Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd reports deputies shot Timothy Shultz, who attacked them with shears after an alligator ...

Officials said witnesses reported seeing a man swimming in a lake near alligators before police arrived on scene.

The fact that he was bitten by an alligator, significantly, and still continued his rampage, is shocking,” Polk County ...

A man appeared to have survived an alligator attack while swimming across a lake, then he charged deputies with a pair of ...

Deputies fatally shot a Florida man who survived an apparent gator attack after he tried to take the officers' gun, the Polk ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials said a life jacket did much more than prevent a woman from drowning during an alligator ...

In a startling incident showcasing the unique challenges of Florida living, Courtney Beck and her family were awakened by an ...

Brandon Fisher, a gator expert, emphasized the need for caution around any body of water in the state, noting that Florida has the largest population of wild alligators in the United States, with an ...

Florida deputies say a bizarre incident ended in the fatal shooting of a man believed to be high on meth when he allegedly ...

The Atlanta Braves right-handed emphasized that he meant no malice when hitting the eight-time All-Star with a pitch in the ...

LAKELAND, FLORIDA — A career criminal somehow survived an alligator attack, then died in a hail of bullets by deputies ...