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Florida leaders joined Dr. Mehmet Oz in this conversation on National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

With the U.S. Surgeon General releasing an advisory on the epidemic of loneliness and isolation, 211 Palm Beach and Treasure Coast leaders remind the community of free daily calls for seniors and isolated caregivers.

A St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office deputy was responding to service call early Friday morning when they got into a crash, killing a pedestrian near U.S. 1 and Village Green Drive.

The threat was first reported out of Broward County and spread to nearby school districts, including in Palm Beach County. The note wrote in part, "I WILL MAKE HISTORY AS THE TOP SCHOOL SLAUGHTER."

Superintendent Michael Maine is replacing Dr. John Millay as the head of the Martin County School District

"I’ve had doctors say to me, ‘I could do this patient here, this surgery. But I don’t have the team. I don’t have the team to back me up. So, I need to transfer this patient somewhere,'" Lynn Stockford, a registered nurse and physician network business development manager with Tampa General Hospital, told WPBF 25 News.

Palm Beach Atlantic University and Florida International University among the schools targeted in fake active shooter calls Tuesday morning.

This is the first time in Martin County's history that someone has been charged with this exact murder charge. Twenty-eight-year-old Samantha Nell died from a fentanyl overdose in January.

Deputies first responded to the scene due to a suspicious person call. They found a man wielding two knives when they arrived.

St. Lucie County Fire District found a 56-year-old man deceased in the garage following the early morning fire Monday