Commentary: Florida has a drowning crisis. Here’s how we’re fighting it.

The number of young children lost to drowning in Florida each year could fill up to five preschool classrooms. In 2024, that number hit a heartbreaking 105 — a grim record for child drownings in the state, according to the Florida Department of...

West Palm Beach attorney Sia Baker-Barnes is the first Black woman to lead to Florida Bar in its 75-year history.

New law prevents development on state parks

Florida's state parks, including the beloved Lovers Key, are now protected from commercial development thanks to a new law. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the State Parks Preservation Act. The law went into effect on July 1, ensuring these...

‘I’m panicked’: Medicaid, food aid recipients worry about safety net cuts in Trump tax law

Key Takeaways: Congress passed a bill adding work mandates for Medicaid and SNAP. Critics say paperwork and system delays may cost people coverage. Rural hospitals could lose $155B in Medicaid funding over a decade. Planned Parenthood and similar...

New CEO of Florida Health Care Plans looks to future of Daytona HMO

DAYTONA BEACH — Tracy Williams recently became CEO of Florida Health Care Plans, its third in the past year. Dr. Stephen Keen resigned last year after just eight months and his successor Steven Blumberg left after three months for personal medical...

NHL Multiverse: What If the Florida Panthers Never Played?

The Florida Panthers, having enjoyed recent success with a Presidents’ Trophy-winning season and back-to-back Stanley Cup victories, prompt reflection on the impact of their existence. The narrative explores an alternate universe where the...

Researchers Work to Beat the Summer Heat by Studying Florida's Microclimates

With scientists calling July the hottest month in earth’s history and warning of warmer temperatures to come, one UF researcher is working to make cities feel less scorching. Yi Luo, assistant professor in UF’s College of Design, Construction and...

Northwest Artists’ Exhibition opens July 18

The 46th annual Northwest Artists’ Exhibition and the second annual Minute: A Miniature Art Exhibition open at the Wilkes Art Gallery in downtown North Wilkesboro on Friday, July 18, and will be displayed there through Aug. 27. An opening...

Trump Administration Ends 25-Year Migrant Protections for Two Countries

The Trump administration is ending over 25 years of protections for immigrants from two countries: Nicaragua and Honduras. In notices published in the Federal Register on Monday morning, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it...

This exceptionally stupid award says everything about the mess Florida's in

If you’re wondering what happens when history is bowdlerized or suppressed, lies are enshrined, free enquiry stifled, empathy ridiculed, education crippled, and hatred valorized, take a look at Preston Damsky, racist, antisemite, and top law...

Artists create mosaic ‘love letter’ to natural St. Pete

What’s 175 feet long, four feet wide and consists of more than 150,000 individual pieces? That would be St. Petersburg’s newest public art installation, currently in progress at the intersection of Park Street and Central. The Sunset Park Mosaic...

2025 AAC Preseason Previews: Florida Atlantic Owls

Moving on from 2024 Sometimes a hire looks great on paper but doesn’t quite pan out as expected. Tom Herman immediately guided the Houston Cougars and Texas Longhorns to New Year’s Six bowl victories and top 10 finishes. Florida Atlantic took a...

Gov. DeSantis signs measure putting FSU Election Law Center into statute

Florida State University’s Election Law Center now has a place in state statute, even if it didn’t receive full funding. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation (SB 892) formally establishing the Center, which has existed since 2023 at the...

Florida Tech Grad Student Shannon Barry to Appear on National Geographic’s SharkFest Series July 8

Barry’s episode of Investigation Shark Attack, 'Gulf Trouble,' will air 9 p.m. July 8 Florida Tech’s Shannon Barry is a Ph.D. student researching bull shark behavior under associate professor Toby Daly-Engel. On July 8, her research will be in the...

Florida Biker Brawl Ends in Massive Mongols Gang Crackdown

VOLUSIA COUNTY, FL - A "Bike Week" brawl at a gas station in Florida has resulted in an "outlaw motorcycle gang" being rounded up and charged with aggravated rioting. In a news release, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office (VCSO) said that 28...

Florida Highway Patrol asking for patience as holiday weekend winds down

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Many visit the Panhandle come holiday weekends, but the same people who come in also have to make their way out, which usually means more cars on the road. Officials with Florida Highway Patrol say even with busy...

Florida Lottery Cash4Life, Fantasy 5 results for July 6, 2025

The Florida Lottery offers several draw games for those hoping to win one of the available jackpots. Here’s a look at the winning numbers for games played on Sunday, July 6, 2025 Winning Cash4Life numbers from July 6 drawing 15-17-33-55-57, Cash...

Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ reveals the ongoing cruelty towards migrants in US

After the cruelty, the mockery. As the first detainees were being hauled into Donald Trump’s controversial migrant jail in the inhospitable, steamy wetlands of the Florida Everglades last week, his supporters were indulging in some parallel retail...

Death toll climbs amid Texas floods, ‘No wake law’ now in effect in Florida, and Deltona deals with Senate Bill 180

Good morning, Central Florida. Here's what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Slightly drier air has settled into Central Florida as we head back to work after the holiday weekend. Afternoon storms will still be around, they will just be...

Unbreakable record? Trick shot artist Dennis Walters went 51 years between USGA events

Dennis Walters holds a USGA record that likely never will be broken. The 75-year-old World Golf Hall of Fame member and trick-shot artist extraordinaire, who will compete in the fourth annual U.S. Adaptive Open this week in Maryland, went 51 years...