A Florida Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed a suspect after a "physical altercation" at a hospital in Ocala, officials confirmed early Friday.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has cleared legislation named for President Donald Trump that would empower Florida law enforcement to administer immigration law. Sen. Joe Gruters, one of President Donald Trump’s top allies in Florida, carried the bill.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Authorities have issued a statewide alert in Florida for a missing 6-year-old girl. Empress Moore, was last seen Sunday, Jan. 26m in the 800 block of North New York Avenue in Lakeland, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot a suspect during an altercation at a central Florida hospital on Friday, authorities said. The altercation happened in the

At least 27 agencies across the nation are currently listed as having submitted applications to the program, including agencies in Texas, Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Nearly half of the pending applications are from Florida law enforcement agencies.

A police department in Florida has captured a fugitive listed in the FBI’s top 10 list on Saturday.The Lady Lake,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Florida schools will cooperate with all law enforcement working to enforce the nation’s laws on illegal immigration and keep our schools safe.'

The Florida Department of Education plans to cooperate with the Trump administration's new directive to allow immigration enforcement within schools. Why it matters: The state's cooperation could discourage undocumented parents from enrolling their children in public schools.

The Trump administration has directed federal prosecutors to limit enforcement of a federal law safeguarding abortion centers, reproductive health centers and pregnancy resource centers, calling the Biden administration's previous use of longstanding protection "the prototypical example" of weaponization of the federal government.

Trump commuted the sentence of local Volusia County Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs, who was serving 17 years for his role in Capitol riot.

The Florida Legislature is set to vote on a bill to make state Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson the new Chief Immigration Officer.