Flagler County enacted a burn ban effective 5 p.m. June 5 and declared a state of local emergency to do so. The county has extended the burn ban for another seven days.

Polk County's fractious supervisors tapped interim County Administrator Frank Marasco in a 3-2 vote to occupy the position ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

Changes are coming for drivers who want to fight tickets they got when caught on Florida’s controversial new school bus ...

Changes are coming for drivers who want to fight tickets they got when caught on Florida’s controversial new school bus ...

Legislation provides developers with property-tax breaks, less restrictive zoning rules for affordable housing, but not ...

Under Orange County’s Fire Prevention and Protection ordinance, and in many other counties, burn bans are automatically instituted when the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) meets or exceeds 500.

Several surrounding counties also have recently outsourced jail inmates to private facilities. Harris County has moved more than 1,400 inmates out of the Harris County Jail in downtown Houston ...

Woman dies in Florida alligator attack. What we know Tuesday's fatal alligator attack came the day after a Collier County ... Kissimmee, near the mouth of Tiger Creek, officials said. Alligators can ...

FLORIDA — Back in the fall, Cleo Davis was driving past the railroad tracks near Hillcrest Road and Recker Parkway in Polk County when he noticed the school bus headed toward them.