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Apopka High School was briefly put on a "secure hold" on Friday morning due to police activity in the area related to a Border Patrol operation, officials said.

A person was killed in a shooting on Thursday in what Sanford police say appears to be a road rage incident near Vue on Lake Monroe. Authorities confirmed that a suspect was in custody, 24-year-old Jaden Harris. He faces a charge of second-degree homicide with a firearm.

A person was killed in a shooting on Thursday in what Sanford Police say appears to be a road rage incident near Vue on Lake Monroe.

A lightning strike set off a fire Wednesday at a Daytona Beach apartment complex, forcing nine residents from their homes, officials said.

Volusia County officials are exploring the possibility of allowing horseback riding on limited stretches of county beaches. If approved, riding would be allowed in two areas: a nine-mile stretch from the Flagler County line to Granada Boulevard, and another nine-mile section at Neptune Beach. Riders would need to make an online reservation at least 48 hours in advance, stay below the most recent high tide line, and provide Coggins health certificates for their horses.

Dengue fever cases are surfacing in Brevard County, and one Melbourne woman says her recent bout with the mosquito-borne illness was the most painful experience of her life.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced his plans to expand the state's capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants through a new "Deportation Depot."

A plaster angel statue named "Youness" was beheaded outside Dora Mae Jewelry in Orlando's Ivanhoe Village, sparking community support and offers to repair it.

A construction crane fell onto a Merritt Island home Thursday, crushing the roof but leaving the longtime residents unharmed. Amanda Crane said she had just left with their pet dog she recently rescued to take it to the veterinarian when the crane came down on the house.

A litter of puppies orphaned after their mother was struck and killed by a car just days after they were born are now being cared for by rescue groups and will soon be ready for adoption.

A Seminole County mother is suing a Volusia County dairy farm, saying bacteria from its raw milk caused her to miscarry and left her toddler seriously ill. Rachel Maddox, who was 20 weeks pregnant at the time, said she lost her unborn son after contracting a bacterial infection.

A Florida judge has ruled that the state?s law allowing books to be pulled from public schools is overly broad and unconstitutional, saying it violates the First Amendment. In a separate finding, the judge also said Florida?s law requiring teachers to use pronouns that match a student?s sex at birth amounts to discrimination, conflicting with federal protections against employment discrimination based on sex.

A man who crashed his Corvette-styled speedboat during Merritt Island?s 2024 Christmas boat parade, injuring several people, has been sentenced to jail.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday.

FOX 35's John Brown and Garrett Wymer break down the top stories of the day, from Florida's Deportation Depot immigration detention facility in North Florida, the state attorney's office deciding not to press charges in the viral arrest of William McNeil in Jacksonville, 3 OUC employees injured in a substation incident in Downtown Orlando and a boat driver sentenced to jail for a Christmas boat parade crash.