St. Lucie County (Florida)

In one of the cruelest twists of this history-making hurricane season, Jeanne plowed ashore late Saturday almost exactly where Frances did three weeks earlier. But that's not a first for Florida -- or even for the same stretch of coastline. At least...

Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks ripped its way across the state Sunday -- killing at least six, leaving millions without electricity and adding new woes to an already agonizing hurricane season. Hurricane Jeanne drove ashore just before...

Weather-whipped Floridians blinked into the bright sun Monday and for the fourth time in six weeks trudged toward recovery, dragging broken tree limbs and ripped shingles to the curb. President Bush late Monday asked Congress for $7.1 billion to help...

Florida school districts forced to shut down six or more days because of recent hurricanes will be given extra time to get students ready for the state's annual high-stakes tests. Gov. Jeb Bush announced Tuesday that districts can push back FCAT exams by...

Florida's best known child advocate discusses his hopes and frustrations with government efforts to make the Sunshine State more child-friendly. Q. Bottom-line it for me: Is Florida a child-friendly state? A. Florida has made some progress, there's no...

FORT PIERCE · The way Jewel Hudson's eyes lit up, you would have thought she was moving into a beachfront mansion. Instead, the new home Hudson and Tom Billings Jr. saw for the first time Wednesday morning was a 30-foot travel trailer in the parking...

The state will pay more than $60 million as its share of federal hurricane assistance to Floridians but has no control over how the money is spent or who gets it. Florida officials also have no plans to ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency for...

The man Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne described as a cold, calculating cop killer told a Miami federal judge on Friday that he was broke, dying of AIDS and suffering from dementia. Kenneth Wilk appeared in court for the first time since police say he...