Lebanon and Israel are holding their first direct diplomatic talks in decades, as leaders look for a way to ease tensions ...

Two Escambia County corrections officers have been arrested after an investigation into the battery of an inmate at the ...

A Fort Myers man who faced charges of first-degree murder and making, possessing or placing a hand grenade died while in ...

The former inmate at Tomoka state prison testified he was carrying the shank, a homemade metal knife, for protection.

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies and correctional officers regained control of a county jail housing unit after a disturbance broke out during a planned search for contraband on Friday, Sheriff Levon ...

Florida executed Michael King by lethal injection March 17 at Florida State Prison near Starke, for the 2008 Sarasota County ...

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office shared photos of twisted handcuffs after an inmate bent them using sheer strength. Officials said the inmate was experiencing mental health issues, but deputies ...

A decades-long battle to exonerate Tommy Zeigler for the 1975 murders of his wife, her parents and a customer is nearly over after a Florida judge denied his latest attempt to obtain a new trial.

It wasn’t exactly a clean getaway. A Florida inmate is facing a felony charge after allegedly slipping away from his duties at a county jail barbecue to have sex with a woman inside a porta-potty, ...

An attempted robbery at Riviera Beach Walgreens was thwarted thanks to a quick-thinking pharmacist. Iranian-Americans in Florida protest against ceasefire with Iran Dozens of Iranian-Americans ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A Walton County Sheriff’s Office Jail employee was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly engaging in sexual misconduct with an inmate. According to the WCSO, on Feb. 18, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida has executed its second inmate of the year even as a Supreme Court justice questioned the state's “deeply troubling" ...