Florida News

A Florida middle school principal has been suspended after a decision to administer an unannounced lock down drill that had the school’s SRO officer and a patrol officer going door to door brandishing firearms. The incident drew national attention and a tidal wave of criticism as a number of students were said to have been terribly frightened by the armed men – believing that they were under siege and claiming that during the procedure guns were pointed directly at them. Get statements from the local police chief, the school board and outraged parents about the incident.

Shortly after midnight last night, a gunman opened fire in a library at Florida State University, wounding three students before the shooter was killed by police. Another student is lucky he wasn’t one of those wounded, or even killed, after he discovered one of the gunman’s bullets lodged in his backpack after puncturing two books he had just checked out from the library.

A Florida man was arrested after he was found asleep in the home he was attempting to burglarize. See the unforgettable photo shared of the tired trespasser by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office!

During a recent episode of Untold Stories of the ER a nurse shared an unbelievable story about the lengths a Florida woman will go to in order to be a really crappy mom. Get the head shaking, disgusting details of what is alleged to have transpired as well as the dramatic reenactment video via the show.

The same 12-year-old boy who stole a Bay County, Florida school bus and took it for a joy ride back in June was BUS-ted for stealing another school bus Wednesday. This second cheese wagon abduction happened less than 24 hours after the kid appeared in court for stealing the first student transportation device! Get the gut-BUStingly hilarious quotes from the area police and find out how he got er done this time (including jacking his aunt’s truck) and how he eventually got caught.

The 1981 film Vernon, Florida by Errol Morris has become an underground classic and a textbook example of the captivation of well-made documentary storytelling. It turns out that the impetus for Morris to head to this small town might very well be the best Florida story you’ll ever read. Find out how two dust-ups, one involving Morris and another involving a City Councilwoman, her barefoot son and her late husband with a hook for a hand, highlight the amazing history of a place once called “Nub City.”

In the panhandle of Florida you never know what ya’ might get on a hot summer Friday night. If you were around Breastworks Road in Escambia County, for example, you might have seen a man in a pick up truck shooting his son that was trying to make a getaway on a riding lawn mower George Jones style. Country songwriters read on and get inspired!

A Florida woman was arrested for firing a missile at a car. This news in and of itself wouldn’t qualify for a “Florida newsworthy story” but the perp’s name certainly does! Find out our gal’s Floridariffic name and then really have your mind blown when you find out what she was arrested for on a prior occasion.

A Florida man faces domestic battery charges after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his brother with marijuana plants from their yard.

Watch the incredible video of a 10-month-old baby that was temporarily kidnapped during a car theft being dropped off at a doorstep by one of the thieves as detectives with the St. Petersburg, Florida Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down the two male teens who committed the crime.

An infant is in critical condition after his mother told police she gave birth in a motel bathtub following a 24-hour crack binge. Get the details behind this tragic and insane series of events that involved a drug binge by a mother who has a 16-year-old born addicted to drugs and the father of the newborn who got pulled over during the madness and was arrested because he had a warrant for attempted murder in Colorado.

A veteran Florida teacher has been fired after she allegedly orchestrated an attack on one of her own students after getting into an argument with the 7th grader during class. See surveillance footage of the event and find out what a rep for the school district as well as the young man’s mother had to say about the decision.

In St. Petersburg, Florida an elderly woman’s dead body spent hours in a trash bin after a front desk clerk mistook her corpse for an April Fools’ Day prank. Get the strange details of this terribly tragic story.

A former head of a private school in Miami, Florida has been denied an $80,000 discrimination settlement after his teenage daughter boasted about the court’s decision via Facebook. Find out what the teenager’s post said in particular, the parent’s difficult decision and how all of it added up to a big loss for the family.

This afternoon at a movie theater in Wesley Chapel, Florida a man was shot dead after two couples got into an argument over noisy texting, according to police. Get the latest on the theater shooting, including statements from the local Sheriff and a witness who was in the theater at the time of the killing.

28-year-old Earl Sampson of Miami Gardens, Florida has been stopped and questioned by police in his hometown 258 times in just four years, searched more than 100 times and arrested on 56 occasions. Most of his arrests were for trespassing at the convenience store where he works and his worst offense was minor possession of marijuana. Store owner Alex Saleh was so troubled by what what was happening he installed multiple cameras not for his own security but to protect his employees and patrons against the police. See a video of Sampson getting arrested right after taking the trash out and other clips of incidents involving the police at the business. Also read why Saleh intends on filing a federal civil rights lawsuit and what officials with Miami Gardens didn’t have to say about the accusations.