Parts of the Apalachicola Bay reopened for limited wild oyster harvesting after a five-year pause. Oyster eaters and fishermen are delighted.

Gresham’s new fire chief is making history for the city, becoming the city’s first Black chief in department history. A missed deadline is raising new questions about the future of a bill that would ...

Running for an entire week from Feb. 23 to March 1, the 2026 Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival features master classes, tastings and tours that take visitors beyond the plate. Courtesy of Hilton ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 2, 2026 ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — An annual seafood festival is set to return to Orange Beach. The 34th Annual Orange Beach Seafood Festival is ...

The 34th Annual Orange Beach Seafood Festival is returning to The Wharf on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to the event website, the free festival is set to feature arts and crafts ...

They gather there most mornings around 7 a.m., weather-worn hands picking at plates of hashbrowns and cups of coffee scattered across two shoved-together tables. Many of their families have lived in ...

Was your New Year’s resolution to be more present? Well, here comes the Florida Renaissance Festival to — in the most entertaining way — mess up all those plans by taking you to the past. Thou wilt ...

OKAY, THIS MIGHT BE A FIRST IN OUR NEWSROOM, AT LEAST FOR ME. WE HAVE A BABY ALLIGATOR WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY. BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND, YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ...

The 2026 ZORA!® Festival commemorates the literary icon and celebrates the contributions of the diaspora as part of America's 250th anniversary. The 2026 ZORA!® Festival returns to Central Florida Jan ...

The festival included an awards ceremony for the Sunshine State Teen Lit Awards, organized by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. The contest challenges middle and high school students across Florida ...

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost was allegedly assaulted and punched in the face at the Sundance Film Festival. The alleged assailant, Christian Young, was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary and simple ...