Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida’s first execution of 2026 is set to take place in February, following a record year for executions in the state. Gov. Ron ...

STARKE, Fla. -- A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar was the first person executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounced dead at ...

A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar has become the first person executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m.

Gov. Bill Haslam says corrections officials have told him Tennessee’s first execution since 2009 was handled in a “very professional manner.” Haslam told reporters Tuesday that state corrections ...

Florida’s first execution of 2026 is set to take place in February, following a record year for executions in the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant Jan. 9. It paves the way for Ronald ...

Florida's first execution of 2026 is scheduled for Ronald Palmer Heath on February 10. Heath was convicted in 1990 for the 1989 murder and robbery of a traveling salesman in Gainesville. Florida set a ...