The National Hurricane Center began forecasting Saturday a potential system to form this week over Florida with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

Commissioners in a Florida county recently approved renaming Southern Boulevard to "President Donald J. Trump Boulevard." This will join other roadways in America that honor presidents.

Saturday morning will be cloudy but mostly dry. Pop-up rain storms will start in the mid-afternoon and continue through the early evening hours. Sunday is expected to be just as rainy in the afternoon. The rain threat will intensify as we start out the work week with storms rolling through south Florida on both Monday and Tuesday.

Higher-education leaders Friday backed a plan to form a new accrediting agency that Florida will help fund and oversee with university systems from five other Southern states.

Florida’s higher education leaders are fast-tracking an ambitious, multi-state plan to form a new college accreditor — an effort which Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting as a way to subvert the grip of “woke accreditation cartels” on academia.

So far, only Florida is putting in $4 million, which was added to the state university system’s budget by the Legislature. A business plan for the commission says it “anticipates the other five founding university systems will dedicate funds, labor or a combination of, that is comparable to Florida’s initial contribution.”

Looking for a weekend beach getaway, but without the crowds? A Gulf Coast hotspot is expanding public beach access with a new park.

Florida's Key West voted to reinstate its immigration agreement with ICE just one week after ending it, following threats of penalties from Governor DeSantis's administration.

Lawmakers in both parties slammed the revelation, which comes as concerns are being raised about the lack of oversight and transparency over the millions of dollars being spent on the temporary

Edge rusher KJ Ford, a top-150 recruit nationally in the 2026 class, has committed to Florida, he announced on July 11.