1 injured in 3 vehicle crash blocking northbound lanes on OBT in Apopka
A crash involving three vehicles sent one person to the hospital Tuesday morning and has all northbound lanes blocked on Orange Blossom Trail in the Apopka area.
View Article‘Dogecoin’ earnings used to pay everyone’s dog adoption fees at Florida...
An anonymous donor made a generous donation Saturday to a Florida animal shelter after receiving a nice payout from the memetic cryptocurrency, Dogecoin.
View ArticleThunderstorms forecast to boom into Orlando; FEMA site temporarily closed:...
Strong thunderstorms are booming through Orlando on Tuesday, leading to a temporary closure of the Orlando FEMA vaccination site.
View ArticleFlorida reports 62 coronavirus resident deaths, 5,645 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,533 with the addition of 62 more reported fatalities on Tuesday while also adding 5,645 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleJust before midnight, DeSantis reveals he’s signed $1 billion tax on consumers
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law late Monday a bill that will cost Florida consumers who shop online an estimated $1 billion a year in sales taxes, with the money used to cut business taxes.
View ArticleFlorida transgender athlete bill may be dead for the year, Senate sponsor says
A controversial push to ban transgender females from girls’ and women’s school sports teams in Florida looks to be dead this year after a key senator said Tuesday there likely was not time to craft...
View ArticleOne dead in shooting at east Orlando apartment complex, police say
Police were called for a shooting just after 4:30 p.m. to the Canopy Apartment Villas, which is off East Grant Street near South Semoran Boulevard.
View ArticleOrlando leaders react to Derek Chauvin guilty verdict: ‘Justice has prevailed’
Orlando’s political, civic and law-enforcement leaders expressed relief that justice had been served and called for continued progress against systemic racism late Tuesday, after former Minneapolis...
View ArticleFollowing spring break, Florida’s COVID variant cases explode
One month after the peak of Florida’s spring break, the number of residents infected with more infectious mutated strains of COVID-19 has exploded, rising six-fold since mid-March and leaving 122...
View ArticleCentral Florida law enforcement largely see ‘anti-riot’ bill as providing...
A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an “anti-riot” bill into law and the country waited to hear the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murder in...
View ArticleActivists gather in downtown Orlando to celebrate conviction in George Floyd...
Within hours of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict in the death of George Floyd, Orlando activists held a candlelight vigil to honor Floyd’s life and to say the fight for...
View ArticleBody found on Volusia trail, deputies investigating
Volusia County deputies are investigating after a woman’s body was found off a trail in the southwest area of the county Tuesday evening, sheriff’s office spokesperson Andrew Gant said.
View ArticleTow truck fatally hits woman on Semoran Boulevard
A 48-year-old woman was struck and killed by a tow truck Tuesday night in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View Article31-year-old Orlando man dead after standing, falling from motorcycle on I-95...
An Orlando man died early Wednesday after falling from his motorcycle on Interstate 95 in Brevard County.
View ArticleFlorida COVID vaccine supply to stay same next week with J&J decision to come
The federal supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain the same next week unless a decision is made on allowing Johnson & Johnson back in the mix.
View ArticleBrevard County deputy will not face charges in shooting death of 2 teens: report
The State Attorney’s Office announced it will not file criminal charges against a Brevard County sheriff’s deputy who used deadly force against two teenagers.
View ArticleOrange deputy still under review for Salaythis Melvin shooting back to work
The Orange County deputy sheriff still under review for fatally shooting Salaythis Melvin in the back last summer has returned to full duty after being on leave, officials confirmed, though he is...
View ArticleCOVID in Florida: 5,571 new infections, 83 more Florida residents dead
Florida added 5,571 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 2,184,354. With 83 more fatalities, 34,616 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFlorida ‘anti-riot’ law is unconstitutional, federal lawsuit in Orlando contends
An Orlando civil rights attorney filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Orange County Sheriff John Mina in what may be the first legal challenge...
View ArticleFlorida House passes school voucher expansion; families making nearly $100K...
The Florida House voted to expand the state’s school voucher programs Wednesday, opening up scholarships created to help children living in poverty to youngsters from families earning nearly $100,000 a...
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