John Thrasher, a former Florida House speaker and state senator who served as Florida State University president and co-founded The Southern Group lobbying firm, died Friday in Orlando. He was 81.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a press conference Tuesday morning in Tallahassee as freezing temperatures affect northern parts of the state.

On Jan. 1, 2025, 12 new Florida laws are set to go into effect.

The Florida Lottery is urging people to check their Fantasy 5 tickets after one winning ticket was sold at a grocery store on Sunday evening.

A date has been set for the trial of Donna Adelson on murder charges.

Authorities arrested three paid petition circulators last week for fraudulent use of personal identification information, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced in a press release Monday.

A man hit the jackpot in Florida after playing a lottery scratch-off game this week, Lottery officials announced this week.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that will no longer require unanimous jury recommendations for judges to impose death-penalty sentences.

Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III, the director of the Miami-Dade Police Department since 2020, said a new law is going to make policing more difficult.

A man is $1 million richer after playing the $20 Monopoly Doubler scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Monday.

After more than 34 years in prison, a 57-year-old man is set to be freed on Monday after prosecutors determined that he had been wrongly convicted.

After more than 34 years in prison, a 57-year-old man is set to be freed on Monday after prosecutors determined that he had been wrongly convicted.

Florida lawmakers have advanced proposals to strip Disney of its self-governing status, expand a controversial migrant transportation program and strengthen prosecutions tied to the state’s election police unit.

After a jury couldn’t agree on the death penalty in the Parkland school shooting, Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are proposing to make it easier to send condemned convicts to death row.

Florida Senator Shevrin Jones, Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump and others hosted a press conference Wednesday regarding the DeSantis administration’s ban of a proposed Advanced Placement African American Studies course.

A 55-year-old man claimed his $1 million winnings this week after playing the 500X THE CASH scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Tuesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the property insurance bill which creates a $1 billion reinsurance fund and rewrites rules on coverage denials and attorney fees, in a move to lower rising costs of property insurance and insurer losses.

The murder-for-trial plot that resulted in the death of an FSU professor is in Day 3.

The retrial of a woman involved in the 2014 murder-for-hire plot of FSU law professor Daniel Markel continues.

A synagogue in Tallahassee with plenty of ties to South Florida burns to the ground.

The law DeSantis signed Thursday also deals a blow to overall abortion access in the South, where Florida has provided wider access to the procedure than its regional neighbors.

A Leon County grand jury will be reviewing the investigation into the homicide of a prominent LGBTQ+ advocate, according to the Tallahassee Police Department.

A Leon County grand jury will be reviewing the homicide case investigation into the death of a prominent LGBTQ+ advocate, the Tallahassee Police Department announced on Thursday.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Two days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, security was being elevated at state capitols across the county. Planned armed protests are expected, but in Tallahassee, the seven demonstrators who gathered Sunday were the largest group we’ve seen thus far. “I hope that our message of preparedness is ringing loud in the ears of anyone who might want to come to Tallahassee and cause violence,” Dailey said. Federal, state and local law enforcement are staging in and surrounding the capitol complex. Between coronavirus and threats of violence, it is better to put it on another day,” said Mutaqee Akbar, president of NAACP’s Tallahassee branch.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Police say a pickup truck drove through a crowd of protesters in Floridas capital, causing people to run screaming out of the way as the vehicle stopped and started. Tallahassee police said Saturday that the driver was in custody and that no one was seriously injured. Video shows the truck stopped at a traffic light, and protesters walked near it while appearing to speak to the driver. Warning: Video below may be disturbing to someA car ran though the protesters and TALLAHASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROTECTED THEM!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/L5vbet3fy7 (@maj07_) May 30, 2020Lucas von Hollen says the truck revved its engine and some people moved to the side, but others didnt and were knocked to the ground.