A 73-year-old Wakulla County man was arrested after deputies said he stabbed a relative and threatened another before turning the knife on himself.

Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

The teen has been charged with presenting false evidence, making a false report of a crime, possession of a firearm by a minor and shooting into a conveyance, according to a press release from the

A Florida mother is accusing a Jacksonville police officer of using excessive force after a violent arrest outside her daughter's school.

Florida sets new record with 14 executions in 2025. Samuel Lee Smithers, convicted of killing two women in 1996, was put to death by lethal injection in Florida State Prison.

The nearly 3-acre property is valued at more than $67 million, according to a 2025 assessment by the Miami-Dade County property appraiser.

The Florida Panthers, already missing three veteran forwards, lost defenseman Dmitry Kulikov for five months after upper-body surgery.

Jacksonville police charged two people under Florida's new HALO Law, which requires people to back off 25 feet if asked. Why is that controversial?

Sitting at a cozy corner table at Caracas Bakery, Florida's newest Democratic Senate candidate Hector Mujica described his Sunday routine: church with his wife and 16-month-old son, sometimes with their dog Coco in tow, before heading here for pastries.

Want to feel a little better? By early October in 2020, there had been 26 named storms, compared to 12 so far in 2025.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier details the lawsuit the state filed against Washington and California, accusing them of endangering the public with dangerous sanctuary policies on ‘Hannity.’