Lightning hits water tower in Bradenton, Florida
The tower's heavy-duty lightning protection system absorbed the strike.
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The tower's heavy-duty lightning protection system absorbed the strike.
Suzanne Le Mignot’s nephew, Tommy Hull, and his fiancée, Madison Baird, celebrated their engagement Saturday surrounded by family and friends at the Hull family home. Meanwhile, Mary Kay Kleist shows us a photo of lightning striking the beach at Madeira Beach in Florida.
A 21-year-old flight instructor made an emergency landing on a Florida highway after reporting oil pressure issues to air traffic control. Instructor Emily Shelton was flying with a student on his first-ever lesson.
It was initially sent from a woman in Tampa, who wanted to gift the winnings to a relative in South Florida.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, died July 14 after authorities said he darted across a busy road in St. Augustine, Florida, and into the path of a truck.
The Navy's elite Blue Angels are investigating an extremely low flyover during an event in Pensacola, Florida. It sent sand and beach tents flying.
The victim got into the pool with an 11-year-old, who also didn't know how to swim, deputies said.
In Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County deputies said not only was a man holding two knives when they arrived, but he had also just been caught on camera setting a restaurant on fire.
Police in Daytona Beach, Florida, were called out to wrangle an alligator found wandering about near some people's homes.
A report reveals new details on a Florida condo building collapse that killed nearly 100 people five years ago.
A Wisconsin beagle research facility that's drawn animal welfare protests is closing and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group.
Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon "Leo" internet satellites into orbit.
Ian Nixon, a veteran pilot from the Bahamas, put the plane he was flying down in the ocean without anyone suffering serious injuries.
The FAA is investigating a small plane crash off the east coast of Florida.
They're demanding answers about how the financier secured a deal in 2008 where he pleaded guilty to lesser prostitution-related charges in Florida that kept him out of federal prison.
Zamil Limon's remains were found on the Howard Franklin Bridge in Tampa. His roommate was in custody, officials said.
Police said the pair from Melrose Park made reservations at the hotel, but they checked out wearing handcuffs.
Body camera video has been released of Tiger Woods' arrest, after a car crash in Florida. He has been charged with driving under the influence.
A man from Chicago's north suburbs has been charged with threatening federal judges in Texas and Florida.
Police say the 36-year-old man was missing for six days before he was found in quicksand-like muck at a sand plant.
An armed man was shot and killed early Sunday morning after "unauthorized entry" into the secure perimeter at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, the U.S. Secret Service said.
A good Samaritan stepped in and saved a pregnant woman's life in Florida after her car crashed into a pond.
Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.
An elderly lawyer was arrested at his home in Buffalo Grove and charged with fraud, money laundering in theft for allegedly stealing funds from the city of Tallahassee, Florida.
Never a dull day in Florida: A deputy's bodycam captured his daring rescue of a runaway emu.
