Spring break is right around the corner. While it’s a time to relax and forget about school for a little while, it’s also the ...

Florida is a remarkable state. It sells itself to the world in postcards of bright water, theme-park fireworks and palms bending in warm wind. But away from the beaches and beyond the turnstiles, ...

In Central Florida, “farm to table” is less a marketing phrase than a set of real routes—two-lane roads that lead from fields to farm markets, loading docks and kitchen doors. The region’s local food ...

Two brush fires broke out in Central Florida on Feb. 23 – one in Orlando and one in Daytona Beach. The Orlando Fire Department said the dry climate and low humidity – with the addition of wind – is ...

The Gainesville Police Department reported that a University of Florida student sustained life-threatening injuries after being struck by a box truck on campus. The incident occurred about 100 yards ...

The Florida Department of Agriculture estimates more than $3 billion has been lost in multiple areas of agriculture, with sugar cane being hit the hardest. In the last 15 years, orange production in ...

'His loyalty to his family and love of Citrus County was as big as he was.' Charlie Dean Sr., a giant in Citrus County politics who served 14 years in the Legislature after four terms as Sheriff, died ...

Charles S. Dean Sr., a longtime Citrus County sheriff and former member of the Florida Legislature, has passed away. He was 86. Dean, born May 31, 1939, devoted more than three decades to public ...