Posted: 3:35 PM State wildlife officials say a South Florida hunter was likely mistaken for a boar by a friend who accidentally shot and killed him.

Posted: 10:58 AM 17 year old Michael Anthony Smith Jr. was arrested Thursday on one count of home invasion robbery.

Posted: 10:56 AM Detectives are investigating after a Miami-Dade police officer shot and injured a pedestrian who started tossing pieces of concrete during a traffic stop.

Updated: 10:53 AM The declaration signed Thursday makes federal funding available to state and local governments.

Posted: 10:48 AM Although Republicans have been widening their majority in the Florida Legislature for better than a decade, Democrats are hopeful of cutting into that margin a bit on Election Day.

Posted: 10:49 AM Officials in northern Alabama say they're surprised by the low number of applications for state assistance for residents who were displaced by the 2011 tornado outbreak.

Updated: 3:51 AM Two National Weather Services that cover parts of the WTVY viewing area have issued Red Flag Advisories for several area counties Friday.

Posted: 5:27 PM Florida Gov. Rick Scott has put in another "Let's Get to Work Day," this time as a crime laboratory analyst.

Posted: 4:48 PM BP PLC says a sheen on the Gulf of Mexico appears to have come from oil seeping out of a piece of discarded equipment used to contain its massive 2010 oil spill.

Posted: 4:44 PM Florida voters are getting a chance to give tax relief to first-time home buyers, businesses and second-home owners as well as put a stricter cap on state revenue growth.

Posted: 4:42 PM The Florida Highway Patrol make an arrest on a FHP warrant for Leaving the Scene of a Traffic Crash Involving Death.

Updated: 1:44 PM Florida Police need your help locating a missing senior.

Posted: 10:48 AM More than 200 products have been recalled after salmonella was found in Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter.

Updated: 10:40 PM A judge has set a tentative trial date next year for the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

Posted: 3:27 PM A third Floridian who contracted meningitis from a tainted steroid injection has died.

Posted: 2:19 PM TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Gary Cochran, 54, of Dothan, AL, claimed a $1 million top prize in the 50X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.

Posted: 10:41 AM Maj. Garrett Knowlan died last week during a four-day, water-survival course.

Posted: 10:35 AM Alabama health officials say two residents are showing symptoms and will be seen by their physicians.

Posted: 10:27 AM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months and older get vaccinated.

Updated: 5:43 PM Authorities say a central Florida teen stabbed his girlfriend in the neck at school.

Posted: 3:42 PM Holly Holt, Administrator, Walton County Health Department, has rescinded the rabies alert issued on August 16, 2012 for the following areas located in South Walton: South of US Hwy 98 to the Gulf of Mexico; East of County Road 393 to County Road 283.

Updated: 11:59 PM Citizens who want instant notification when a Blue Alert has been activated can now sign up for email alerts through the Florida Blue Alert system’s new website.

Updated: 12:10 AM Florida's Republican-led Legislature put Amendment 1 on the upcoming ballot as a moratorium on President Barack Obama's health care plan, but it will have little legal impact.

Posted: 12:38 PM Food, fun and entertainment for the entire family will be available.

Posted: 8:47 AM Police say two young children made their way out of a St. Petersburg house and fell into a backyard pool where they nearly drowned.