COVID in Florida: 6,772 new infections; Orlando area 2nd-highest for new cases
Florida added 6,772 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 2,141,686. With 44 more fatalities, 34,164 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleSecond person dies in street racing crash near Orange-Osceola border
A 23-year-old woman died early Wednesday from injuries sustained in a crash earlier this month involving alleged street racers that also killed an 11-year-old girl, Florida Highway Patrol said.
View ArticleFlorida House votes to ban transgender females from girls’, women’s school...
The NCAA said it is monitoring Florida's bill and others like it. It will only hold its championships in locations that are "free of discrimination," it said Monday.
View ArticleSprawling federal case against Joel Greenberg: What each charge against him...
The news that a plea agreement is in the works for Joel Greenberg, Seminole County’s disgraced former tax collector, came more than a week after prosecutors filed their fourth indictment against him,...
View ArticleFlorida man used stolen credit cards to buy Universal Orlando vacation...
A Ft. Lauderdale man will spend three years in federal prison for using stolen credit cards to buy over $60,000 in park tickets and hotel reservations at Universal Orlando Resort, according to the U.S....
View ArticleCapitol riot suspect from Titusville accused of ‘hunting’ Nancy Pelosi...
A Titusville man accused of breaking into the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 and “hunting” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will remain in custody until his trial, according to federal records and a report by...
View ArticleInvestigators detail search for Nicole Montalvo’s body in trial for estranged...
Jurors will return to the Osceola County Courthouse Thursday morning to hear more testimony in the trial for the estranged husband and father-in-law accused of killing and dismembering Nicole Montalvo.
View Article1 person in hospital after fire in Seminole County apartment building
A person was sent to the hospital after an early morning fire broke out in a Seminole County apartment building.
View ArticleDeSantis’ ban of vaccine passports could lead to showdown with businesses in...
Vaccination passports have become a new ideological battleground of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joining the fray by issuing an order banning their use by both local...
View ArticleLake County baby found safe; Amber Alert canceled
A Lake County baby who was reported missing was soon found safe, said authorities, who canceled an Amber Alert early Thursday morning less than two hours after it was issued.
View ArticleMan killed in shooting near Valencia’s east campus, OCSO says
A man in his 20s was killed in a shooting early Thursday near Valencia College’s east campus, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleOrlando convention workers still struggle without jobs. ‘We’re kind of...
While the theme parks are open and busy again, one force is still largely unemployed: The workers of Orlando’s multibillion-dollar convention industry.
View ArticleCOVID in Florida: 6,762 new infections, 74 more Florida residents dead
Florida added 6,762 coronavirus cases Thursday to bring the cumulative total to 2,148,448. With 74 more fatalities, 34,238 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleRacial justice advocates rally in solidarity with Daunte Wright, against...
About two dozen people gathered at Orlando City Hall on Thursday in solidarity with Daunte Wright, who was shot and killed by a white police officer in Minnesota who fired her pistol instead of a stun...
View ArticleBody found near Fruitland Park bridge belongs to driver involved in crash,...
Divers with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a Leesburg man who authorities say jumped from a bridge over Lake Griffin after running from the scene of a nearby car accident just...
View ArticleFlorida Senate passes ‘anti-riot’ bill, sends it to DeSantis to sign into law
The Florida Senate on Thursday approved an “anti-riot” bill championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, sending it to him for signature into law over the objections of Democrats and civil rights groups...
View ArticleOrange County jail to ramp up vaccines for those incarcerated
The Orange County jail will begin Friday a weeks-long initiative to provide COVID-19 vaccines to those incarcerated at the detention facility, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said.
View ArticleWinter Springs man lit victim’s apartment on fire, tried to hit police while...
Hours after bonding out of jail on hit-and-run and DUI charges, a Winter Springs man drove to a victim’s apartment, critically injured her and lit her unit on fire, records show.
View ArticleOrange deputy retires amid probe into racist Facebook post, comments
An Orange County Sheriff’s Office supervisor retired amid an internal investigation into his Facebook post that shared a video from a page spouting white supremacist beliefs, drawing racist comments...
View ArticleNicole Montalvo’s dismemberment was ‘unusual,’ medical examiner testifies in...
Prosecutors say jurors will hear from a medical examiner Friday morning in the trial for the estranged husband and father-in-law accused of killing and dismembering St. Cloud woman Nicole Montalvo.
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