A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee population.

A veteran diver got up close and personal with a Great White Shark off the shores of South Florida.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement activated an Amber Alert on Sunday after a relative abducted 7-year-old Christian Simeus.

A family near Riviera Beach got a big surprise last month when they opened their sock drawer on their houseboat.

An 84-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with a fatal shooting that took place Friday afternoon at a popular beach park in Palm Beach County, authorities said.

Longtime boater and sea tow captain Sergio Frágüela captured some disturbing images on the water off the Peanut Island sand bar on Sunday.

Three Floridians woke up millionaires this week after playing the 500X The Cash scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Wednesday.

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

A 22-year-old man with tattoos on his face was facing charges Friday after a shooting injured a man at a gas station on Thursday in Palm Beach County, according to deputies.

A 56-year-old Florida man is $4 million richer after playing the Mega Millions draw game, the Florida Lottery announced Tuesday.

At just 18 years old, Jah’ere Robinson became a hero in the same Palm Beach County neighborhood where a stray bullet injured him as he took out the garbage.

Palm Beach County detectives are seeking information about a “mistreated, brutalized” pit bull mix found injured in the Riviera Beach area earlier this month.

A 70-year-old man claimed his $3.5 million prize this week after his purchased a winning Lottery ticket from Publix back in May.

A 29-year-old man from Hollywood was arrested Wednesday, months after a fatal shooting occurred at a motel in West Palm Beach.

A Palm Beach County man just collected his prize after revealing a $1 million windfall on a Florida Lottery scratch-off.

Two 35-year-old South Florida men who murdered a Miami plumber during an armed robbery and carjacking in 2018 were sentenced on Thursday in federal district court in Miami.

Riviera Beach police say the boy’s 28-year-old mother was injured in the shooting, which happened early Wednesday.

Images taken by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission show seized Loggerhead Sea Turtle eggs and a nest chamber eggs were removed from. RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Two South Florida men have been sentenced to federal prison for stealing 93 protected sea turtle eggs. Court records show Carl Lawrence Cobb received nine months earlier this week in West Palm Beach federal court, while Bruce Wayne Bivins received seven months last month. A criminal complaint says Cobb dropped Bivins off at the Singer Island Beach, just north of Palm Beach, one night last May. Florida wildlife officers say they spotted Bivins taking the eggs and then recovered them after stopping Cobb’s truck.

Terrance Jackson, Jr., was a rising football star, a sophomore at Deerfield Beach High School. On Feb. 2, Jackson attended his grandfather’s funeral before a gunman killed him outside of Victory City Church, 163 W. 20 St., in Riviera Beach. Bryce Gowdy, whose Dec. 30th death was ruled a suicide, was a Deerfield Beach High School football player who had been recruited by Georgia Tech and was supposed to be on campus on Jan. 6. Deerfield Beach high school football coach, Jevon Glenn, was in Auburn, Alabama, for a college tour with Jackson’s teammates when he learned of the tragedy. Glenn said that the high school player had passed up the team trip to attend the funeral.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Terrance “TeeJay” Jackson would have celebrated his 16th birthday on Wednesday. Instead, his mother, Tronicia Jackson, and his father, Terrance Jackson Sr., were attending a vigil to mourn their son. On Thursday, the teenage boy’s murder was at the heart of a group discussion about gun violence at the Dr. Leo J. Robb, Jr. Memorial Gymnasium in Deerfield Beach. The sophomore died in his mother’s arms across the street from the Victory City Church in Riviera Beach. The Riviera Beach Police Department is still investigating the fatal shooting.

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – A South Florida teacher was arrested Friday after she pushed a first-grade student so hard against a wall that his tooth fell out, police said. Cynthia Smith, 64, of West Palm Beach, faces a child abuse charge after the Jan. 30 incident at Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School in Riviera Beach. The impact caused the boy to lose a tooth and gave him a busted lip. Several students told police that Smith is "mean" to them, and one student said Smith "yells at her for no reason." Smith was released from jail the next day on a $3,000 bond.

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Instead of celebrating Super Bowl LIV Sunday, a family is grieving the death of a 15-year-old Deerfield Beach High School football player who died after a Saturday shooting outside of a church in Palm Beach County. If we request you be there, be there.”Deerfield Beach high school football coach, Jevon Glenn, was in Auburn, Alabama for a college tour with Terrance’s teammates when he learned of the tragedy. He was a Deerfield High School football player who was scheduled to attend Georgia Tech on Jan. 6. While many of the top high school recruits already signed with a college, National Signing Day is on Wednesday. He was set to graduate from high school in 2022.

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Two people were killed and two others were injured Saturday afternoon at a Riviera Beach church after a funeral service. The shooting was reported around 2:30 p.m. at Victory City Church at 163 W. 20th St.Riviera Beach police confirmed that a 15-year-old boy and a man were pronounced dead at the scene. Local 10 News’ Roy Ramos has learned the teenage victim is Terrance Jackson, a football player at Deerfield Beach High School, after speaking with the school’s football coach. Terrance Jackson, a 15-year-old Deerfield Beach High School football player, was killed in a shooting that took place during a funeral. (WPLG)Jackson was attending his grandfather’s funeral after passing up a trip to visit college’s with his football team.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - Deerfield Beach-based Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line sent a ship on a humanitarian mission to Freeport on Thursday. The Grand Celebration departed from the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach to Freeport in Grand Bahama Island. The Grand Celebration will also be helping Bahamians who have proper documentation to evacuate to the United States. The ship is scheduled to return to the Port of Palm Beach on Friday. The cruise line was accepting donations at the company's warehouse at 301 Broadway Ave., Bay #7, in Riviera Beach.