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Arcadia in DeSoto County is revitalizing its downtown to appeal to new and younger residents and visitors. Many of the antique shops and touches of cowboy history remain, but the city is broadening its appeal with live music, new coffee shops and deli's, and a brewery.

Arcadia revitalizes itself with an eye to the future

One of the most historic small towns in Southwest Florida is undergoing a revitalization. Arcadia in DeSoto County is re-branding its downtown to attract new and younger visitors.

South Florida's First Gay Nuptials Expo

This summer, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach Counties declared Florida’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Those back-to-back court rulings…

040 - Eric Riemenschneider

Eric Riemenschneider is an artist who makes large-scale oil paintings and mixed media digital designs. His works have been exhibited in the Robert…

Broward County schools superintendent Robert Runcie participated in a White House summit on school discipline.

South Florida Schools Join White House School Discipline Summit

South Florida school leaders traveled to Washington Wednesday to share ideas on how to reduce on-campus arrests and suspensions. Superintendents from...

Despite National Progress, Colorectal Cancer Hot Spots Remain

Since 1970, the national colorectal cancer death rate has been cut in half. But progress has lagged in the Lower Mississippi Delta, Appalachia and counties in eastern Virginia and North Carolina.

A map from the National Weather Service shows tornado reports (red T), wind reports (blue W) and hail reports (green H) for Tuesday. More than 20 tornadoes were reported as a powerful storm system moved through the Southeast. Zoom in on the map <a href="http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/gmf.php?rpt=161129_rpts_filtered">here</a>.

At Least 5 Reportedly Killed As Strong Storms, Including Tornadoes, Hit Southeast

Four children were critically wounded in Alabama by a tornado and severe thunderstorms, the National Weather Service says. Tornadoes were also reported in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Appeals Court Says No 'Custodial' Duty In Parkland Shooting

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court decision that sided with a series of defendants, including Broward County, Superintendent of Schools Robert Runcie, former Sheriff Scott Israel and former school-resource officer Scot Peterson.

Florida is forecast to be in the grips of drought for months

Southwest Florida continues to be among driest areas in state

A lack of rain plus higher than normal temperatures sets the scene for drought, and the first obvious sign of a drought is wildfires. Counties in Southwest Florida and the Panhandle are at the start of that cycle right now. Early this month the Drought Monitor, released weekly by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Agriculture, showed nearly half of Florida under a drought, up about 10 percent since February. Despite one rainy afternoon last week, the driest areas include a broad swath of Southwest Florida

City of Sarasota Renews Efforts to Help Homeless Veterans

Sarasota city officials have begun a renewed effort to end homelessness among veterans in the region. In a June 6 press conference, Sarasota City Manager…

Uber, Lyft Bill Fails As Legislative Session Closes

An effort in the Legislature to pass statewide regulations for app-based ridesharing services including Uber and Lyft is dead for this year.

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