Circuit Judge Alan Apte remains on bench amid molestation probe
Days after an executive order revealed Orange County Circuit Judge Alan Apte has been accused of lewd molestation, few details have emerged about the investigation or the allegation.Apte remains on the...
View Article1,600 people to be laid off from Orlando-based Hilton Grand Vacations...
After more than six months on unpaid furloughs, 1,600 employees are being permanently laid off from Orlando-based Hilton Grand Vacations, one of the country’s largest timeshare companies.
View ArticlePGA cancels Merchandise Show slated for the Orange County Convention Center
The PGA Merchandise Show, which regularly brings 40,000 industry professionals to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, will move to a virtual format in January, citing the pandemic.
View ArticleOrlando man impersonating cop arrested after stealing $100K in merch from...
A 47-year-old Orlando man was arrested Tuesday after he stole more than $50,000 in merchandise from Home Depot and Lowes while dressed up as a police officer or security guard, according to the Volusia...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus numbers update after delay; state to shift how it...
Florida’s daily report on the coronavirus was delayed Wednesday while the state Department of Health released a statement saying it would shift how it investigates fatalities.
View ArticleThreatening ‘Vote for Trump or we will come after you’ emails came from Iran,...
Threatening emails received by Democrats in Florida and other parts of the country that appeared to come from the far-right Proud Boys actually originated in Iran, Director of National Intelligence...
View ArticleFlorida regulators to seek more details about injuries suffered on theme park...
Some lawmakers say there needs to be more oversight in Florida's system that allows theme parks to self-report visitors' injuries.
View ArticleHurricane Epsilon now a major Cat 3 storm; new system forms, could affect...
Hurricane Epsilon rapidly intensified to a major Category 3 storm on Wednesday evening, becoming the fourth major hurricane of 2020. Meanwhile the National Hurricane Center began tracking a second...
View ArticleFlorida man attacks girlfriend with pumpkin: report
Authorities arrested a Florida man early Monday after he reportedly attacked his girlfriend with a pumpkin in Largo.
View ArticleFlorida reports 5,557 new coronavirus cases, 57 more resident deaths
Florida reported 5,557 new coronavirus cases Thursday, and 57 new resident deaths. There have now been 768,091 infections and 16,267 resident deaths statewide.
View ArticleThousands of mail-in ballots have been initially rejected in Florida. But...
“[With] the historic numbers of vote-by-mail ballots coming in, there’s a potential of tens of thousands of ballots being rejected for a mismatched or missing signature,” said Daniel A. Smith, the...
View ArticleFamily of Nevan Baker says civil rights attorney Ben Crump to probe hanging...
Acclaimed civil rights attorney Ben Crump plans to take on the case of Nevan Baker, the Black man found hanging in a tree in an Orlando park earlier this month, according to his mother.
View ArticleOrange County Supervisor of Elections building briefly evacuated after...
Orlando police said there was no hazardous material in a suspicious package found outside the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office on Kaley Avenue.
View Article1 dead after rear-ending tractor-trailer on Florida’s Turnpike, FHP says
A driver was killed Thursday morning after crashing into a tractor-trailer on Florida’s Turnpike in Osceola County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
View ArticleArmed man barricaded in hotel room on International Drive surrenders,...
Orange Sheriff’s deputies worked for over six hours Thursday afternoon into the evening to coax an armed man out of a hotel room on International Drive after the man refused to leave the property, a...
View ArticlePregnant woman shot in Orlando dies; doctors save baby, police say
A woman who was six months pregnant when she was shot in her car earlier this month near Clear Lake died Thursday, but doctors successfully delivered her baby before her death, according to Orlando...
View ArticleHurricane Epsilon weakens to Category 1 storm; Caribbean system could affect...
After seeing a significant increase in wind speed on Wednesday, Hurricane Epsilon weakened Thursday into a Category 1 storm as it slid past Bermuda. Meanwhile, a system closer to Florida is gaining...
View ArticleFlorida reports 3,689 new coronavirus cases, 73 new resident deaths
Florida added 3,689 coronavirus cases Friday to bring the statewide total to 771,780 infected. With 73 new virus fatalities reported statewide, 16,340 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleWeekend weather: Expect summer-like heat, rain in Central Florida
It may be October but the weather and temperature in Central Florida this weekend feels a lot like a Sunshine State summer.
View ArticleCharges dropped against Orange teacher who left child in hot car
The Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office dropped manslaughter and child abuse charges against a woman who left a one-year-old boy in a hot car, causing him to die, court records show.
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