MASCOTTE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida city manager was arrested after he poked and yelled at a city council member following a vote against renewing his contract, police said. Mascotte City Manager Jim Gleason, 62, was charged Thursday with felony battery and misdemeanor disorderly conduct, the ...
By DANICA COTO and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two tropical storms advanced across the Caribbean Saturday as potentially historic threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast, one dumping rain on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands while the other was pushing through the ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida reported mixed statistics on the coronavirus outbreak Saturday, as it again recorded more than 100 deaths but also saw its number of infections and hospitalizations continue their fall. The state recorded 106 confirmed coronavirus deaths Saturday, the 17th ...
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Correctional facilities that resisted mass coronavirus testing for inmates erred in their decision to only test inmates with symptoms, leading to large initial undercounts, a recent study by the Center for Disease Control and ...
LAKE MARY (AP) — An alligator hunter was attacked and bitten on the arm Thursday night on Lake Jesup in central Florida, sheriff's officials said. Seminole County Sheriff's spokesman Bob Kealing told news outlets that they received a call for assistance around 6:15 p.m. Thursday. The man ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Laura formed Friday in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters said it poses a potential hurricane threat to Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. A second storm also might hit the U.S. as a hurricane after running across Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The new ...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The mayor and city attorney of a Florida Panhandle city are the latest to be charged in the theft of $5 million in Hurricane Michael debris removal funds, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Lynn Haven Mayor Margo Anderson and City Attorney Adam Albritton are the subjects ...
DELAND (AP) — A tornado with winds of up to 115 mph (185 kph) damaged buildings, power lines and cars Tuesday afternoon in Florida, weather officials confirmed Wednesday. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado had touched down in DeLand during a storm. ...
JACKSONVILLE (AP) — A Jamaican man has been sentenced to five years and six months in federal prison in the U.S. for running a lottery scheme in Florida and his home country. A federal judge in Jacksonville sentenced Darryl Cleon Forbes, 27, earlier this week, according to court records. The ...
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Former Navy pilot Scott Franklin has ousted Rep. Ross Spano, making the Florida congressman dogged by ethics investigations the eighth incumbent House member to be defeated in party primaries this year. Tuesday's contests were shaped by the ...
