Economists reported that ticket sales came in at $9.417 billion during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which ended June 30. That was down from $9.8 billion in the previous fiscal year and was $132.5 million less than anticipated.

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a store in Florida.

One of the main reasons he’s against it? The smell.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday morning at a water treatment plant in Davie.

An Amber Alert was issued for an 8-month-old girl missing out of Davie who may be in the company of a Broward County woman, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The mayor of a South Florida city has been arrested on illegal voting charges following months of accusations that he no longer lived in the city where he served.

A Florida man who opened fire on Instacart shoppers who went to the wrong home.

Crash occurred in area of Northwest 97th Place.

Authorities say two rock climbers, including a former NFL player, were found dead near a Southern California peak after rescue crews responded to reports of injuries.

Even though the NFL attempted to enhance opportunities for minority candidates to become head coaches in a league whose players are 70% Black, there was a disconnect.

People who win $250,000 or more in the Florida Lottery could choose to keep their identities secret for 90 days under a bill that the Senate sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Authorities said the sound of a car backfiring near a South Florida movie theater led police to evacuate a movie theater.

It's a big pay day for a Sanford man after purchasing a quick pick lottery ticket from a Publix in Lake Mary.

An Orlando man is $21.25 million richer after purchasing a quick pick Florida Lotto ticket in Casselberry.

All-Pro cornerback and reigning NFL interception leader Xavien Howard wants a new contract from the Miami Dolphins.

Like her character of Nina in “In The Heights,” Leslie Grace says she struggles “all the time” to fit in as an Afro-Latina woman and artist.

A drunk driver accused of killing a father of four faces multiple charges following a hit-and-run in Davie in January.

McDonalds manager attached by man upset over waiting too long for foodDAVIE, Fla. – A McDonalds manager spoke exclusively to Local 10 News about a customer who attacked her, seemingly out of nowhere. [TRENDING: DeSantis: Contact tracing doesn’t work | How to track your stimulus payment | Fla. closer to ban for transgender female athletes]AdIt happened at a Davie McDonalds just before 11 p.m. Monday. According to the restaurant manager, the suspect ordered six chicken sandwiches that needed to be cooked, so she told him to pull around the restaurant so she could bring out the order. “I’m like, ‘Sir, why are you doing this?’ And he is like, ‘Y’all took too long with my food.’”Suarez-Tellez was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and battery. A judge ordered Suarez-Tellez not to return to the McDonalds, to which he replied, “That’s perfect.”Use the form below to sign up for the ClickOrlando.com Strange Florida newsletter, sent every Friday.

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)NEW YORK – Top officials overseeing child welfare at the Department of Health and Human Services say they’ve seen no solid evidence to bear out warnings that serious forms of child abuse would surge during the coronavirus pandemic. Back in March, when COVID-19 forced schools to close and many children to be locked down in households buffeted by job losses, many child-welfare experts warned of a likely surge of child abuse perpetrated by harried parents and other caretakers. Johnson and Milner said many parents indeed have faced pandemic-related stresses, but questioned whether that fueled abuse. “We can’t just assume because parents have to spend 24/7 with their kids, that there’s going to be more abuse,” she said. Among the notable findings in the new report for 2019: The number of child fatalities due to child abuse and neglect increased to 1,840, up from 1,780 in 2018.

Residents clear debris from a flooded street in the Driftwood Acres Mobile Home Park, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Davie, Fla. Tropical Storm Eta was squatting off western Cuba on Tuesday after drifting away from South Florida, where it unleashed a deluge that flooded entire neighborhoods and covered the floors of some homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Residents clear debris from a flooded street in the Driftwood Acres Mobile Home Park, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Davie, Fla. Tropical Storm Eta was squatting off western Cuba on Tuesday after drifting away from South Florida, where it unleashed a deluge that flooded entire neighborhoods and covered the floors of some homes and businesses. Subsequently, a tropical storm warning was issued for the same general area. The storm has been in the Gulf of Mexico since crossing over South Florida on Sunday. Ron DeSantis issued an expanded emergency declaration to include 13 counties along or near the Gulf coast, adding them to South Florida counties.

DAVIE, Fla. – A man was mauled by a captive black leopard in a backyard zoo in South Florida, wildlife officials said. The man paid $150 for a “full contact experience" with the black leopard, which allowed him to play with it and take pictures, WPLG reported. A report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the incident happened Aug. 31 in Davie, which is near Fort Lauderdale. The agency charged the owner with allowing full contact with an extremely dangerous animal and was cited for maintaining captive wildlife in an unsafe condition. The owner runs a licensed animal sanctuary for rare and endangered animals at the home, WPLG reported.

“As I was parking, I heard a bottle hit the back of my car, so I called 911. The person that was first beating Pedro is believed to be the daughter of the woman who was driving. Pedro told Local 10 she is scared because she is a single mom with no family in the area. “My knees are all bloodied from the pavement where I was dragged.”Pedro said that the mother told the son to pull the license plate from the car. “That’s what they were doing when I approached the vehicle.” Police said the move was intentional so that no one could take note of the license plate number.

DAVIE, Fla. – An argument over a parking space in a Walmart lot turned violent quickly on Tuesday afternoon, according to Davie Police. It all happened at the Walmart on University Drive and Griffin Road over a parking-space disagreement, News 6 partner WPLG reported. Police said one woman had been waiting for a parking spot but when the space opened up, a silver Mercedes sped into the spot before she could pull in. At that time, when she got out of her car, she was attacked by three people from the Mercedes-Benz, according to police. Video shows the woman on the ground being attacked by the group while other shoppers try to help stop the assault.

DAVIE, Fla. A Florida police chief has largely been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation said he hadn't acted with hostility when he tried to allay his officers' fears of coronavirus by pointing out a sheriff's deputy who died of the disease was gay. In light of the state of concerns regarding coronavirus, the chief did have reason to address those concerns or beliefs regarding where the BSO (Broward Sheriffs Office) deputy may have contracted the virus, the investigation documents state. Engle has been on leave since shortly after the accusation was made and he plans to retire next week. He told the Sun Sentinel on Wednesday that all he was trying to do was provide his officers with information. This is a time when we need to come together and not be divided.

DAVIE, Fla. – A man fatally shot his 11-year-old, terminally ill daughter before killing himself in their South Florida home on Monday, police said. “It was a devastating terminal illness,” Davie police spokesman Lt. Mark Leone told news outlets. The mother found the daughter dead and the father was taken to a hospital, where he later died. She was diagnosed with cancer in her femur and was scheduled to have the leg amputated on Aug. 28 in Boston, family members told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Miriam Casanova, whose husband, Jorge, is the cousin of the little child’s mother, told the newspaper the parents had been distraught over the illness.

DAVIE, Fla. A South Florida police chief has announced his retirement months after an investigation into alleged remarks he made about the coronavirus death of an openly gay Broward Sheriff's deputy. Davie police Chief Dale Engle told town officials last week that he plans to retire on Sept. 3, the South Florida SunSentinel reported. On Monday night, Engle told the SunSentinel he didn't make the remark. Officials asked retired chief Patrick Lynn to return to lead the department after Engle was placed on leave. He had been in Chicago with friends to celebrate St. Patricks Day days before falling ill, the newspaper reported.

DAVIE, Fla. – A North Carolina man died in South Florida over the weekend after crashing his motorcycle on an expressway ramp and being thrown over a barrier wall, authorities said. The man had been riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on the ramp to head south on the turnpike when he lost control and hit the barrier wall, FHP said. The man was thrown from the bike and fell more than 30 feet. The motorcycle came to rest on the ramp. The man was wearing a helmet, troopers said.