A bill in the Florida Legislature could set the stage for the return of an Amtrak service which has not been directly connected to Orlando since 2005.

NEW ORLEANS — Heads up for drivers who commute the Florida Avenue Bridge in New Orleans, the bridge will be reduced to a single as it undergoes repairs. Thursday, Mar.6 and Friday, Mar. 7, traffic will be down to one lane while crews make repairs to the bridge.

A survivor of the New Orleans attack said he is grateful despite the severe injuries he sustained in the New Year's Day terror plot.

Florida lawmakers are considering legislation to allow the state to join the Southern Rail Commission — but the motivation for that legislation could face a roadblock. Bills in the state’s House of Representatives (HB 833) and Senate (SB 966) indicate the goal in joining the SRC is to revive service to Pensacola,

New Orleans moved up its two biggest Mardi Gras ... In downtown Pensacola in the Florida Panhandle, organizers were planning a Big Easy-style Mardi Gras festival that included food trucks, dancing ...

Jeremi Sensky, a survivor of the New Orleans terror attack that claimed more than a dozen lives on New Year's Day, is in Central Florida on the road to recovery.

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto sidewalks to escape from the cascade of waste as Nunez muttered about Bourbon Street’s “typical foolishness.”