Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced that the Department of Financial Services has started rulemaking to develop new standards and protocols for managing lithium-ion battery fires in devices such as electric vehicles, scooters and golfcarts.
Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii was crowned Miss USA 2023 on Wednesday, more than a week after the previous titleholder resigned citing her mental health.
According to a post made by the Florida Department of Transportation’s Secretary Jared W. Perdue, from Memorial Day through Labor Day Florida’s bridges will be lit with the colors red, white, and blue.
A Nokomis man is in jail after sheriff’s officials say he posted several threatening messages on social media targeted at the Black Lives Matter movement.
Attorneys for Christian and Bridget Ziegler were in court Monday trying to keep an injunction in place that was set up to prevent the release of more information in the closed sexual battery investigation.
Wednesday was historical for The Classical Academy of Sarasota. Football player Liam Kelly became the school’s first student-athlete to sign a national letter of intent.
Two men from Kentucky and Florida were convicted on Tuesday of felony and misdemeanor charges related to their conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend.