2 Lake incumbent County Commissioners lose primaries
Incumbent Lake County Commissioners Tim Sullivan and Wendy Breeden were on their way to defeat in Tuesday's primary.
View ArticleOrlando Science Center: Wright Brothers, Apollo 11 artifacts to be added
Orlando Science Center adding historic aeronautics items. Think Wright Brothers, Apollo 11
View ArticleFlorida resident coronavirus deaths approach 10,000
Florida added 4,115 coronavirus cases Wednesday to push the statewide total to 584,047 infected. With 174 new virus fatalities reported Wednesday, 9,932 Florida residents are now dead. Another 135...
View ArticleWilson defeats VanderLey in Orange commission race; Uribe and Bonilla win...
Voters in west Orange County ousted Commissioner Betsy VanderLey on Tuesday, replacing the controversial incumbent with an environmental-law attorney who was making her first run for office.
View ArticleHurricane center eyes 3 systems, one with Florida in potential path
The Atlantic is getting more crowded as three systems were observed moving west Wednesday morning toward the Caribbean; two of them with high chances of developing into the next tropical depression or...
View ArticleWatch: Waterspout slides up the beach in South Florida
As severe weather has plagued the state this week, a waterspout was spotted moving just off the beach in South Florida on Wednesday.
View ArticleAttorneys for man slain by Orange sheriff’s deputy say body cam shows he was...
After reviewing the body-worn camera footage released Tuesday night, the attorneys who represent Salaythis Melvin, the 22-year-old man shot to death by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy, said he posed...
View ArticleCentral Florida coronavirus cases county-by-county
A county-by-county look at positive coronavirus cases including Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk and Sumter counties.
View ArticleDeLand hit with EF-2 tornado with 115 mph winds, NWS said
The National Weather Service confirmed the severe weather that swept through Central Florida on Tuesday spawned a tornado that caused significant damage in DeLand.
View Article23-year-old man found shot to death in car in Sanford, police say
Sanford police are investigating the Tuesday shooting death of a 23-year-old man as a homicide, agency spokeswoman Bianca Gillett said Wednesday.
View ArticleEx-UCF student pleads guilty to having machine gun on campus, federal...
A former engineering student at the University of Central Florida is facing up to 10 years in prison for keeping an altered fully-automatic AR-15 on campus.
View Article16-year-old killed in Lake County crash, FHP says
A 16-year-old Altoona girl was killed Wednesday afternoon in a motorcycle crash in Pittman, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Kim Montes said.
View Article43 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Seminole County jail
Dozens of inmates at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford have tested positive for COVID-19 after a staff member reported feeling ill, said Bob Kealing, a spokesman for the Seminole County...
View ArticleFlorida surpasses 10,000 coronavirus deaths among residents
With 117 new virus fatalities reported Thursday, 10,049 Florida residents are now dead. The state also added 4,555 coronavirus cases Thursday to push the total to 588,602 infected.
View ArticleMiami woman bitten by shark twice at Volusia beach
A 50-year-old Miami woman was bitten on the leg and ankle by a shark at New Smyrna Beach Thursday morning while bodyboarding, a Volusia County Beach Safety official said.
View ArticleGroup of men rob 2 Osceola gas stations, deputies say
The men robbed a 7-Eleven near Kissimmee at 3:49 a.m., before targeting another on Osceola Polk Line Road near Davenport just after 4:30 a.m., Osceola County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Fred Hinderman said...
View ArticleTropical Depression 13 still projected to target Florida as hurricane; TD 14...
Tropical Depression 13 continues its journey toward Florida and could make landfall south of Miami as a Category 1 hurricane early next week, though it’s early and the forecast could change, the...
View ArticleCarnival’s Mardi Gras cruise ship delivery date delayed, will now debut at...
Carnival's new cruise ship Mardi Gras is behind schedule at the shipyard and will now debut in November out of Port Canaveral. It had originally been slated for an August debut.
View ArticleFlorida adds 6,236 coronavirus cases as resident deaths approach 9,000
Florida added 6,236 coronavirus cases Thursday to push the statewide total to 557,137 infected. With 148 new virus fatalities reported Thursday, 8,913 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFlorida resident coronavirus death toll passes 9,000, but new cases continue...
With another 228 Florida resident deaths reported Friday by the Department of Health, the state’s death toll surpassed 9,000, but new cases hit the 20th day in a row under 10,000.
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