Florida

A $20 scratch-off ticket bought at a gas station in Panama City just turned into a life-changing payday for a Tampa woman. Mercedes Nunez, 34, claimed a $5 million top prize from the Florida Lottery's 200X The Cash game, one of only eight such jackpots built into the entire game.

The historic SS United States, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, is scheduled to leave Mobile, Alabama, on Monday for its final voyage before being intentionally sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast later this week. The 990-foot vessel is scheduled to become the world’s largest artificial reef when...

Residents of the Briar Bay community in West Palm Beach say they are still dealing with widespread flooding nearly a week after heavy rain stopped, leaving some neighbors stranded and others questioning why the water has taken so long to recede.

On the edges of the sugar fields that lie between Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, state and federal officials have spent decades and billions of taxpayer dollars to build canals, pumps, water filtration systems and reservoirs designed to restore the River of Grass. A Tennessee-based contractor called Phillips Heavy says...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A strong cold front could send a sharp blast of cold air across Florida this weekend, and the latest model data suggests it may be even colder than first expected. New runs of the ICON and European (ECMWF) models show wind chills in the 30s and 40s for much of the state by Sunday, November 15. Parts of the Panhandle could feel like the 20s, and a freeze is possible across far northern areas. Forecasters say the details could still change, but the trend is clearly pointing col

A free game room with Galaga and Pac-Man now sits inside a breakfast restaurant. Yes, you can chase ghosts between pancakes, and nobody will ask you for a single quarter. That’s not even the biggest surprise. This brand-new spot seats up to 190 people, while its sister restaurants top out at 107.

Video captures a small plane making an emergency landing on a North Fort Myers road, clipping a pickup truck as it touches down on the asphalt.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Billionaire Larry Ellison wanted to buy homes for his staff in a gated Boynton Beach community. But his realtor says the homeowners association tried to stop the purchases. Ellison, co-founder of software giant Oracle, bought an oceanfront estate in nearby Manalapan for $173 million...

Gas prices dropped by double digits for the second straight week in Miami-Dade and Broward County, and is down to $4 a gallon nationally. This also marks the third straight week prices have dipped in Florida. “Florida drivers are finally seeing some meaningful relief at the pump, and there could be more on the way,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Oil and gasoline futures dropped sharply last week, and those lower prices can take time to work their way through the fu

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WWSB) - Suncoast Humane Society says it is preparing to take in 24 chinchillas rescued from a commercial breeding facility in Ohio that had a history of documented Animal Welfare Act violations. The animals are part of more than 1,100 chinchillas removed from the facility within the past...