When the results for Tuesday's special election in Florida came in, Democrat Gay Valimont had fallen short of winning a congressional seat that few thought she had a chance to claim.

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine accused of killing a 26-year-old woman who was in a reality TV show searched on Google if it was possible to scream while being strangled, police said.

A Florida woman is facing aggravated child abuse charges after deputies say she instructed a 10-year-old to purposefully drop an infant on its head, via a message on Roblox.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference at a school in Pensacola Monday morning.

A Florida man won $1 million playing the 500X The Cash scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Friday.

A 50-year-old Florida mother encouraged her 20-year-old son to kill the 18-year-old mother of his two-year-old daughter, according to the Escambia Sheriff’s Office.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says it arrested a woman in the panhandle for impersonating an FDLE agent.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement asked the public for help on Friday evening with finding an 8-year-old girl from Escambia County.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement asked the public for help on Friday evening with finding an 8-year-old girl from Escambia County.

A Florida man won $1 million playing the 500X The Cash scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Wednesday.

A dramatic rescue in Escambia County was caught on camera when a deputy who raced in to help people stuck in rapidly rising waters also got trapped.

Officials say animal control officers rounded up more than 600 pigs from an animal sanctuary in Florida after their overwhelmed owner called for help.

A Florida man is $1 million richer after playing the Gold Rush Limited scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery confirmed Thursday.

A 67-year-old woman is $1 million richer after making a pit stop at a gas station, the Florida Lottery confirmed Thursday.

Florida deputies said they tracked down a man believed to have been caught sexually abusing a corpse.

Police in the Florida Panhandle said a 42-year-old man drove more than two hours to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex.

A northwest Florida man is facing five counts of aggravated child abuse after deputies accused him of a series of abuses against five children, Pensacola ABC affiliate WEAR reports.

A 20-year-old woman in northwest Florida is facing two child abuse charges after deputies accused her of throwing two babies to the ground over the weekend.

A Florida man was arrested after allegedly storming the field and attacking a 9-year-old boy during football practice.

Florida deputies say a man, who tried to pull off a bizarre heist at a Little Caesars Pizza restaurant, made a big mistake. He was not able to get out of the store.

Florida K9 receives a body armor donation, to keep him safe while on the job with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.

A Florida school district is responding after a school teacher quit when he said the district made him take down pictures of famous African-Americans from his classroom.

A man from Alabama has had his leg amputated, after he says he contracted a flesh eating bacteria during a visit to Pensacola Beach earlier this month.

A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly left his daughter's three dogs to die in a hot car.

An escaped Florida inmate was arrested by Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday.

An Escambia County woman is facing animal cruelty charges after deputies say she attempted to drown her cat.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help in locating an escaped inmate.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 11 a.m. at the Department of Health in Escambia County.

A Pensacola man is recovering from a gunshot wound on Monday, after accidentally shooting himself at a tavern last week.

Alyssa Bonal and her mother Amber talked with reporters about the attack that happened on Tuesday morning as Alyssa waited for the school bus.

A Florida man remains behind bars, accused of trying to kidnap an 11-year-old girl as she waited at the bus stop in East Pensacola.

Escambria county mother arrested, after being accused of tampering with homecoming court votesPENSACOLA, Fla. – How far would a mother go to help her daughter get on her high school’s homecoming court? Laura Rose Carroll, an assistant principal for the Escambia County School district, was arrested Tuesday. Carroll is accused of using her work access to the district’s computer systems, to tamper with votes for homecoming court at her daughter’s high school. 246 votes were cast for Homecoming Court at Tate High School, many of them originating from the same IP address, associated with Carroll’s home. Carroll was arrested and booked into the Escambia County Jail with a bond set to $8,500.

While the cleanup pressed on, the record-shattering hurricane season notched another milestone: Forecasters ran out of traditional names for storms after three new systems formed in about six hours. In Loxley, Alabama, Catherine Williams lost power and some of her roof to Sally. The same practice will govern storm names for the rest of hurricane season, which lasts until the end of November. The only other time the hurricane center dipped into the Greek alphabet was the deadly 2005 hurricane season, which included Hurricane Katrina's strike on New Orleans. She was concerned because more than two months are left in hurricane season.

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)PENSACOLA, Fla. – Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used boats and high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding took shape along rivers and creeks swollen by the storm’s heavy rains. Crews carried out at least 400 rescues in Escambia County, Florida, by such means as high-water vehicles, boats and water scooters, authorities said. Also on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said a new tropical depression formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters said the depression could become a tropical storm as it moves slowly over the western Gulf during the next few days. Meanwhile, Hurricane Teddy strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Sally made landfall near the Florida-Alabama state line as a Category 2 storm in the early morning hours Wednesday, bringing storm surge and torrential rain. Waves break ashore near the Gulf State Park pier as the outer bands of Hurricane Sally come ashore on Sept. 15 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. (2020 Getty Images)A driver navigates along a flooded road as the outer bands of Hurricane Sally come ashore on Sept. 15, 2020 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. (2020 Getty Images)Water floods a road as the outer bands of Hurricane Sally come ashore on Sept. 15 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. (2020 Getty Images)A man walks though a flooded parking lot as the outer bands of Hurricane Sally come ashore on Sept. 15 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

MOUNT CARMEL, Fla. No damage is being reported after a weak earthquake occurred along the Alabama-Florida line. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 3.8 quake happened Thursday morning just north of Mount Carmel, Florida. The Escambia County Sheriffs Office says it hasnt gotten any calls about damage. But area residents reported feeling it in response to a question posed by the area National Weather Service office on its Facebook page. The quake occurred more than 6 miles beneath the surface.