Posted: 10:25 AM Florida lawmakers supporting a tax break for manufacturers say Governor Rick Scott is making a strong push for an issue that represents one of his top priorities for the legislative session.
Posted: 10:23 AM Deputies arrested a man who is accused of attacking his 75-year-old grandmother with a machete during a dispute at her home near Tampa.
Posted: 10:22 AM One of the last Old Florida-style roadside animal attractions in the state has closed its doors to the public.
Posted: 10:20 AM Florida Gov. Rick Scott is signing a sweeping education bill that rolls back graduation standards adopted just three years ago.
Posted: 9:28 PM FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) -- An Army soldier who died from wounds suffered in a 2009 ambush in Afghanistan has been awarded the Silver Star medal.
Posted: 9:25 PM MANSFIELD, Ga. (AP) -- Residents of a community near Atlanta are cleaning up after a tornado destroyed several homes and injured one woman.
Updated: 9:14 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida lawmakers are setting aside $50 million to pay for a multi-use trail that would stretch across the state.
Posted: 2:19 PM The body that regulates Florida attorneys has forwarded a complaint to the state Supreme Court against a South Florida lawyer whose firm handled tens of thousands of foreclosure cases.
Posted: 2:17 PM A new policy at a mall in Montgomery will require adult supervision Friday and Saturday nights for children under the age of 17.
Posted: 11:50 AM A central Florida student has been suspended for bringing a BB gun to his middle school in Lakeland.
Posted: 10:04 AM Seventeen people who worked at Internet cafes that were shut down after lawmakers banned the businesses have applied for unemployment benefits in Jacksonville.
Posted: 9:40 AM Two teenagers charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a baby in coastal Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned by a judge.
Posted: 9:38 AM Police say two 12-year-old boys are suspected of setting a fire on the roof of a Tampa area church.
Posted: 9:39 AM The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site is set to join other National Parks to celebrate National Parks week.
Posted: 9:39 AM Company officials say the closing of a Pratt & Whitney engine repair and maintenance center in San Antonio, Texas, will bring jobs to the west Georgia city of Columbus within a year.
Posted: 9:35 AM Marion County officials are working to stop archaeological poachers.
Posted: 9:50 AM A man who officials say has been deported twice from the United States is accused of killing the 18-year-old mother of his child.
Posted: 9:49 AM Relatives of a rapper who was fatally shot inside a luxury car on Interstate 20 near Atlanta are offering a $10,000 reward for information in the case.
Posted: 9:45 AM A third defendant charged with the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major has pleaded no contest in an Orlando courtroom.
Posted: 7:25 AM TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police say three people died when their Jeep crashed shortly after they'd stolen some beer from a Tampa convenience store.
Posted: 7:13 AM TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) -- Police in the Georgia coastal community of Tybee Island say they made 42 arrests during the "Orange Crush" gathering over the weekend.
Posted: 4:06 PM The body of a missing Mobile shipyard worker has been pulled from the Mobile Bay.
Posted: 10:11 AM To attract more women to sport fishing, wildlife officials are hosting a ladies fishing seminar in Dania Beach.
Posted: 10:10 AM Police say they're continuing to investigate why a motorist driving a luxury car was gunned down on an interstate outside Atlanta.
Posted: 10:08 AM For the second day in a row, a couple charged with kidnapping their boys and sailing with them to Cuba to elude authorities face a judge in a Tampa courtroom.
