Florida child killer’s death sentence upheld

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld the death sentence of a man who murdered a 13-year-old girl in 2008 in a Panama City motel room. 

Bartow air traffic controller academy will work towards filling nationwide vacancies

The D.C. plane crash this week highlighted the desperate need for more air traffic controllers across the country. In Polk County, a new control tower operator academy is working towards fixing that shortfall.

Hit-and-run suspect killed in I-275 shooting with police involved in St. Pete hit-and-run: SPPD

St. Petersburg police confirmed Sunday night’s Tampa hit-and-run suspect, who was killed in an officer-involved shooting on I-275, was also involved in a hit-and-run in Pinellas County on Sunday night. 

Hillsborough County ends State of Local Emergency

For the first time since late September, Hillsborough County will no longer be a State of Local Emergency, they announced Friday.

Missing Bradenton woman declared dead a year after her disappearance

One year after a 67-year-old woman vanished, a Manatee County probate judge has declared her dead, the Bradenton Police Department announced Friday.

'Known' drug dealer arrested after months of complaints: SCSO

A man who Sarasota County deputies call a “known narcotics dealer" is behind bars after they say searches of his car and home led investigators to drugs and a loaded gun.

DeSantis to take fight to GOP primaries

Upping the ante in an increasingly acrimonious feud with House and Senate Republican leaders over immigration issues, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vowed to channel “huge sums" of money to candidates he backs in next year’s GOP gubernatorial and legislative primary elections.