ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – St. Johns County Fire Department is actively battling two forest fires near County Road 214 and County Road 207.
 

By Angela Spears

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FL --  Firefighters in St. Johns County continue to watch hot spots from brush fires.  The fires are burning near County Roads 214 and 207. 

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A group of foster moms celebrated Mother's Day with an adoption party this weekend -- just a day after a statewide initiative to promote public adoption was announced at the Duval County Courthouse. 

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL (AP) -- Race officials say a Georgia man died after he was pulled from the water during the swimming portion of a Florida triathlon.  

SEMINOLE, FL (AP) -- Authorities say a 77-year-old central Florida man used a wrench to fight off a 22-year-old woman during an attempted robbery. 

TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $268,449.77, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. 

TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $16 million, lottery officials said Sunday. 

ORLANDO, FL (AP) -- Republican leaders say Hispanic voters will play a crucial role in determining the next president and will be a key to which party will be in power well beyond November. 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- State transportation officials say more people died in construction work zone crashes in Palm Beach County than any other Florida county in 2006.
 

MIAMI, FL -- Why are gas prices rising nearly every day? When will it stop, and who's behind it? Those are questions that many of us are asking. 

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL -- The son of Hulk Hogan, 17-year-old Nick Bollea, served his first night of his 8-month jail sentence Friday night.  

ORLANDO, FL (AP) -- More than 80 people were arrested in a federal sweep of four companies that allegedly arranged fraudulent marriages to earn immigrants citizenship, even organizing wedding photos with bridal gowns and elaborate, but fake, wedding cakes, federal officials said Friday.  

TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- A Fort Lauderdale lawyer and candidate to head the Broward County public defender's office is facing drug charges after Tallahassee airport security said they found cocaine in his jacket.
 

ORLANDO, FL (AP) -- An Orlando man says he was sleepwalking when he inappropriately touched a girl in 2006.  

CLEARWATER, FL (AP) -- A Florida judge will soon decide whether Hulk Hogan's son deserves to go to prison for critically injuring a friend during a street race. 

POMPANO BEACH, FL (AP) -- Power has been restored to 20,000 people in north Broward County, after an iguana caused a short circuit. 

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spain is laying formal claim to a shipwreck that yielded an estimated 500 million dollars in treasure.  

TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- Florida is joining other states in adding more safeguards to protect young Facebook users from sexual predators and cyberbullies. 

RICHMOND, VA (AP) -- Peanut farmers in seven states whose crops were devastated by the 2002 drought are entitled to only a little more than half the $30 million in insurance payments ordered by a lower court, a federal appeals panel ruled Thursday. 

CLAY COUNTY, FL -- It's the peak of wildfire season in Florida, and some windy, dry weather has forestry officials nervous that we could see a repeat of last year's catastrophic fires.