A settlement has been reached after litigation over Florida's critic-called "Don't Say Gay" law – and both sides are claiming victory.. LGBTQ advocacy groups that challenged the law said it was a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. − The dog tied to a fence along Interstate 75 as Hurricane Milton approached Florida is a real "Trooper.". The dog, which appears to be a Bull Terrier, is now in the care of the Leon ...

Some of Florida’s loudest advocates for public school book removals make up half of a state government-sponsored group to advise school districts on how to select titles and when to pull them off ...

Florida's Department of Health agreed to a settlement requiring it to provide more detailed COVID-19 data, after a group sued in 2021 for the release of records during the state's COVID-19 surge. The ...

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Judge Mary Catherine Green of the 10th Judicial Circuit Court in Polk County, Florida, will retire on July 31 after 26 years of service. Green, 63, is retiring early, citing a desire to move on to the ...

It was a stellar week for Polk County athletes as one county athlete won a state title and nine athletes won at least one even at their respective region track meets while others came up big in ...

Some would suggest that the first verse of the first book of the Bible (Genesis 1:1) as its oldest: “In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth.” Yet there are passages in the ...

Lake Gibson middle linebacker Malachi Moore remembered the high intensity drills his big brother Quinton Moore went through at The Main Event Camp in 2023 that resulted in an MVP trophy. Back then, ...

Few would look at Kane today and think he wants for much.. The 70-pound Pit Bull Terrier mix spends most of his day in Betsy Smith and Jeremy McFadden’s renovated three-car Zionsville, Indiana garage ...

A Lakeland woman died Friday in a motorcycle crash on U.S. 98 North, the Lakeland Police Department reported, the second motorcycle fatality on the highway in North Lakeland in as many days.. Officers ...

Construction is expected to begin on a long-proposed high-speed rail route between Las Vegas and Victor Valley, California, according to a spokeswoman in one Victor Valley town. "The project will ...