Brett Keeler

A wildfire burning since April 6 in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is only 3 percent contained as of Wednesday morning. In 2011, the Honey Prairie Fire in the Okefenokee refuge burned about 300,000 acres over a year.

The Florida Senate passed a bill Wednesday that refocuses the purpose and direction of the state’s community colleges. Senate Bill 374, the College Competitiveness Act of 2017, sets the primary missions of community colleges as providing associate of arts degrees and other lower level undergraduate college credit.

A Seminole Elder's body waits in a morgue while his family members figure out what to do with his remains after construction of the Sabal Trail Pipeline disturbed a nearby burial ground.

Legislation seeks to protect vulnerable road users