Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference in Panama City Beach.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood warned a “travel advisor” on Thursday that spring breakers are not welcome after the man told Daily Mail that Daytona Beach was the next destination.

An investigation is being conducted into a Panama City Beach marine park following “concerning reports” about bottlenose dolphins, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

With Spring Break underway for many parts of Central Florida, it’s natural for people to hit up the state’s many beaches.

Authorities say three Alabama men are dead from likely drowning after becoming distressed while swimming at a Florida Panhandle beach.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday morning in Panama City Beach to recognize recipients of grant money from the Hope Florida Fund.

A Florida sheriff says severe weather has caused damage in his county.

A nationwide talent search will begin in mid-2024 for the cast, according to the chain's website.

Several of Florida's beaches ranked high in popularity on social media sites like Instagram and TikTok, according to a recent study.

Depending on where you live in Florida, you know there are different names for different coasts in the state. But where did the names come from?

Florida showed deadly dominance in a recently compiled list of the most dangerous beaches in the U.S.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced a package of proposals Tuesday to make permanent bans on COVID-19-related restrictions in Florida, from mask requirements to medical professionals’ ability to disagree with those COVID-19 restrictions.

State wildlife officials Wednesday approved a seasonal no-entry zone in an area of Brevard County waters where manatees gather, while preparing for a second winter of feeding the sea cows to try to prevent deaths.

Officials say two people were killed and a third was injured when a small plane crashed near a Florida Panhandle airport.

Officials say the head of a Michigan healthcare system and her husband are dead after their small plane crashed a short distance from an airport in the Florida Panhandle.

Sheriff’s deputies have recovered the body of a 9-year-old boy who went missing along with an adult man while swimming off a beach in the Florida Panhandle.

Authorities recover the body of a 6-year-old boy believed to have drowned during a family vacation in Florida.

Less than two years after her husband drowned while attempting to save a struggling swimmer during double-red flag conditions, Alisha Redmon said she was glad to see Beach officials finally take rip currents seriously.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – A man died when his parachute didn’t open after he jumped from a hotel balcony in Florida’s Panhandle, police said. The man who appeared to be in his 20s jumped from the 14th floor of the Sunrise Beach Resort in Panama City Beach on Sunday night, police said. Panama City Beach police were investigating the BASE jumping incident and have released few other details. BASE jumping stands for jumping not from planes, but from fixed locations including buildings, antenna, spans or Earth. It has produced stunning online videos of people parachuting from buildings and wingsuit fliers zooming shockingly close to the treetops — mostly recorded outside the United States.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – A 21-year-old Florida man could make history as the first person with Down Syndrome to compete in a grueling Ironman Florida triathlon this weekend, which includes a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run in a single day. Chris Nikic signed up for a new triathlon program with the Special Olympics Florida in 2018. Nikik eagerly wrote “Chris world champ.”His father Nik Nikic said that led to a talk about doing triathlons and, eventually, an Ironman. But he persevered, swimming in the family pool as a child and at 16 competed in a spring triathlon. The Special Olympics connected him with veteran Ironman competitor Dan Grieb who helped coach him along the way.

“I’d like to see President Trump. Don Jr. is fine,” said Rick Scott, a 64-year-old retired construction manager who joined the modest crowd in Panama City Beach on the shores of the Gulf Coast. There is no question Trump will win the Florida Panhandle this fall. The president's campaign dispatched its best available assets to Panama City Beach this week, including Donald Trump Jr., Gov. Diane Vitale, 74, who lives in Panama City Beach, said she never worried about Trump's infection: “He's strong.