Although the Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30, scientists say there is still the possibility for more named storms this year.

Appalachian State’s home football game against Liberty in Boone, North Carolina, scheduled for Saturday was canceled because of the impacts of severe weather on the area from Tropical Storm Helene.

Florida deputies need the public's help to find a man who a Dunkin' Donuts worker said threw hot coffee in her face, causing her blisters.

A winning Fantasy 5 ticket worth $89,368.66 that was purchased in Florida remains unclaimed and is about to expire, the Florida Lottery announced Friday.

A 59-year-old Florida woman is $1 million richer after she purchased a $5,000,000 Cashword scratch-off ticket while making a pit stop at a convenience store, Lottery officials confirmed this week.

A 42-year-old Florida man won $15 million playing the 300X The Cash scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Monday.

A woman who was in bed with her two young children was fatally shot early Tuesday during a home invasion that a Florida sheriff described as “targeted” hit.

A Central Florida county is under quarantine after the return of the invasive African land snail.

Officials say a child in Florida was stabbed in the chest by a barb from a catfish during a fishing trip.

Pasco County Fire Rescue spokesman Corey Dierdorff says the barb was embedded 1 to 1 1/2 inches in the child’s chest.

Emiten alerta para joven desaparecida de Tampa el martes

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued a missing child alert for a 17-year-old girl named Thaliyah Ayala missing out of the Tampa area.

An Amber Alert was issued Monday for an 11-year-old girl from Pasco County who was reported missing. On Tuesday morning, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed that she had been found safe.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – A massive sinkhole in Pasco County that was filled has opened back up again, right outside a sports bar. The gaping hole opened up in October, and after three months, a private company finally came and filled it in. But just four days later, the film materials used to fix it collapsed. The sinkhole along Little Road at the intersection of Spring Haven Boulevard now measures 50 feet wide and 130 feet deep. Despite the sinkhole expanding, the Varsity Club Sports Bar Trinity next to it remains open for business.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Some parents and teachers in the Tampa Bay area are asking for changes in a program used by a Florida sheriff to profile students as potential criminals. The Pasco County Council PTA asked school district officials to review the program and its data sharing agreement with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. In addition, a group of teachers is circulating a petition calling for the sheriff’s database of “at-risk” children to be deleted. The outcry came after a Tampa Bay Times investigation revealed the sheriff’s office keeps a list of students it believes “could fall into a life of crime.”

PCSO/Getty Images(CNN) - Stacey Dash was arrested for domestic battery after an incident Sunday night in New Port Richey, Florida, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. The "Clueless" actress was taken into custody after an argument with a male, whose name was redacted in an incident report obtained by CNN. The report states that police were called to a home Sunday evening "to respond to a domestic dispute" between the two. Dash was taken into custody and transported to the Land O' Lakes detention facility without incident. She posted bail and was released on Monday morning, according to a spokesperson for the Pasco County Sheriff.