Florida

LAKELAND, Fla. – Behind a gate in Lakeland sits the warehouse at the center of a state program that has cost Florida taxpayers nearly $82 million. It was built to hold cheaper prescription drugs imported from Canada. Five years later, the state’s own reports show none have arrived.

A U.S. Postal Service employee in South Florida was arrested after investigators allegedly caught him opening mail packages inside his work truck and removing thousands of dollars worth of electronics and jewelry.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Lee County deputies raided five illegal gaming arcades from North Fort Myers to Bonita Springs, arresting 10 people and seizing assets allegedly tied to gambling operations targeting older people. Deputies said the raids resulted in the seizure of 239 slot machines, 163 ounces of gold,...

A phone scam that convinces victims to hand over cash hidden in cereal boxes has cost people in Clay County nearly $70,000 in the past two weeks, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

Dale Smith Jr. faces murder charges after ex-fiancée Michelle Parker vanished in 2011, hours after their televised court dispute.

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Ocala Police Department officers arrested three young men accused of filming a stunt for social media on a major roadway, resulting in a crash with serious injuries. Officers arrested Christopher Coleman, 20, Andrew Costa-De Souza, 19, and Ruben Rodriguez, 18, in connection with a crash on...

AVE MARIA, Fla. — An Ave Maria man was arrested on October 21 after being accused of shoving someone after a dispute over pickleball. According to the Collier County Sheriff's Office arrest report, the victim told deputies that on October 3 at a pickleball event at the Oasis Club in the Del Webb Community, she got into a disagreement over the format of the event with Steven DeMaio, 73.

Florida's coast faces record flooding from king tides, with Miami and Fort Lauderdale seeing over two feet of water above high tide. The tides, combined with heavy rain, have caused significant flooding in coastal communities from Miami to Palm Beach.

Local governments across Florida could lose a combined 123,000 jobs if Amendment 3 passes in this year's midterm elections, according to a recent report. Why it matters: If approved by voters on Nov. 3, measure would lower homeowners' property taxes — but would cost local governments billions . The strain on local governments, and the resulting loss of public services, translates to thousands of government employees losing their jobs, a report by the Economic Policy Institute found . Between the

Three people face federal charges in Tampa for intercepting more than $2 million in U.S. Treasury checks and depositing them with counterfeit driver’s licenses made in the victims’ names. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the indictment on October 13. IRS Criminal Investigation and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration led the case. The... The post Three charged in Tampa with intercepting more than $2 million in Treasury checks and depositing them on fake driver’s license