A community is mourning the death of a 4-year-old girl who the Union County Sheriff’s Office said drowned in Lakeside Park in Lake Butler. Neighbors said the park is normally a popular spot filled ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference Friday in Union County. (Copyright 2022 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.) LAKE BUTLER, Fla. – More than $3. ...

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. – One person was shot at a pop-up party at Lakeside Park in Lake Butler, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post that hundreds of ...

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. -- Authorities have arrested a Lake Butler man in connection to a deadly shooting in Union County Saturday afternoon. Thomas Wayne Powell, Jr., 38, allegedly shot James Ray Forsyth, ...

Deputies in Orange County confirmed Monday that the body of a missing man was recovered after he fell into a lake on Saturday. Deputies said the body of 24-year-old Igor Pessoa De Oliveira was found ...

UNION COUNTY, Florida — UPDATE: Lake Butler officials say the water line was successfully repaired, but water is "still being slowly turned on" to ensure that no other breaks occur. A boil water ...

Sprinkling and splashing will be heard this spring as children play at the new splash park in Lake Butler. The park is a city project that will provide the youth of the community with the opportunity ...

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. — The Union County Sheriff’s Office says students are being released from school early because of a water outage. Officials say schools, as well as the entire city, will not have ...

The "pop-up" party that occurred on Saturday in Lake Butler where one person was shot was originally scheduled to take place in Waldo, according to the Union County Sheriff's Office. Capt. Lyn ...

Orange County hopes to hatch a plan to deal with problems around Bird Island, a popular spot for boaters to drop anchor in Lake Butler. “This island, inhabited by protected wildlife, regularly draws a ...

WESH 2 News has learned more about how a day on an Orange County lake turned into a tragedy for several friends.The Orange County Sheriff's Office says Nickaloy Thomas, 25, was hit and killed by a ...