Venice Day Care Worker Arrested

A day care worker is facing child abuse charges after deputies say surveillance video captured her aggressively handling three toddlers. Deputies received a complaint on Tuesday about 26-year-old Jamie Smithmyer where a witness told... Read More.

Bradenton Man Setenced to Federal Prison

A Bradenton man was sentenced to federal prison after he sold drugs near an elementary school in Bradenton. Roderick Lamar Duval, 39, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for... Read More.

Governor Reveals State Budget

Gov. Ron DeSantis released his proposed 2019-2020 state budget earlier today. The 91.3 billion dollar spending plan is more than two percent higher than the current state budget.

Red Tide Levels Statewide Drop to 16-Month Low

For the first time in more than a year, red tide levels across the state was spotted at “not present” to “background” concentrations. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission tested more than 100... Read More.

New Era for Florida Medicaid

A new era in the Medicaid program will begin Friday when the state eliminates a long-standing policy about paying health-care bills that accumulate while people prepare to apply for coverage. What's not clear, though,... Read More.

Ethics Report on Gillum

The Florida Commission on Ethics released documents Wednesday supporting the panel's unanimous finding of probable cause that Andrew Gillum, last year's Democratic nominee for governor and a former Tallahassee mayor, violated ethics laws with... Read More.