Former students of Lakeland girls school come forward to describe conditions at facility where girl died

Former students of a Lakeland boarding school for girls are speaking out after a girl died there. Naomi Wood died in May of 2020 after weeks of stomach pains and asking to see a doctor but being denied, according to a report from the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Girl dies after being denied treatment for stomach pain while living at Lakeland children's home

A 17-year-old girl living at a boarding school for girls in Lakeland complained of stomach issues for nearly a month – but was denied professional medical treatment – before she died in May of 2020, according to reports by the Polk County medical examiner and the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Federal judge upholds Florida ban on gun sales to people under 21

While saying the case “falls squarely in the middle of a constitutional no man’s land,” a federal judge has upheld a 2018 Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.

Vacationers offer assistance to families of those missing at collapsed condo site

The search continues at the site of the collapsed condominium tower in Surfside, Florida. Families are still desperately looking for their loved ones as crews are racing to recover any survivors beneath a mountain of rubble. Some visitors who are vacationing in the area are also lending a hand.

2 tropical waves on the move in Atlantic; first Pacific hurricane of the season forms

The first Pacific Ocean hurricane of the 2021 season formed overnight more than 150 miles offshore of Manzanillo, Mexico. Closer to Central Florida, the FOX 35 Storm Team is tracking two disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean.

FOX 35 INVESTIGATES: A closer look at Black militant group NFAC

The Daytona Beach Police Department said early Saturday morning that a suspect in the shooting of a police officer was captured in Georgia.

DeSantis approves scrapping toll road expansion plan

Two years after then-Senate President Bill Galvano made a priority of building and expanding toll roads, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that scraps the controversial plan.

Florida's weekly COVID-19 death toll climbs by 217

Florida has added more than 200 deaths and 11,000 cases of COVID-19, as 57 percent of people ages 12 and older have been vaccinated, according to a report released Friday by the state Department of Health.

Jeep, car fans form massive parade for injured Daytona Beach police officer

Hundreds of Jeep and car fans turned out for a parade in honor Daytona Beach police officer Jason Raynor who was shot in the line of duty.

Suspect in Daytona Beach police shooting may have ties to Black militia group

The social media pages that appeared to have belonged to the man who allegedly shot a Daytona Beach police officer this week show what investigators said is the support of a Black militia group.

'I have hope, and I am just praying': Families desperate to find those missing at collapsed condo site

Mothers and fathers looking for their children, a wife searching for her husband, grandparents still missing – the catastrophic collapse of a South Florida condominium tower has touched so many lives.

Derek Chauvin sentence: 22.5 years in prison for murder of George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 270 months, or 22 1/2 years, in prison for the murder of George Floyd.

'Hallowed ground’: President Biden designates Pulse nightclub as national memorial

President Joe Biden signed into law a measure designating the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando as a national memorial. A mass shooting at the gay nightclub in June 2016 left 49 people dead and 53 wounded in what was the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history.

DeSantis, Biden discuss search and rescue efforts at collapsed condo site

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden talked by phone Friday about assisting search-and-rescue efforts at the site of a collapsed condominium building in Miami-Dade County. DeSantis said he spoke with Biden about an hour before a 2 p.m. news conference in Surfside.