The Orlando Sentinel’s Florida Gators podcast Swamp Things Talk is now available on YouTube when UF sports writer Edgar Thompson is joined by the AP’s Mark Long to talk all things from

If you’re a high school football team within the Florida High School Athletic Association’s (FHSAA) Class 1A, Region 2 bracket, you’ll have to wait to find out where you’re seeded or if you made the playoffs.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved the plan Wednesday to reopen the bay for a limited oyster season on Jan. 1, 2026, five years after the waters that had been nationally known for the sweet, plump shellfish were closed because of dwindling populations.

When is daylight savings? We change clocks behind an hour or "fall back" at 2 am ET Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. DST starts, "spring forward," March 8, 2026.

All eyes are on South Florida from New York City residents wanting to move from the Big Apple now that Zohran Mamdani is officially the city's Mayor-elect.

Publix opened three Florida locations in September and one in October. Another in Palm Bay is scheduled to open on Oct. 30. The chain has also opened 10 locations in the last two months in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The Florida Gators fired head football coach Billy Napier on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. Napier finished his tenure at Florida with a 22-23 record over four seasons. Longtime assistant Billy Gonzales will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season.

Open carry is now effectively legal in Florida following a state appellate court decision. The Florida Sheriffs Association has advised all 67 county sheriffs not to arrest for open carry. A decade after the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's ban ...

A “shocked” Florida woman found a live python tangled up in her car’s engine, and now it’s is giving people fits on social media. It happened Wednesday, Nov. 5, and the snake was in the 4-foot range and very much still alive, a photo shows.

And this fall, there are 32,840 students who appeared on the roster for second quarter payments who weren't on the first quarter roster, but are being paid for two quarters (as funds are disbursed every quarter).

New policies in Florida are integrating state police into federal immigration enforcement efforts. Concerns are rising about potential racial profiling under these expanded roles.