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With a myriad of laws around short-term emergency commitments, the rights of parents are obscured when they should be front and center.

According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, there have been 170,048 involuntary Baker Act exams from 2021 to 2022.

If it believes you present a clear danger to yourself or others, a Florida court may decide to have your weapons taken away. Heres how it works.

Deion Greene is the mother of Kendra Greene, who is accused of taking her baby from a NICU and hurting three nurses there.

A woman who sent her husband to the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, where he committed suicide in 2019, speaks to WPTV after a settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit will pay her $5.75 million.

If it believes you present a clear danger to yourself or others, a Florida court may decide to have your weapons taken away. Heres how it works.

Former guardian enters plea deal calling for prison time more than three years after her arrest for exploiting a 92-year-old man under her care. She eventually faced 18 new charges.

County lobbyist Gene McGee, representing Sunrise Consulting Group, gave an extensive overview to county commissioners Tuesday on how the recently ended 2023 legislative session will affect Citrus County.

C.C.s isnt your typical ragsto-riches story. She remembers growing up in a single-wide with her older sister, stay-at-home mom and car-salesman dad. But she also remembers when they moved to

Frederick Pierallini III was charged with attempted murder of one of the women when the federal counts were added. The offenses were days apart.