A Florida mutual fund executive accused of promising investors early shares in companies such as Facebook and Groupon and spending the money instead on cars and jewelry has pleaded guilty in New York.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter criticized the cleanup at a field briefing in New Orleans of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, which he sits on.

BP PLC and the Coast Guard were excoriated Tuesday by Louisiana's Republican U.S. senator who charged the oil giant was trying to "run away from its full cleanup responsibilities" two years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill and that federal regulators are "too cozy" with BP.

The teen's mother was charged with allowing an unauthorized person to operate a motor vehicle.

25 year old Lindsay Renee Duncan of Baker was pronounced dead at the scene.

A single-vehicle accident has left one passenger dead and the driver with serious injuries in Okaloosa County.

Former Airport Police Chief Tony Walker pleaded no contest Monday to grand theft, two counts of dealing in stolen property and tampering with evidence for stealing and selling guns from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office’s evidence room.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office received a call this morning at approximately 8 o’clock by family members of missing person Ray Max Fleming. A vehicle had been discovered in a lake located behind a home owned by Fleming on Highway 20.

Senator John McCain will have a meet and greet at G’Foley's restaurant on 23rd Street Tuesday evening.

Former Airport Police Chief Tony Walker had to surrender his law enforcement certification and will never work as a law enforcement officer again.

A national organization says Alabama Power's agreements to purchase wind-generated power put it among the leading utilities in the Southeast to pursue the renewable source.

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has placed the Wiregrass under a Wind Advisory today, for expected winds above 25 miles per hour.

A South Florida family is mourning after a 3-year-old boy drowned in his grandmother's swimming pool while his relatives napped.

Police say two people are dead and another is injured after a shooting at a central Florida Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

Miami-Dade County government is going pink next month in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer.

An Amber Alert for a missing Miami girl is cancelled

A man in Walton County is behind bars for child pornography charges.

A shooting in Florida leaves one person hurt and another dead

Authorities say a Florida firefighter who brought a handgun onto a flight out of Orlando will not be prosecuted.

Pedro Bravo has been formally charged with first-degree murder in the case of a missing University of Florida student during his first court appearance.

Police say after giving secretly giving birth, a Florida teen killed her newborn baby.

Authorities say a Florida firefighter who brought a handgun onto a flight out of Orlando will not be prosecuted.

The remains of a Florida man declared missing in action during World War II have been identified.

Work crews will be removing core samples from the roadway Tuesday, Oct. 2.

This change will be in effect for the month of October only.