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Osceola Sheriff Russ Gibson's detectives team up with US Marshal Service deputies and FDLE agents in arresting 67 non-compliant sexual predators & sex offenders

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KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- It was a massive operation on a near-unprecedented scale and took an investment in time of seven months in partership with state and federal law enforement agencies, but in the end, Osceola Sheriff Russ Gibson knows greater Kissimmee is a much safer place in terms of being up-to-date on the exact whereabouts of 550 registered sexual offender and predators in Osceola County.

3-day forecast: Sunny skies with temps in upper 80s at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The next several days will be perfect for relaxing at the World's Most Most Beach in Daytona with daytime temps in the mid-to-upper 80s along with most sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Daytona State College's RN to BSN program ranked as nation’s No. 1 most affordable nursing school

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Here is one major reason Stanley Escudero is proud to serve as chairman of the board of his alma mater: Daytona State College’s online RN to BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) program is ranked as the nation’s No. 1 most affordable nursing school of its kind according to the recently published list produced by Best Health Degrees.

Daytona Beach cop James Bissa's rescue of tiny kittens dubbed Dorian I &Dorian II feel-good story of hurricane

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two helpless kittens were trapped between two fences on adjoining residential properties in Daytona Beach when Hurricane Dorian's outer bands were approaching Florida's East Coast on Wednesday, Sept. 4 after pounding the Bahamas.