Tag: FLORIDA NEWS

Shortly after graduating from Miles College, Hannah Smith went on a cruise to the Bahamas on May 11, 2025. She went to celebrate her graduation but returned home as a double amputee.

A Walton County, Fla. grand jury indicted the surgeon who performed a surgery on a Muscle Shoals man who died while on vacation in August 2024.

Attorneys for the family of a Muscle Shoals man who died after his liver was removed during what was supposed to be a splenectomy said they have learned new information during depositions in the civil case against the surgeon.

A woman arrested in Escambia County, Fla., for cocaine possession and drug possession had a history of alleged drug activity in Baldwin County.

Prosecutors in Marianna, Fla. secured a guilty verdict against an Alabama man in a case they describe as "terrifying."

An investigation by the Foley Police Department into the selling of fake gold and silver led to a federal investigation and sentencing of two men.

An Etowah County man was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of child sex abuse and possession of obscene material.

The Walton County, Fla. Sheriff's Office is asking for expert opinions in connection to the death investigation of William Dale "Bill" Bryan, 70, of Muscle Shoals.

U.S. Marine Willie Ellington is facing first-degree murder and possession of child pornography after a bizarre case spanning two states.

Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, the surgeon accused of removing a man’s liver instead of his spleen, officially surrendered his Alabama license to practice medicine on Monday.

The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners & Medical Licensure Commission suspended the license of a surgeon at the center of a homicide investigation in Florida.

The Walton County, Florida Sheriff's Office confirmed to 1819 News an active investigation is underway in the death of William Dale "Bill" Bryan, 70, of Muscle Shoals.

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) released a 47-page report after interviewing witnesses and a surgeon after an Alabama's man liver was removed, killing him.

Alabama could see tens of thousands of evacuees as Hurricane Milton plows towards the Florida peninsula.

First responders in Panama City Beach pulled three men out of the Gulf of Mexico after receiving a call about distressed swimmers Friday night. The three men, who were from Alabama, died at local hospitals.

Authorities in Florida closed beaches Friday after a series of shark attacks in Walton County. Three people were injured, including two Mountain Brook teens.