Suspect wanted in 2 Tampa murders drowns in Missouri river, investigators say

22-year-old Sherron McCombs Jr. was on the run with warrants out for his arrest for two separate murders in Tampa. But he drowned in a Missouri river over the weekend, with investigators saying he began to panic as he went under, and never resurfaced.

Florida stepdad convicted of abusing boy rescued by keen waitress at Mrs. Potato restaurant

The stepfather of an abused boy who was rescued by an attentive waitress at a Florida restaurant on New Year's Day 2021 has been convicted of false imprisonment, child abuse, and child neglect.

6 Special Olympic Games participants from Haiti reported missing in Florida, deputies say

Six members of the Haiti delegation participating in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando have been reported missing, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

Florida police snipers cover rescue divers searching in alligator-infested pond

As dive teams searched the murky Florida pond for survivors of a car crash, police snipers had to have their rifles trained on the water to protect the divers from alligators.

Original Gerber baby Ann Turner Cook dies at 95

Ann Turner Cook, whose cherubic baby face was known the world over as the original Gerber baby, has died at 95.

Schaumburg woman killed, sons injured when parasail slams into Florida bridge

A Schaumburg woman was killed and her two young sons were injured when they were parasailing in the Florida Keys on Memorial Day and slammed into the Old Seven-Mile Bridge.

Police: Woman left 4 dogs to die in hot car while she ate lunch at Florida restaurant

Police said the woman left her four dogs to die in a hot car with no air conditioning and the windows rolled up while she went to eat lunch. When she returned an hour later, investigators said the 4-year-old Goldendoodle, 2-year-old Boxer, and two 12-week-old Goldendoodle puppies were all dead.

Autopsy: Dwayne Haskins was drunk when fatally struck

Dwayne Haskins was legally drunk and had taken drugs before he was fatally struck by a dump truck while walking on a Florida interstate highway last month, an autopsy report released Monday concluded.

Impatient Florida truck driver loses back wheels by driving over concrete pillars

A Florida semi-truck driver apparently got a little impatient while struggling to clear safety barriers on a turn -- and caused some pretty severe damage to his rig in the process.

'I’m a fighter': 70-year-old Florida woman shoots, kills alleged intruder at her home

A 70-year-old woman said she fired a warning shot after a stranger walked into her home Sunday afternoon and wouldn't leave, before ultimately shooting him. The man died at the hospital.