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.

Who was on the plane that crashed in DC? What we know so far about the victims

Officials say no survivors are expected after an American Airlines flight with 64 people onboard collided mid-air with a military helicopter Wednesday evening. 

Watch: Garbage truck explosion is 'close call' for Ohio trash crew

Two Ohio sanitation workers escaped serious injury from an explosion in the back of a garbage truck this week. The dramatic blast and its aftermath was caught on camera.

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.

Two planes aborted landings at DCA due to helicopters in flight path in week before crash: report

Military helicopter flights forced at least two planes to abort landings at Reagan National Airport in the week before a deadly collision presumably killed 67 people on Wednesday, according to a report.

'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.

Purple Alert issued for missing man with arrest warrant: HCSO

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has issued a Purple Alert for a man with an active warrant who's considered missing and endangered after investigators say he threatened to harm himself.