In a small, piercingly bright room inside a state prison in northeast Florida, Frank Walls was strapped to a gurney and injected three times: first with a sedative meant to render him unconscious, ...

A 28-year-old woman who violently attacked three strangers trying to save her from a submerged SUV was sentenced this week to prison time followed by years of supervision.

A convicted felon was arrested after using a vacant property to store firearms and narcotics, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies responded to a ...

A chaotic 2025 roadside rescue that turned into a violent assault has concluded in a Citrus County courtroom. Sarah Jeanne Gatke, 28, was sentenced Thursday morning to 24 months in the Florida ...

Sanford police sent the video to prosecutors Feb. 16 with a request to review it and any follow-up reports for potential charges.

GOP lawmakers circulated a memo to reinstate the death penalty for certain child sex crimes, setting DNA and appeal rules.

A man convicted of killing a Palmetto grocery store owner during a 1986 robbery was executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

Melvin Trotter was executed Feb. 24 for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in ...

Feb. 11 (UPI) --Florida has executed a 64-year-old man for the 1989 murder of a traveling salesman, the state's first execution and the nation's second of the year. Ronald Heath was administered a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ronald Heath, 64, was executed by lethal injection in Florida for the murder of a traveling salesman (-) (-/Florida Department of ...

Base pay for correctional officers in Florida could rise $6 per hour. Monday, Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins stood with Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) Assistant Deputy Secretary of ...

UPDATE (4:15 P.M.): An hourly pay increase could be coming to the correctional staff at Santa Rosa County Correctional Institution. Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins announced Monday morning at a press ...