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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning Floridians of scammers trying to impersonate health officials. Moody says the calls are going out from people pretending to be contact tracers to get personal details from victims. She's advising people to verify that contact tracing calls are coming from county health departments.

A move is gaining steam around the county that would change the way the president is elected. It would reward whoever wins the popular vote, and disable...

This week, four people sued Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco in federal court for an intelligence program they say unfairly targets residents.

Andrew Wilhoite won close to 22% of the Republican vote in a three-person race for the Clinton Township Board. In March, Wilhoite was charged in connection with his wife's death.

A Cape Coral man was arrested, Thursday, on charges of making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism. 55-year-old Ira Denis Crosser Jr. was arrested at his Southeast Cape Coral home and transported to the Lee County Jail.

A call involving a possible active shooter was determined to be part of a number of “swatting” calls impacting schools around the country. "Swatting” is the action of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to garner a large number of law enforcement to a specific location.

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County is hosting free clinics offering Tdap and flu vaccines this week.

Misrach Ewunetie, 20, was found by an employee at about 1 p.m. on Thursday behind tennis courts on the campus facilities grounds, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said.

A car crash killed six young people, including a 1-year-old infant, after they were ejected from their vehicle early Sunday on a freeway in middle Tennessee, authorities said.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit China's Sichuan province on Monday, killing thousands. As many as 80 percent of the buildings in one county in the region have collapsed.