While announcing that Florida will seek the death penalty for a 36-year-old nanny indicted for filming himself raping ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’: Top Headlines from Nov. 3, 2025 ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — An Escambia County, Florida man has been sentenced on child sex charges. According to a news release from the ...

Dry weekend with sunny skies and mild temperatures through next week The dry, sunny weather is sticking around for a while! South Florida will stay mostly rain-free through the weekend and into early ...

Months after a court ruling allowed an adopted son of former Gov. Matt Bevin and his ex-wife Glenna Bevin to intervene for child support in his parents' divorce, a judge has dismissed appeals over the ...

Despite new laws to combat child sexual abuse, Florida received a failing grade in a 2025 report from World Childhood Foundation USA. Florida's overall ranking for addressing child sexual abuse and ...

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Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl, crimes they described ...

The wildly popular online game Roblox is facing a new criminal investigation in Florida, where the state’s attorney general accused the platform of being a “breeding ground for child predators.” ...

A 911 call reporting the death of a boy led to his mother – a public school teacher – being accused of homicide, according to investigators in Florida. It happened Sunday, Oct. 19, in the Drexel Road ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. — Two parents from Houston are facing charges in Florida after authorities said they left their 6-month-old child alone in a tent on the beach for nearly an hour. According to the ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Texas couple who allegedly left their 6-month-old child unattended under a tent on Miramar Beach. 40-year-old Brian ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — An officer in Southwest Florida sprang into action to save a child who ran into traffic on a dark stretch of a busy highway. The police in North Port reported that the child, who ...