4-star Georgia Tech signee struck and killed by freight train

South Florida 4-star high school football player Bryce Gowdy was killed after he was hit by a freight train.

Slave cemetery discovered below Florida golf course sparks discussion on how to honor the dead

Over the years, neat rows of rectangular depressions along the 7th fairway deepened in the grass, outlining what would be confirmed this month as sunken graves of the slaves who lived and died on a plantation that once sprawled with cotton near the Florida Capitol.

Witnesses stop Florida man from killing dog, police say

Witnesses told Miami Beach police officers that Sepulveda was smashing the black Labrador Retriever’s head and neck with the tail gate of a pickup truck.

6 passengers hurt after 2 Carnival cruise ships collide in Mexico

A cruise ship scraped another while trying to dock in the Mexican Caribbean resort of Cozumel on Friday, damaging at least one of the boats and resulting in six passengers suffering minor injuries.

Cop gets 10 years for forcing teens to strip, run naked in order to avoid arrest

A Florida police officer was sentenced to 10 years behind bars Wednesday for threatening to arrest two teens if they didn’t strip and run naked through the Everglades.

Brevard County to consider creating animal abuse registry

The registry would be a public database, showing everyone in the county who has been convicted of animal cruelty over the last decade. 

Mother charged with child neglect for leaving young children in bus overnight

A mother of three who was arrested in Gulport Saturday made first appearance Sunday morning. Andrea Kerrins is accused of leaving her kids alone on a mini school bus overnight while she partied with a friend.

124 arrested by Polk County detectives during ‘Operation Santa’s Naughty List’

More than 100 people are facing charges after the latest undercover operation targeting human trafficking in Polk County. Investigators are colorfully calling it, “Operation Santa’s Naughty List.”