Threat forces evacuation at high school in Clearwater

Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott launches Senate run against Democrat Bill Nelson.

[email protected]: "With my wife at my side, I am running for the US Senate for the great state of Florida."

[email protected]: Says Florida is a "best friend" of PuertoRico, especially after HurricaneMaria.

An investigation revealed that Mario Lopez-Morales, of 187 Bradbury Road, was behind the wheel of a Ford F-150 when it struck Adam Schumacher in the 2600 block of Crest Drive in Haines City, then drove through a residential front yard and struck a parked van before fleeing the scene, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday morning

Several people were injured Sunday as shoppers and employees rushed out of the Florida Mall after someone set off fireworks as a distraction for a jewelry store robbery, Orange County deputies said.

Good Samaritans helped rescue a driver after their car overturned in a canal. The crash happened along Congress Avenue, just south of Southern Boulevard.

A guest at a home was found dead in Deltona early Monday morning, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said the person was found dead just before 2 a.m. at a home on Surf Drive.

A woman is in custody after stabbing a man to death in St. Petersburg Monday morning. The St. Petersburg Police Department said the woman stabbed the unidentified 46-year-old man in an alleyway in the 2000 block of Queensboro Ave S. shortly after 3:00 a.m.

Police are investigating a shooting the are of E Comanche Ave. Officers stated that one male was shot in the leg and transported to the nearest hospital

Man, 45, found dead of apparent stab wounds in St. Petersburg; woman taken into police custody

2 people hospitalized, 20 displaced by apartment fire in VeroBeach

Police are looking for a man who pushed a woman off her bicycle then stabbed her in downtown West Palm Beach

Active scene in Boca. PD looking for missing child

Body found in Jacksonville believed to be that of missing 28-year-old Neptune Beach man

Authorities have arrested a man who they said was wanted in connection with a murder at a Waffle House in Orlando. Al-Jalil Shaki Byrd was arrested on first-degree murder charges after shots were fired in a parking lot at a Waffle House on Colonial Drive in January.

The body of a missing Brevard County man was found Sunday

A Lake Howell High School teacher was arrested after failing to report that a student disclosed to him that she was having a sexual relationship with a theater class volunteer, authorities said

KCNA: "He did everything possible for the country and its people, making his way through virgin snow of the history as chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK. His exploits will shine for all ages."

KCNA: "Rodong Sinmun Monday dedicates an editorial toKim Jong Il's election as chairman of the National Defence CommissionIt is the greatest exploit he performed for the everlasting prosperity of the DPRK that he successfully settled the issue of succession to the leadership"

Police finding a suspect who allegedly shot a woman in the buttocks Saturday night on the Westside. The incident occurred at about 7:50 p.m. Saturday in the 5200 block of East LaVentura Drive, where police found a woman in her mid-20s with a gunshot wound to her rear, a JSO spokesperson told First Coast News.

A lightning strike killed one woman and injured four others on Saturday in White Springs, Florida, Sheriff J. Harrell Reid with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said. Lightning struck a camper trailer where five people were taking shelter from the rain because of the tremendous downpour, Reid said. A 23-year-old woman was killed and four others were injured.

Part of I-95 is now reopened after a brush fire caused it to close Saturday evening, according to officials. The brush fire near Melbourne had both directions of I-95 shut down between Eau Gallie Blvd and the Pineda Causeway.

Tornado Warning including Newport FL until 11:45 AM EDT

Tornado Warning including Ponce de Leon FL, Caryville FL, Westville FL until 7:30 AM CDT

The hunt is on for the man accused of beating a woman to the point where she is now fighting for her life, according to the victim's mom. JSO said they are searching for 23-year-old Joshua David Thompson.

Hillsborough deputies ID man killed in suspicious shooting in Seffner

Seminole County deputies are investigating a shooting in Apopka. The shooting was reported just before noon Friday near Anna Drive and Gina Court. No other details were released.

Shooting investigation going on right after a man was shot around 9am in Ft. Lauderdale. Family tells us his best friend was intentionally run over and killed last night and they believe he was targeted and shot this morning

Sarasota detectives are investigating a double shooting that occurred early Friday morning. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting in the 1400 block of 21st Street. Officers found two people shot.