Orlando theme parks are short-staffed. What does that mean for summer season?
Park staffing has largely recovered from early in the pandemic, but it continues to trail pre-COVID totals.
View ArticleFlorida Legislature does nothing to battle soaring rents
The Florida Legislature has done nothing to address the meteoric rise in rents affecting thousands of residents.
View ArticleFormer Central Florida church leaders appear on list of Southern Baptist sex...
Five men with ties to Central Florida Baptist churches are on the list, accused of abuse dating back more than five decades.
View ArticleDeputies killing of Jayden Baez met with outrage at candlelight vigil
Community members called for the resignation of Osceola County Sheriff Marcos López at a vigil held for a 20-year-old man deputies fatally shot last month.
View ArticleChance of storms increases Saturday afternoon for Central Florida
Central Florida has a 40% chance of storms on Saturday beginning in the afternoon, according to Meteorologist Chris Gilson.
View ArticleWildfire leaves five homes destroyed and 50 evacuated in Brevard County Friday
A wildfire left at least five homes destroyed, five damaged and forced 50 to evacuate in the Brevard county residential area of Sharpes Friday afternoon, according to Florida Forest Service.
View ArticleMan committed murder, other crimes for ‘no apparent reason,’ Orange deputies say
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said a 30-year-old man already jailed after allegedly hitting a man with his mother’s car was charged with a murder that deputies said happened "for no apparent reason."
View ArticleVictim ID’d in Apopka shooting, suspect at large, Orange deputies say
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help finding out who killed a 36-year-old man shot in an Apopka neighborhood Friday.
View ArticleMan dead after shootout with Orlando police outside Mall at Millenia, chief says
A man in his 20s died Saturday night after a shootout with Orlando police officers outside the Mall at Millenia, according to Orlando police Chief Orlando Rolón.
View ArticleExperts question Osceola deputies’ arrest tactics before deadly shooting
It’s been a month since Jayden Baez was shot as he tried to escape Osceola County deputies in unmarked vehicles who boxed in his car while trying to arrest two alleged shoplifters at a Target store in...
View ArticleWhat’s the next surprise in store for hurricane season?
With one surprise after another, just what lies under the surface of the 2022 hurricane season?
View ArticleEvening showers with possibility of nuisance flooding and hail expected...
Hot and humid temperatures during the day make way for evening showers that have the potential for nuisance flooding and hail across Central Florida, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleMan killed in Mall at Millenia shootout with Orlando police identified
Orlando police identified the man killed in a shootout with police Saturday evening outside the Mall at Millenia.
View ArticleFBI investigates Basquiat paintings shown at Orlando Museum of Art, NYT says
The paintings’ owners and the museum’s director and CEO, Aaron De Groft, say the paintings are genuine Basquiats, citing statements from art world experts commissioned by the owners.
View ArticleHurricane Agatha could spawn Alex, first named Atlantic storm
Hurricane Agatha is expected to make landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane in Mexico on Monday.
View ArticleOrlando theme parks are short-staffed as summer tourist season kicks in
Park staffing has largely recovered from early in the pandemic, but it continues to trail pre-COVID totals.
View ArticleOrlando shooting sends man to hospital, police say
A man was sent to the hospital on Memorial Day after he was shot near Mercy Drive in Orlando, the police department said.
View ArticleFormer Pacific hurricane has 60% odds rebirthing as Atlantic season’s 1st...
The remnants of a Pacific, category 2 hurricane that hit Mexico Monday, has higher odds of reforming into the first tropical storm in the Atlantic this season while taking aim at Florida by the...
View ArticleMan shot outside of Orange County business near Pine Hills neighborhood,...
A man was shot Monday evening outside a business near the Pine Hills neighborhood, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleThunderstorms boom into Orlando Tuesday and throughout the week
Thunderstorms are approaching Orlando Wednesday afternoon and will be here to stay the rest of the week.
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