Florida wildfires force 1,600 to evacuate outside Pensacola, interstate closed

Some 1,600 people have been forced to evacuate on Florida's Panhandle after raging wildfires burned several homes and left a portion of Interstate 10 closed on Thursday due to heavy smoke, according to officials.

Orlando attorney offers to fix state's broken unemployment system for free

In a video, Orlando attorney John Morgan says he will recover the $77 million that was spent to build Florida's unemployment system, for free.

Florida judge rejects lawsuit seeking state to process, pay unemployment claims

A Florida judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the state to process and pay unemployment claims that have been delayed amid a crush of people losing jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Florida prison system to get face masks amid coronavirus outbreak

Face masks have been in high demand in the prison system, with 174 corrections workers and 390 inmates testing positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning.

Hurricane forecasts will see some changes for 2020: Here's what will be different

On average, 12 tropical storms – six of which become hurricanes – form over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico during hurricane season, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

'Once in a lifetime': 2 sawfish sharks estimated to be at least 12-feet long spotted at Melbourne Beach

Michael Alvarez told FOX 35 Orlando that he was fishing off his friend's dock on Melbourne Beach when he spotted two sawfish sharks swimming along the shoreline in about waist-deep water. 

Florida alligator found shot with two arrows in its side

"The gator had two arrows impaled into its side and a rope wrapped around the gators snout and webbed feet," Crime Stoppers wrote on Twitter.

Florida justices weigh recreational marijuana ballot proposal

With Attorney General Ashley Moody, lawmakers and groups such as the Florida Chamber of Commerce trying to block the measure, the state Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments about a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow people to use recreational marijuana.