Although the Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30, scientists say there is still the possibility for more named storms this year.

Appalachian State’s home football game against Liberty in Boone, North Carolina, scheduled for Saturday was canceled because of the impacts of severe weather on the area from Tropical Storm Helene.

The man then drove through the parking lot and crashed into a brick wall, though he fled on foot afterward, troopers said.

A woman who was in bed with her two young children was fatally shot during a home invasion that a Florida sheriff described as a “targeted” hit.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced initiatives for the next legislative session to help tackle the teacher shortage in the state and bring more professionals into the field.

A child was stabbed in the chest by a catfish in a freak accident in Florida.

A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the case of a missing Florida woman who disappeared a week ago.

The Florida governor will be holding a news conference Thursday afternoon in New Port Richey, which is near Tarpon Springs.

A Florida sheriff is sending letters to people with criminal histories offering help to get on a better path.

A Florida school district and the local sheriff’s officers have agreed that resource officers will no longer have access to student data that is used as a warning for ‘at-risk' students.

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether a Florida school district broke federal law when it shared private information about students with the local sheriff’s office.

A Florida missing child alert has been issued for a 17-year-old Pasco County girl who hasn’t been seen since Friday.

A man is arrested in connection with an Amber Alert in Florida.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 11-year-old girl from Pasco County.

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida missing child alert has been issued for a 15-year-old Pasco County boy who went missing Friday. Cody Almengor-Gatica was last seen in the area of Bridgewater Court in New Port Richey wearing a white hoodie and gray jean shorts. New Port Richey police said he is considered missing and endangered. Further details about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance haven’t been released. Anyone with information concerning his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the New Port Richey Police Department at 727-841-4550.

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Residents in Pasco County are watching a bad situation get worse as a sinkhole continues to grow. The hole first opened up on Jan. 7 outside a popular sports bar in New Port Richey. A company filled the hole to prevent further growth, but it didn’t work and the hole is now about 50 feet wide. Because the hole is on private land, the property owner is now working with a contractor to fill and repair the hole again.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Some parents and teachers in the Tampa Bay area are asking for changes in a program used by a Florida sheriff to profile students as potential criminals. In addition, a group of teachers is circulating a petition calling for the sheriff's database of “at-risk" children to be deleted, the newspaper reported. “I know our PTA has some concerns, but I also look forward to filling them in on the wonderful relationship we have with our sheriff’s office,” she said. Alicia Willis, president of the Pasco County Council PTA, called the details of the sheriff's data-driven program “unacceptable and scary." The Sheriff’s Office told the newspaper that about five parents had asked for the records, which were provided after the parents provided their identities.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – A Florida town has fined people involved in recent racial justice protests thousands of dollars for using megaphones police say violate a local noise ordinance. The Tampa Bay Times reports that officials in New Port Richey have issued 14 citations that total about $4,700 to at least five protesters. The protesters have stopped using megaphones, but they still gather once or twice a week to spread a message of racial justice and protest police killings of Black people. New Port Richey is about 24 miles north of Clearwater. Click here to subscribe to ClickOrlando.com’s Strange Florida newsletter, delivered every Friday.