Watch: DeSantis press conference in Florida Panhandle
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference Friday at the Calhoun Liberty Hospital in Blountstown, west of Tallahassee in the Panhandle.
View ArticleHot and stormy weekend ahead in Central Florida
Weather in Central Florida is looking stormy for the weekend with rain and thunderstorms rolling through the region along with the return of hot temperatures in contrast to the previous weekend making...
View ArticleFederal judge to Florida: You can put a man on the Moon, so why can’t you run...
In a ruling issued early Friday morning, a federal judge denied a request by voters' rights groups to extend Florida’s voter registration deadline after the state’s website crashed Monday, the...
View ArticleOrlando rapper 9lokkNine targeted in Mall at Millenia shooting, arrested on...
The Orlando rapper 9lokkNine was arrested Thursday, the second time he’s been jailed since July, records show.
View ArticleReward increased to $10,000 for missing Belle Isle mom, cops say
Stephanie Hollingsworth, 50, was last seen Sept. 25 leaving the Walmart on South Goldenrod Road in a champagne-colored 2000 Chevy Tahoe with the Florida license plate Y50XUR.
View ArticleBlack man found hanging from tree at Orlando park ruled suicide; family says...
Family members of a Black man who was found hanging from a tree in Barker Park this past weekend say they believe his death was not a suicide, as the Orlando Police Department and Medical Examiner’s...
View ArticleTrump coming to Sanford Monday for rally, first campaign trip since COVID...
The White House and doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center, where Trump was sent over the weekend, have refused to answer questions about his last negative test or if contact tracing has determined the...
View ArticleMan arrested in separate Winter Garden shootings planned to kill again, cops say
Phillip Alonte Stalnaker is facing charges of first-degree murder from a shooting earlier this week and attempted murder stemming from a Sept. 20 shooting, said Winter Garden Capt. Scott Allen.
View ArticleHurricane Delta makes landfall near Creole, Louisiana as Cat 2 hurricane,...
Bruised by two storms already, Hurricane Delta made landfall Friday evening near Creola, Louisiana as a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said.
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies in head-on Lake County crash
A 54-year-old Clermont motorcyclist died Friday evening in a head-on crash in south Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
View ArticleAuthorities investigate fatal hit-and-run after woman’s body found in ditch...
Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run after a woman’s body was found in a ditch on US-1 and Gloria Avenue in Brevard County.
View ArticleMan charged with murder after fight at Osceola homeless camp
Celeo Maldonado-Gala, 67, was charged with first-degree murder after deputies said he killed another man during a fight in a homeless camp in Osceola County.
View ArticleDelta becomes post-tropical cyclone issuing heavy rain, high gusts over...
After weakening to a tropical storm overnight, Delta becomes a post-tropical cyclone as it continued pushing inland past Mississippi further into the Appalachian Region on Saturday evening, the Weather...
View ArticleTwo teens found shot in Orange County, deputies say
Two victims—a 13-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy—were found Saturday with gunshot wounds, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.
View ArticleFlorida adds 5,570 coronavirus cases after duplicate test data halts daily...
The Florida Department of Health posted 5,570 new coronavirus cases and 178 new fatalities on Sunday, after the agency said a large dump of test results prevented it from producing a report Saturday.
View ArticleFlorida Constitution amendments on Nov. 3 ballot: What they do, pro and con
Here, in plain English, is a look at the six amendments, which must be approved by 60% of the voters to be enacted.
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 ArticlePost-Tropical Cyclone Delta dumps heavy rain over Appalachian Region; NHC...
Delta diminished to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday, but it continues to produce heavy rainfall and threaten flooding over the Appalachian Region of the U.S. on Sunday. Meanwhile, hurricane center...
View ArticleBrevard man, woman dead after triple SUV collision
A man and woman from Port Saint John died Sunday night following a car accident in Brevard County involving two other vehicles, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleOrange County CARES portal for $1,000 stimulus checks closes after 45 minutes
Orange County’s CARES portal, meant to provide rent assistance to those affected by COVID-19, closed Monday morning after 45 minutes of operation.
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