Wildfires prompted the closure of a major road linking the Florida Keys to the mainland several times this week.

"It will not take much to get a brush or grass fire to flare up and rapidly spread," one meteorologist told Newsweek.

The Florida Panhandle could have more than hurricanes to worry about this year. In its spring 2025 forecast, AccuWeather predicts there will be 1,300 to 1,450 tornadoes across the United States ...

FWC photo The captain of a diving boat has been found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter after one of his passengers died tangled up in the propeller, according to federal prosecutors in Florida.

The earrings’ status also wasn’t known to a deputy who answered the phone but wouldn’t give his name in the rural Panhandle county where the suspect was arrested near Chipley, Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a Florida Panhandle highway last week, detectives say, leaving them with the ...

NICEVILLE, Fla. (WMBB)-With a victory over Gulf Coast on Monday night, the top-ranked Northwest Florida State Women’s Basketball team clinched sole possession of the Panhandle Conference title.

In downtown Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle, organizers are planning a Big Easy-style Mardi Gras festival that includes food trucks, dancing, live entertainment and a low country seafood boil.