A man in Florida lost his arm after being attacked by an alligator behind a bar.

A Florida woman won $1 million playing the 500X The Cash scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Thursday.

A man who thought he was getting a shoulder rub from a masseuse on Florida’s west coast got a lot more than he bargained for, according to authorities.

The Tampa Bay Rays are relocating their spring base for 2023 due to extensive damage to team training facilities caused by Hurricane Ian.

Local 10 News spent the day with the Florida Army National Guard Monday as its soldiers delivered help to Hurricane Ian victims in the hard-hit Port Charlotte area.

Hurricane Ian pummeled the Gulf Coast of Florida, leaving a horrible trail of destruction in its path.

Hurricane Ian is currently hitting the Gulf Coast of Florida after strengthening to a Category 4 storm before making landfall, possibly near Port Charlotte.

A Florida teacher has been arrested after deputies say she let a missing teenager, who was also a student at her school, illegally stay at her home.

A Florida LGBTQ+ organization is thanking superstar singer Lady Gaga for providing much-needed support.

Carlos Correa hit his first spring homer with the Twins, providing a preview of what he could provide Minnesota’s lineup this season.

Rookie of the Year winners Randy Arozarena and Yordan Álvarez and All-Star shortstop Bo Bichette were among 16 players whose contracts were renewed by their teams rather than reach negotiated agreements.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and five players from the World Series champion Atlanta Braves are among the players who are headed toward salary arbitration hearings that will occur during the regular season after failing to agree to contracts for 2022.

A Port Charlotte man, 48, was announced Thursday as a winner of a $15 million top prize from Florida Lottery's Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme game.

A Florida woman was arrested after a man returned home from a doctor’s appointment to find her swimming naked in his pool, authorities said on Tuesday.

Wander Franco, a 20-year-old infielder considered the best prospect in the minor leagues, is set to make his major league debut for the Tampa Bay Rays against the visiting Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

Wander Franco, a 20-year-old infielder considered the best prospect in the minor leagues, was set to make his major league debut for the Tampa Bay Rays against the visiting Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

An 11-foot female sawfish that was found dead Tuesday near Marvin Key will be examined by scientists in Port Charlotte, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

The NHL has postponed three more Vancouver Canucks games due to COVID-19 issues.

Ron DeSantis said that a ban on Florida travel by the Biden Administration would be politically motivated. Ron DeSantis denounced reports the Biden Administration was in discussions about restricting travel to and from Florida over an urgency to prevent the spread of coronavirus variants surging in the state. But now he is considering restrictions on #Florida travel pic.twitter.com/MuCulpT6Hz — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 11, 2021Meanwhile, Jet Blue Airline celebrated its 21st birthday and its first ever launch of 14 daily flights out of Miami International Airport. AdRubio’s letter to Biden urged the president to “not pursue these draconian travel restrictions, and instead focus . Two federal government officials underscored that no policy announcement is imminent and all travel restrictions would be “taken in partnership with state and local governments.”

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Kings Gate Community in Port Charlotte.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - A Florida teenager is being called a hero after he was killed while protecting his 5-year-old sister during a home invasion robbery. Khyler Edman, 15, and his sister were inside their Port Charlotte house Thursday when a man identified as Ryan Cole broke into the home. Police were called to the area after residents reported seeing an injured man walking the streets near the home, WFTS reports. After Cole was captured, Charlotte County deputies found the door to Khyler's house forced open and the teenager dead inside, while his sister was unharmed. Cole, who was found with stab wounds on his hands and side, allegedly stabbed Edman to death when the teen tried to prevent him from harming his sister.

A Florida woman's toilet literally exploded after her septic tank was struck by lightning over the weekend. Ward told WINK the toilet shattered into hundreds of pieces and that the lightning strike was the loudest sound she's ever heard. It used to be our toilet, Ward said. We have nothing now.According to the Ward's plumber, the lightning struck the methane gases that had built up in the pipes from all the fecal matter. Im just glad none of us were on the toilet, Ward said.

"It was just so unnatural," Kibbe told CNN." "He put a noose on it and it went into the death roll that I've seen on TV," Kibbe said. The trapper told Kibbe he was going to take it to a farm to be released for mating. While gators are common in Florida, Kibbe thinks this one crept into her yard from the empty wooded lot behind her house. She said even though gator sightings may occur more often in Florida, neither she or her neighbors have ever had one in their neighborhood.