VICKSBURG, Miss. – The Rev. Herman D. “Preacher” Dennis, who turned a Mississippi Delta grocery store into a folk-art castle that became a roadside attraction, …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ A Jacksonville woman has been charged with aggravated child abuse after police found her and three children unconscious inside an apartment.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ Members of a task force reviewing Florida's “stand your ground'' law expressed wide support for the statute's core provision …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has been shifting his attention to education during his second year in office, is reaching out …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's campaign is not disputing a video that shows the Republican presidential candidate saying that almost half of Americans "believe that …

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Broward League of Cities has announced the winners of its second annual Cities of Excellence awards, which honors municipalities for outstanding …

MIAMI — Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho will be honored for his support toward fighting childhood obesity during Common Threads’ annual World …

WEST PALM BEACH — The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced the launch of the De George Academy for Performing Arts …

SELMA, Ala. (AP) _ Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are protesting a new monument, honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

MIAMI (AP) _ Haiti's prime minister has sued a Haitian-American weekly newspaper for defamation over its reporting on the sale of a telecommunications company acquired …