Both individuals were arrested in Polk and Broward counties and face felony charges for fuel theft and fraud, with prosecution pending in Santa Rosa County’s First Judicial Circuit.

Florida has a tough new law aimed at getting the homeless off the streets.

A Broward jury has awarded $800,000 in damages in a lawsuit that alleged hot chicken McNuggets from a local McDonald’s franchise left a young girl severely burned.

The mother of a 1-year-old boy who is behind bars after her son died from drug poisoning is also facing major repercussions at her job.

Publix is modifying some of its stores’ hours in Florida ahead of Tropical Storm Nicole.

The U.S. Department of Justice routinely sends monitors to precincts around the country to make sure that Election Day is going smoothly, but on Monday Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration objected to the oversight in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $6.5 million to three state colleges in Polk, Duval and Broward counties to help fund workforce programs at a news conference in Jacksonville Monday afternoon.

The State Board of Education followed up on its threat to financially penalize local school officials who impose student mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dylan Wafer, 17, a student in Broward, recently helped to rescue dozens of animals from a crowded barn. POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – A South Florida high school student helped rescue 260 rabbits and guinea pigs when she heard about their plight. The Sun-Sentinel reported that Dylan Warfel, a Pompano Beach senior, began a massive coordination effort to rescue dozens of the animals and find them new homes. In a matter of days, she’d found homes for the majority of the 260 rabbits and guinea pigs. It’s impressive.”Warfel herself took 21 rabbits and guinea pigs from Alva and wants to find them homes.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The bodies of a husband and wife were discovered floating in a canal separating Palm Beach and Broward counties, authorities said. Officials on Sunday identified the couple as Archer James Adams III and his wife, Paula Adams. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission agents discovered the bodies after responding to a report that there was an unoccupied boat floating at the south end of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The state agency didn’t say where the couple lived or whether foul play is suspected. “This an ongoing investigation,” said Carol Lyn Parrish, a public information director for the agency.

Here in central Florida, performance halls continue to prepare to reopen and bars can reopen on Monday -- so what’s next? [TRENDING: What La Nina could mean for rest of hurricane season | Bars allowed to open in Florida | Gator ambushes, attacks Florida woman]DeSantis has not indicated when Phase 3 could happen, however his reopening plan calls for Phase 3 when “there is no evidence of a rebound or resurgence of COVID-19 cases.”Most of Florida entered Phase 2 more than three months ago. You can also find the Re-Open Florida Task Force report from April that includes all three phases here. Extra sanitation measures include either providing disposable paper menus or disinfecting laminated menus after each use. RecreationState parks, beaches, movie theaters, concert halls, playhouses, casinos, arcades and the like can fully reopen with limited social distancing measures.

Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Doral Thursday to announce that he would allow both Miami-Dade and Broward counties to enter phase one of his plan to reopen Florida. On May 3, the governor said that all Florida counties could enter phase one of reopening the following day except for Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. DESANTIS EXECUTIVE ORDERThe three counties were singled out and excluded from reopening due to higher than average rates of coronavirus infections in the region. “These counties have seen the lion’s share of the state’s epidemic, but they are trending in a positive direction,” DeSantis said in March. [READ MORE: Everything you need to know about phase one of reopening Florida]“Dade and Broward both submitted plans that I have approved,” DeSantis said.

Two Central Florida Zika virus cases were reported by the Florida Department of Health on Tuesday. Two cases were reported in Orange County and three involving pregnant women. In addition, cases were reported in Polk County, Broward, Palm Beach County, Miami-Dade counties also had cases reported. This brings the total non-travel related to reported today to 16. Infection Type Infection Count Travel-Related Infections of Zika 558 Non-Travel Related Infections of Zika 46 Infections Involving Pregnant Women 78