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Authorities issued a Florida Missing Child Alert for four young siblings last seen in the Clearwater area on Friday, and they’re asking for the public’s help to find them.
JetBlue passengers were taken to the hospital after a sudden altitude drop on a flight from Mexico forced an emergency landing in Florida on Thursday, according to officials.
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia was at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus on Thursday afternoon in North Miami to accuse Miami-Dade County officials of overspending.
A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in Florida this year.
A routine traffic stop in Plantation that led to a 19-year-old’s arrest on a concealed firearm charge has resulted in a major legal ruling that could ripple across Florida.
Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Everglades, has drawn national attention.
Saint Jose Gregorio Fernandez was known for healing people.
Criminal charges have been dropped against a man accused of abandoning a dog on the side of Interstate 75 during Hurricane Milton in October 2024.
Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Everglades, has drawn national attention.
Dozens of fake bomb threats sent via e-mail on Tuesday aimed to scam Florida school districts, authorities said.
All eyes were on Damola Adamolekun, the chief executive officer of Red Lobster Investor Holdings, on Tuesday at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Local 10 News Thursday that Florida did submit an application for FEMA reimbursement after building the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center, and on Tuesday (a day before the government shutdown), was awarded the full amount it applied for -- $608 million.
A man on Florida’s Gulf Coast has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities said he killed, cooked and ate two of his pet peacocks.
The voyage out of PortMiami to deliver backpacks, pens, and notebooks to students in Haiti isn’t easy, but Samuel Darguin said it’s worth it because there are children who have to go through great lengths to get an education.
Severe weather was to blame for a series of crashes on Friday along Interstate 75 that involved about 50 vehicles.
A 29-year-old man appeared in court on Tuesday in Broward County to face charges after his escape from Florida Highway Patrol troopers’ immigration law enforcement prompted a multi-agency pursuit, records show.
Sara Routh and her brother Adam flew in from Hawaii to Fort Pierce on Monday to support their father, Ryan Routh, during his federal trial.
On the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida,” host Glenna Milberg welcomes Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine, State Rep. Toby Overdorf, Congressman Carlos Gimenez, and South Florida House Reps. Dan Daley, Michael Gottlieb.
The select committee on property taxes in Florida begins two days of meetings to come up with a property tax relief plan to put on next year’s ballot. State Rep. Toby Overdorf is the co-chair.
Local 10’s Jackie Pascale sat down exclusively with Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia during his visit to South Florida this week.
David Taylor, who calls himself “Apostle” and “Jesus’s best friend” and claims God has given him “the keys to the Kingdom on Earth,” ran a false Christian church, according to federal agents who estimated his church had received about $50 million in donations since 2014.
A man who was found unresponsive on a ride at Universal Epic Universe has died, according to deputies.
A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death Wednesday evening in what was a record 12th execution in the state this year.
On this week’s Mom to Mom, Local 10’s Nicole Perez talked to child advocate Lauren Book, for advice on how to keep children safe when they use the internet.
An investigation is underway after a wild robbery at Disney Springs that sounds like something you would see in the movies.
The increase in migrants’ deportations has resulted in more pets needing new homes in South Florida, and animal advocates are asking for help.
The new legislative session for Florida lawmakers begins in October, but the first policy bill of the 2026 session has been filed, pushing to change the state bird.
The intersection at Northeast Second Avenue and First Street in Delray Beach’s Pineapple Grove Arts District was closed on Wednesday morning, as crews focused on a second attempt at a transformation from colorful to dark gray.
A prospective juror being screened Tuesday for the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida was dismissed after saying he was present at Ryan Routh’s arrest.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a change to pasteurized orange juice standards that the Florida Citrus Processors Association had petitioned.
In Key West, there were four rainbow crosswalks at Duval and Petronia streets in the city’s Pink Triangle neighborhood, also known as the city’s “Gayborhood.”
The South Florida Wildlife Center, a nonprofit founded in 1969, is preparing to move to keep up with animal injuries, mostly due to human-wildlife interactions.
Florida’s hunting, fishing and camping sales tax holiday kicked off Monday and runs all the way through Dec. 31!
The store “Where Shopping is a Pleasure” turned 95 over the weekend.
Some teachers fear that Florida’s plan to get rid of childhood vaccine mandates will impact the safety of their classrooms and communities.
Monday’s $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot promises a tantalizing sum for a lucky winner. But no one will actually walk away with that much money once Uncle Sam gets involved.
A museum director's images showing two pastors during an act of civil disobedience against the Florida Department of Transportation’s orders to remove murals painted on streets were going viral.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to two crashes on Monday morning on the Florida Turnpike in Broward County.
“Jimmy Buffett: A Trip Around The Sun” is set to air on Local 10 News at 7 p.m. on Saturday, as Key West celebrates the legacy of the beloved singer, songwriter, author, actor, and businessman.
A federal immigration judge denied the request of a father who has three U.S.-born children with special needs waiting for him in Coral Springs, an immigration attorney said on Thursday.
Outside the jail in St. Lucie County, an attorney and activist says he met with Harjinder Singh earlier on Tuesday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made his thoughts quite clear when speaking on the issue of rainbow crosswalks being removed across the state.
The Powerball jackpot has rolled over to an estimated $815 million.
Another Buc-ee’s may be in the works, bringing beaver nuggets and brisket sandwiches to road trippers in Florida.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis joined the voices who oppose the Florida Department of Transportation’s order to remove rainbow crosswalks.
Cunard will set sail from Miami for the first time ever this Fall.
Bear Warriors United, a nonprofit advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in opposition to the Florida black bear hunt.
There’s a snake the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is calling “the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow,” and they want you to let them know if you see one.
The Powerball jackpot has rolled over to an estimated $643 million.
After a hearing in federal court on Monday in Downtown Miami, civil rights attorneys said there was more clarity about the migrant detainees’ legal recourse while held in Alligator Alcatraz, in the Florida Everglades.
Early Saturday morning, two deputies who were investigating gang activity saw an armed man hiding behind a tree early Friday morning, in Florida City, records show.
Miami-Dade firefighters responded to a sixth-floor apartment fire in a high-rise building on Friday in North Miami Beach.
Playboy is moving its headquarters from sunny California to South Beach.
A group of Florida Department of Corrections officers covered up an inmate’s battery in a prison cell in Florida City, according to investigators. Six out of seven were arrested, and four of them had bonded out of jail by Thursday night in Miami-Dade County, records show.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the third largest district in the country, is returning to class for the first day of the 2025-26 school year.
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians has lived in the Florida Everglades for 200 years. Members said that within a month they lost treasures that kept that had helped to keep that history alive.
A 42-year-old Albanian-American mother was behind bars on Wednesday afternoon without bond, as she was accused of helping to hide her 20-year-old son, a New Jersey State Police fugitive, in Miami-Dade County.
After a controversial 2015 hunt, Florida officials appointed by the governor were considering reopening the black bear hunt season this fall. Animal advocacy groups strongly oppose it.
The 2025 Florida Python Challenge names its winners as the competition comes to a close.
There is very sad news to report about the endangered Florida panther.
Protecting manatees hits close to home for many in South Florida, and the efforts have been an ongoing legal battle between wildlife advocates and the state of Florida.
The Tampa Police Department released the video that a police officer’s body camera recorded during a daring rescue, as dark smoke billowed from a burning house on Saturday night.
An armed Palm Beach County homicide suspect died after a pursuit and an armed standoff that involved several agencies on Interstate 95 on Tuesday morning, according to deputies.
There was an open house on Tuesday at Key Largo, an A-rated public elementary and middle school in the Monroe County School District.
Two apex predators were caught on camera in a fight for their lives in the Florida Everglades.
During the 2015 Florida black bear hunt, more than 300 -- including the prohibited lactating mothers and cubs -- were slaughtered in less than 48 hours. The hunt had to be called off.
A big meeting was held Monday in Tallahassee involving the state’s largest power provider, Florida Power & Light.
Biologists with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) are releasing lab-modified mosquitos twice a week in the Middle Keys.
It’s part of a pilot program to reduce the population and help stop people from getting bitten.
The Florida Department of Health reported an increase in cases attributed to a flesh-eating bacteria that lives in warm seawater.
Body worn cameras were rolling when deputies arrested a North Central Florida woman as she returned from a Las Vegas vacation.
There’s a new emergency alert system that can help parents of children with autism across the state.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction of an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental laws.
U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, a central Florida Republican, has been accused by a beauty pageant titleholder of threatening to release intimate videos and private images of her after she ended their romantic relationship, according to a report filed with law enforcement last month.
Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Maury Hernandez survived a reckless driver who shot him in the head on Aug. 7, 2007. He lives with paralysis on the left side of his body due to brain damage.
A north Florida family called deputies for help after they found an alligator swimming in their pool.
The National Park Service will be waiving entry fees on Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act.
Here are the Top 10 stories that were trending on Local10.com this week.
A man convicted of the 1994 killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this year, his death Thursday marking a state record for a single-year execution total since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty decades ago.
A U.S. Senate committee met on Wednesday morning, and the agenda included a bill related to shark interactions with fisheries.
Get your list ready! The Florida Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday will begin on Aug. 1.
The 2025 Florida Python Challenge has wrapped up for the season.
The My Safe Florida Home Program will start offering grants once again beginning on Monday, Aug. 4.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday at the federal courthouse in Tallahassee, as President Donald Trump deals with a public outcry for the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files.
A Black college student shown on video being punched and dragged from his car by Florida law officers during a traffic stop faces a long recovery from injuries that include a concussion and a broken tooth that pierced his lip and led to several stiches, his lawyers said Wednesday.
Three Florida drivers have been arrested in the last week for driving more than 100 mph.
The Florida Supreme Court has formally sanctioned Broward County Circuit Judge Stefanie C. Moon for multiple violations of judicial ethics, ordering a 10-day suspension without pay, a $2,115.40 fine, and a mandatory public reprimand before the state’s highest court.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins signed a $675.9 million block grant agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Monday in Hendry County.
Florida’s top emergency official says a judge should resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement activated a “missing child alert” on Friday night and asked the public to help find a 2-year-old girl who vanished from Pinellas County nearly two months ago.
It’s a sizzling, summer weekend for South Florida and the Keys!
Fort Pierce officials announced on Monday that tributes such as plaques and flowers at the Jetty Linear Park and the Jetty Fishing Pier violated the city’s lease with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Florida Department of Health has reported that one person died from a flesh-eating bacterium in South Florida.
A driver was injured during a rollover crash on Wednesday in Hollywood.
Jim Kovalsky, the president of the Florida East Coast Railway Society, was among the experts reacting on Tuesday to a new investigation on Brightline, the first high-speed passenger train in South Florida.
Florida Sen. Blaise Ingoglia wore a University of Florida golf polo with an alligator icon to a guided tour of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday in Collier County.
Andrew Closson was among the civilians standing outside the Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday afternoon in Collier County.