Florida residents would be able to keep firearms in their vehicles while at work under a bill that will likely be signed by the governor.

The Department of Defense says a South Florida soldier has died in Iraq after his vehicle was hit with an explosive device.

The annual Miami-Dade County Days in Tallahassee is held to promote the county to state lawmakers during their session.

A bail hearing has been delayed for a man who had a large cache of weapons and is charged with threatening to mount a Virginia Tech-style attack over the Internet.

Police say a sixth-grade boy was found with a small gun in his backpack at Silver Lakes Middle School in North Lauderdale.

Miami-Dade County's inspector general says, for years, some airport workers have scammed the system by using disabled parking permits to take spots reserved for disabled travelers so that they wouldn't have to pay a parking fee.

A legislator says the House's proposal to eliminate spending on the huge Everglades cleanup project this year doesn't necessarily mean the project is shelved forever, just delayed.

Police release surveillance tape from a South Beach club beating involving three tourists and eight Club Mansion bouncers.

Doug and Linda Gray used to leave their home before sunrise every morning to make an hour-long commute to work at Walt Disney World.

TALLAHASSEE | Charlotte County sheriff's Sgt. Rick Goff is convinced that a poorly handled 911 call by his own department cost his daughter her life. Now, he is pushing for a state law that might prevent such a mistake from

An Ecuadorean couple facing deportation are appealing an immigration judge's refusal to hear their claim that they were unfairly targeted because their daughter is an immigration activist.

WINTER HAVEN | Stumped over a policy restricting the naming of a school to just one person, the Polk County School Board used creative license Tuesday to honor two names that loom large in the area of affirmative action -

Just months after a controversial decision to mandate the teaching of evolution in Florida schools, lawmakers are closer to dodging the change.

Deputies Tuesday identified a pilot killed Monday as a 63-year-old Georgia man who was on his way to the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland.

Alex Land is not your typical teenager.

Plant City twins Emma and Nicole Kordek are so close that even their own mother struggles to understand their relationship. Before the girls learned to talk, they communicated using made-up words and hand motions.

Polk County planning commissioners Tuesday refused to force two members to recuse themselves from considering a proposal by a Lakeland developer who has claimed the commissioners are biased against it.

Adam Burgess, 24, beat Tim Lawhorn, 46, by more than 150 votes in Tuesday's runoff election for Seat 3 on the City Commission.

AUBURNDALE | Police are looking for two men who were involved in a shooting late Monday night that left a 20-year-old man severely wounded and a 12-year-old girl with minor injuries. The shooting occurred about 11:10 p.m. at the Wellington

There are still many unanswered questions about the case in which sheriff's officials say six teen girls filmed a brutal, profanity-ridden beating of a 16-year-old schoolmate while threatening to post the video on MySpace and YouTube.