Man who sold fentanyl in fatal overdose indicted on murder charge, Orlando...
Jorge Ortiz Garcia is charged with first-degree murder by unlawful distribution of fentanyl, according to police. An autopsy determined the victim, Timothy D. Blankenship, had “significant levels” of...
View ArticleFirst-degree murder indictment brought in Seminole overdose death
A Seminole County grand jury has charged a 27-year-old man with first-degree murder for his role in the January overdose death of an acquaintance, who he is accused purchasing the fentanyl-laced heroin...
View ArticleZeta falls to tropical storm strength, expected to become a hurricane again;...
While passing over the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday morning, Zeta fell to tropical storm strength but is expected to re-intensify into hurricane as it enters the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleMan killed in hit-and-run Orlando crash, driver returns while investigators...
A man is dead following a hit-and-run crash Monday night in Orlando, according to an Orlando Police Department release.
View ArticleVolusia school district to vote on controversial social media policy for...
A new social media protection policy could be coming for Volusia County teachers, which many see as a retaliatory reaction for teachers' criticisms toward the district’s handling of COVID-19.
View ArticleUniversal previews a Halloween Horror Nights house for 2021
Universal Orlando has announced a haunted house for next year's edition of Halloween Horror Nights and previewed it online. Its name will be Puppet Theater: Captive Audience.
View ArticleOrlando nonprofit SALT gets $250K grant to keep lending hand to homeless...
As Central Florida's homeless problems worsens in the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Orlando has approved thousands of dollars is supporting charitable groups such as the Christian led...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 786,311 infected, 16,505 residents dead
The Florida Department of Health posted 4,298 new coronavirus cases and 56 new deaths on Tuesday. To date, 786,311 people have been infected statewide, and 16,505 Florida residents have died.
View ArticleOrange deputies seek public’s help after man killed in Apopka-area shooting
A 21-year-old man was fatally shot while he and other unknown suspects attempted to rob a home in Apopka Friday night, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticlePregnant Orange County woman in labor votes from polling place parking lot
A pregnant Orange County woman in labor refused to go to the hospital Tuesday afternoon until after she voted in the Presidential election, so elections staff helped her cast her ballot from the...
View ArticleEccleston Elementary School pivoting to online learning after positive COVID...
Citing a recent spike in positive COVID-19 cases and a resulting quarantine of staff and students, Eccleston Elementary School is pivoting to online-only learning from Wednesday until Nov. 3, according...
View ArticleZeta, a hurricane once again, moves to center of Gulf, to strike US coast...
Upon entering the warm Gulf of Mexico, Zeta surged into hurricane strength once again Wednesday morning as it took aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast, which it is forecast to make landfall on Wednesday night,...
View ArticleMask debate gets mothers kicked out of Volusia County School Board meeting:...
Several women were kicked out of a Volusia County School Board meeting Tuesday afternoon after they refused to wear face masks.
View ArticleObamacare lawsuit threatens health care coverage for 2 million Floridians,...
No matter who wins the presidential election, health care coverage for nearly 2 million Floridians will be in jeopardy if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: New cases again top 4,000 as nation sees uptick in daily...
Florida added 4,115 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the statewide total to 790,426 infected. With 66 new virus fatalities reported statewide, 16,571 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFlorida man charged with hacking into voter database and changing DeSantis'...
Florida officials had stepped up their security measures after elections offices in at least two counties were accessed by Russian hackers in 2016, but state and federal officials said there was no...
View ArticleTupperware bounces back, reporting its first sales growth since 2017
The Osceola County-based company’s third quarter sales were $477.2 million, up 14% compared to last year.
View ArticleAutopsy: Nevan Baker’s hanging death a suicide, no other injuries found
The final autopsy for Nevan Baker, the Black man found hanging from a tree in an Orlando park earlier this month, determined he died of suicide, finding there was “no other external or internal...
View ArticleHurricane Zeta batters already storm-weary Gulf Coast, causing flooding and...
Hurricane Zeta hammered the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts Wednesday as a Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds and dangerous storm surge while knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, according to...
View ArticleClermont police close hate crime probe of noose found outside Black-owned...
Clermont police have closed their investigation into a suspected hate crime in which employees of a Black-owned pain relief clinic found a noose hanging from a tree outside the practice in early...
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