Florida News

Cheyenne Lutek, who once posed topless with two New York Police Department cops in a photo that went viral, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all charges after an arrest at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival on Sunday.

The doctor that the Florida Senate will soon likely confirm to be the state surgeon general came with strong recommendation letters, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis. But several people who worked with him at the University of Florida and spoke with the Herald/Times said Scott Rivkees was a harsh manager fueled by vindictiveness. Miami Herald aggregation for online, full story for print

Florida's famed turtle and tortoise conservationist lived in Oviedo, where his Chelonian Research Institute contains on of the largest collections of turtle and tortoise specimens.

By Kevin Spear

Feb 26, 2020

People are worried about crowds because of the coronavirus. Could it hurt Orlando's tourism industry?

By Gabrielle Russon

Feb 26, 2020

A 42-year-old man died Monday when he apparently suffocated after being zipped up inside a suitcase while his girlfriend refused to let him out, according to an arrest affidavit.

Rainbow snakes are hard to spot, but a hiker found one for the first time since 1969 in a north Florida county.

By Brett Clarkson

Feb 26, 2020

Two state universities would be merged with larger schools under a bill passed by a House panel vote on Tuesday. HB 7087 would place Lakeland-based Florida Polytechnic University and Sarasota-based New College of Florida under the umbrella of the University of Florida.

By Gray Rohrer

Feb 25, 2020

Nova Southeastern University creates a full-service Veterans Access Clinic in Florida. And full-service means health care and other services not only for veterans, but also for their families.

Prominent Republicans in the business and legal communities are helping Gregory Tony, the county’s appointed Democratic sheriff, raise campaign money to help him hold onto the job. The mostly-Republican host committee for a Tuesday night fund raiser includes George LeMieux, a former Republican U.S. senator and former chairman of the Broward Republican Party who was one of four co-chairmen of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ transition team.

A proposed revamp of the state’s alimony laws is off the table for the 2020 legislative session, according to the Senate sponsor of the proposal.

A six-hour grilling by a key House committee revealed that several board members of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence were unaware that the former CEO of the nonprofit agency received $7 million in compensation over three years.

Several startled church goers wrestled a man who suddenly charged and attacked a deacon at St. Coleman Catholic Church in Pompano Beach during Saturday evening mass. Thomas Donald Eisel, 28, was subdued and detained and is now charged with battery and disturbing the peace during a religious gathering.

By Doug Phillips

Feb 25, 2020

“The worries that Bernie Sanders would hurt down-ballot races in Florida are not based off [of] any objective evidence,” said Orlando volunteer Grayson Lanza. “In polls of the state, Bernie often beats or is at the worst is tied with Donald Trump. … Even if the Bernie campaign was run in a traditional manner, all evidence points to him having a typical 50/50 chance at winning the state.”

By Steven Lemongello

Feb 24, 2020

Floridians voting by mail in 2020 elections are being asked to put their email addresses, home and mobile phone numbers along with their signatures on the outside of the envelopes they mail back to the elections office. The system could allow anyone who comes in contact with the return envelope to see – and harvest – the information.

By Anthony Man

Feb 24, 2020