A Senate committee took the first step in compensating the families of Groveland Four — the Black men who were falsely ...

The motion to dismiss comes more than 70 years after the alleged incident. More than 70 years after four Black men were accused of raping a white woman in 1949, Florida State Attorney Bill Gladson has ...

TWO STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING TO COMPENSATE THE FAMILIES OF THE GROVELAND FOUR FOR BLACK MEN WRONGLY ACCUSED OF RAPE IN 1949. THE MEN HAVE BEEN EXONERATED OF THEIR CRIMES. IN WESH 2’S, DAVID JONES ...

Kroger Co. has defaulted on its agreement with the City of Groveland, and city officials are demanding the company pay back $1.4 million by the end of January. The city decided this week to seek the ...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — The nephew of one of the Groveland Four says he believes his uncle will eventually be exonerated 70 years after being accused of rape. “He always said he didn’t to it … always,” ...

Just over a week after being suspended by her fellow council members, a defiant Groveland Councilwoman Judith Fike has been reinstated to her position representing District 4. Lake County Commissioner ...

After a dramatic, hour-long meeting that recalled events from nearly seven decades ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's three-member Cabinet granted posthumous pardons Friday to four African ...

Four black men who were accused of raping a white woman in Florida in 1949 were pardoned Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who called their case a “miscarriage of justice.” J Jacey Fortin Follow The ...

The Florida woman who was thrown off a small-town city council by her colleagues for racist and homophobic tweets has been reinstated by a local judge. Judi Fike was kicked off the Groveland City ...

It was the road sign that made it real. Josh Venkataraman was returning to the University of Florida, where he is a senior, from Orlando earlier this year when he saw it. “Groveland,” it said. He had ...