Florida reports 204 new coronavirus deaths, pushing resident toll to 9,345
The Florida Department of Health reported over 6,300 new positive COVID-19 cases and 204 new resident fatalities Saturday, bringing the state death toll to 9,345 and the case total past 569,000.
View ArticleFlorida reports lowest daily coronavirus case increase in over a month, worst...
From Sunday to Sunday, Florida saw 1,266 newly reported deaths, along with 40,610 cases and 3,423 hospitalizations posted by the state health department. This report shows the highest tally of deaths...
View ArticleFlorida adds 3,838 coronavirus cases as infections near 580,000; 219 new...
Florida added 3,838 coronavirus cases Tuesday to push the statewide total to 579,932 infected. With 219 new virus fatalities reported Tuesday, 9,758 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleOrange mayor has ‘uneasiness’ about Florida Mall deputy shooting, says it may...
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said he had “uneasiness” about the Aug. 7 deputy shooting that killed an armed 22-year-old man outside the Florida mall, and called on the sheriff’s office to increase...
View ArticleOCSO: Deputy did not make racial slur while rendering aid after Florida Mall...
An Orange County sheriff’s deputy did not use a racial epithet while helping complete CPR on Salaythis Melvin, the man who was shot and killed by another deputy Aug. 7 in the Florida Mall parking lot,...
View ArticleAlligator bites hunter at Lake Jessup, officials say
An alligator hunter was attacked and bitten by an alligator at Lake Jesup Thursday evening, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleUniversal: Expanded Tribute Store adds snacks, Beetlejuice room, more...
Universal Studios surprises visitors with an expanded Halloween Horror Nights store, which has added spooky snacks, a Beetlejuice room and renewed Halloween spirit.
View ArticleLake County woman dies in collision with semi carrying concrete
A Lake County woman died Friday morning following a vehicle crash with a semi truck transporting concrete.
View ArticleDisney Springs: Raglan Road calls off this year’s Great Irish Hooley
Raglan Road pub cancels its Labor Day weekend music festival for 2020.
View ArticleUnemployment in Florida rises in July to 11.3%; Orlando remains worst in state
Unemployment in the Orlando area, a region that’s economy is almost solely reliant on tourists, remains the worst in the state as the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak continues to batter theme...
View Article6-year-old girl with coronavirus dies, Florida’s youngest victim of the disease
One of the coronavirus fatalities Florida reported on Friday was a 6-year-old girl, the youngest victim of the disease in the state.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus positivity rate under 10% for second day in a row
Florida on Friday reported the second day in a row of a coronavirus positivity rate under 10%. The Department of Health said that on Thursday, 9.77% of those tested were infected. On Wednesday, that...
View ArticleWatch: Six waterspouts spin at once in Gulf of Mexico
Florida has endured at least two tornadoes in the last week, including an EF-2 that tore up DeLand and a massive waterspout off the coast of South Florida. But video in the Gulf of Mexico captured six...
View ArticleSleuths dinner show announces it will close temporarily on International Drive
Sleuths Mystery Dinner Shows, a 30-year-running theatrical attraction on Orlando’s International Drive, announces it is temporarily closing.
View ArticleOnce in a lifetime: two hurricanes, same time, same place
Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Depression 14 are both expected to become hurricanes next week. The storms are also forecast to hit the same coastline at about the same time. The phenomenon has never...
View ArticleFormer Seminole Tax Collector Joel Greenberg facing sex trafficking charges
Joel Greenberg is facing sex trafficking charges related to a girl between the ages of 14 and 17 and is also accused of illegally using a state database to look up information about the girl and other...
View Article‘Fighting for the people:’ Demonstrators gather near Florida Mall to protest...
Protestors gathered outside the Florida Mall Friday over the death of Salaythis Melvin, who was shot and killed by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy in the mall parking lot two weeks ago.
View ArticleTropical Storm Marco forms in northwestern Caribbean; TS Laura to avoid most...
Tropical Storm Marco formed late Friday night in the northwestern Caribbean with eyes set on Mexico and Texas, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 p.m. update. Meanwhile most of the Sunshine...
View ArticleFlorida reports downward trend in positive coronavirus test rates
Saturday’s coronavirus report from the Florida Department of Health showed a coronavirus positivity rate under 10% for the third day in a row. The state also reported 4,311 new cases, 106 resident...
View ArticleOrlando police seek help identifying suspect in 7-Eleven robberies
The Orlando Police Department is asking the public to help identify a suspect involved in two robberies that happened at two separate 7-Eleven stores in Mills-50 and Audubon Park overnight.
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