IAAPA Expo, giant Orlando convention for theme park industry, is called off...
IAAPA Expo, the giant attractions-industry gathering in Orlando, has been canceled for 2020. It's been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleFlorida reports 3,198 new coronavirus infections, 100 resident deaths
Florida’s resident death toll climbed to 11,750 after the state Department of Health reported 100 new fatalities on Friday while tallying another 3,198 new positive cases of COVID-19.
View ArticleCoronavirus has infected over 100,000 people in Central Florida
The state Department of Health reported 61 new resident fatalities from COVID-19 on Saturday. The new positive cases bring the statewide total to date to 643,867. Of that total, over 100,000 have been...
View ArticleReward offered in fatal shooting in home near I-4
Investigators are offering a $5,000 reward through Crimeline for information about a fatal shooting Saturday. The victim was identified by Orange County sheriff’s deputies as Herique Jean, also known...
View ArticleCourt records helped expose flaws in Florida’s guardianship system. Industry...
A committee of attorneys is pushing a rewrite of Florida law that would block public access to guardianship court records by making them confidential — a move critics say would create a lack of...
View ArticlePeak of hurricane season arrives this week during record breaking year
While tropical storm and hurricane activity accelerate during the months of August, September and October, it’s Sept. 10 that is typically observed to be the height of tropical storm production, which...
View ArticleCentral Florida man detained by deputies offered to team up for bias training...
After a Central Florida man was detained by Volusia County Sheriff’s Office for matching the description of a suspect, Sheriff Mike Chitwood offered the man last week to team up with VCSO for a...
View ArticleWoman shot, killed outside Navy Federal Credit Union, Orlando police say
Orlando police say a woman was shot and killed Tuesday morning by a man outside her job at the Navy Federal Credit Union near the Mall at Millenia.Police are still looking for the the suspect, who had...
View ArticleFlorida reports 44 resident coronavirus deaths, 1,823 new cases
The state coronavirus death toll rose by 44 to 11,915 with the release of Tuesday’s update from the Florida Department of Health. New positive cases of COVID-19 increased 1,823 bringing the total to...
View Article20-year-old killed in car crash into retention pond off I-4
A 20-year-old driver was killed Tuesday after she lost control of her car on Interstate 4 and crashed into a retention pond, the Orlando Police Department said.
View ArticleShark bites, steals catch from Winter Springs fisherman
A Seminole County man fishing at Canaveral National Seashore Tuesday was bitten on the hand by a shark trying to eat a fish he had just caught, according to Volusia County Beach Safety spokesman Capt....
View ArticleTwo tropical storms moving west through Atlantic, 2 more systems could develop
Tropical Storm Rene and Tropical Storm Paulette formed Monday afternoon breaking hurricane season records in the process. Both are moving west through the Atlantic while the National Hurricane Center...
View ArticleDisabled veteran, 76, died of COVID-19 in Seminole jail. He was in for drug...
Lawrence Carter, 76, had been in the Seminole County jail almost nine months waiting for a resolution in his drug possession case when he became the first victim to die of the facility’s coronavirus...
View Article38-year-old motorcyclist killed in Osceola County highway crash
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Wednesday morning in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleFlorida reports 200 new coronavirus fatalities, 2,056 more infections
Florida added 2,056 coronavirus cases Wednesday to push the statewide total to 652,148 infected. With 200 new virus fatalities reported statewide Wednesday, 12,115 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleDeSantis calls attempt to block Supreme Court appointee Renatha Francis an...
Gov. DeSantis on Wednesday called an attempt to block his appointment to the Florida Supreme Court, Renatha Francis, an “insult” and said he stands with his choice for the state’s high court.
View ArticleHurricane center eyes six tropical systems, including one that could impact...
The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday night it is monitoring a system of disorganized showers and thunderstorms that could impact Florida later this week. Meanwhile, the hurricane center is...
View ArticleSeveral crashes snarl Central Florida roads; pedestrian killed
At least one person was killed as several crashes snarled Central Florida roadways Thursday morning, one involving a patrol vehicle and another, an overturned dump truck.
View ArticleCheryl Weimar, paralyzed in beating by officers at Ocala prison, granted...
More than a year after Cheryl Weimar was brutally beaten at Lowell Correctional Institution by officers, leaving her paralyzed, the 52-year-old now-quadriplegic was granted an expedited medical release...
View ArticleFlorida’s unemployment claims still dropping as job market gradually recovers
Florida’s first-time unemployment claims declined for the week ended Sept. 5 as 36,541 jobless workers filed for benefits as the job market continues to struggle and consumers lose confidence amid the...
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