The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens is celebrating its 50th anniversary July 4-6 with discounted tickets — $19.75 for adults and seniors and $16.75 for children.

Florida man Christian Jesus Arias Acosta, 26, was arrested at a Miami gym last week for allegedly harassing his ex-girlfriend with violent threats — including vowing to "decapitate you and hang ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar was executed Tuesday evening. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a ...

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A man convicted of raping and killing a woman in central Florida is facing a scheduled evening execution.

A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar was executed Tuesday evening. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m.

A man convicted of raping and killing a woman outside a bar has been executed in Florida.

A Florida man was arrested and charged with child neglect and reckless driving on Sunday, June 22, after police say he was reportedly driving 115 MPH with a 10-month-old baby in the backseat of ...

Thomas Gudinas was executed Tuesday in Florida, for the 1994 rape and murder of a woman, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal from his attorneys who argued he was too mentally ill ...

Florida Man read this somewhere yesterday and was intrigued to see what my answers would be. The idea is: Compare what you dreamed of doing at ages 6, 10, 14, 16, 18 and 21 to what you ended up doing.

OCALA, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida man is on the road to recovery after surviving a gunshot to his chest and his medical team says the necklace he was wearing may have saved his life. Aidan Perry ...