Florida

A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer is scheduled Tuesday to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation's busiest death chamber. Authorities began searching for Curtis Wilkie Beasley after a witness reported seeing him driving what turned out to be the victim’s car. Investigators determined Beasley had traveled to Miami and later relocated to Alabama,

Former Florida Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is in custody again just over a month after his initial arrest in July. Court documents show the judge in Gillam’s case ordered him taken to the Mobile County jail after he missed a drug screening. The former candidate also tested positive for methamphetamine in a drug court appearance.

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested on drug possession charges in Alabama after police say they pulled him over for erratic driving and found marijuana and meth in his vehicle.

ESPN is reporting that Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold is facing multiple felony charges after he was arrested in Tampa, Florida. The case stems from an alleged case of robbery and kidnapping in early February

A retired Army veteran pleaded not guilty Thursday in the 1997 killing of an Alabama woman whose remains were found near the victims of Long Island’s infamous Gilgo Beach killings. Andrew Dykes, who had also served as a Tennessee state trooper and a corrections officer, was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Tanya Denise Jackson, a fellow military veteran with whom he had a child outside of his marriage, according to prosecutors on Long Island.

This week on StoryCorps, Blackbelt resident Charles Flaherty tells us about his travels around the country and the numerous odd jobs he has had over the years.

Florida is about to begin what expected to be a long recovery from Hurricane Milton. That storm as well as Helene have heightened concerns over misinformation about post storm relief efforts from the federal government.

Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall on Florida's west coast late Wednesday or early Thursday. Alabama’s Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team deployed to the area, in anticipation of emergency response needs. Meantime, the City of Montgomery is prepared to support potential evacuees of Hurricane Milton.

Three Alabama men have died from likely drowning after becoming distressed while swimming at a Florida Panhandle beach, authorities said Saturday morning. The young men had traveled to the Panama City Beach area Friday evening, the Bay County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.

Democrats in both Alabama and Florida are looking to the possible political blowback from conservative actions like the Sunshine State’s new six week abortion that takes effect starting in May. There's also the ongoing headaches from an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children. Activists in both States think reproductive rights could be a rallying cry during the November election