18,000 Walt Disney World employees are losing their jobs as part of mass...
Federally required government filings give more insight: The majority of the layoffs - just under 18,000 people - are coming from Walt Disney World.
View ArticlePolice investigating fatal crash near Camping World Stadium
A driver was killed after their car overturned in a crash near Camping World Stadium Friday afternoon, and Orlando police have closed a nearby intersection as they investigate the accident.
View ArticleDeputies arrest suspect in fatal September shooting in Winter Park
Orange County deputies have arrested a man they say is responsible for shooting and killing a 20-year-old man in Winter Park in late September.
View ArticleFlorida reports 2,331 new coronavirus cases, 41 more deaths
With over 802,000 reported infections to date, Florida ranks third in the U.S. for total positive COVID-19 cases. Nationwide, over 9 million people have been infected and over 229,000 are dead.
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 ArticleTropical Storm Eta forms in Caribbean, ties 2020 hurricane season with...
Tropical Storm Eta formed on Halloween night in the Caribbean, pushing the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season further into historic waters with a tie-breaking record for named storms as the first official...
View ArticleFlorida’s weekly COVID-19 cases going up as top government official warns of...
From Sunday to Sunday, Florida saw 28,776 new positive COVID-19 cases, 1,197 newly reported hospitalizations, and 360 newly reported deaths in state health department data. To date, 807,412 people have...
View Article‘Souls to the Polls’ events for Black voters adapt to the pandemic on final...
“Souls to the Polls” in 2020 looked a lot different than in past years, but Democrats were hopeful the statewide events helped increase Black voter turnout on the last day of early voting Sunday.
View ArticleHistoric Tropical Storm Eta, forecast to hit Central America as a hurricane,...
Tropical Storm Eta is picking up strength as it continues its westward sweep across the central Caribbean Sea Sunday afternoon, and forecasters expect the historic storm to be a Category 1 hurricane by...
View Article50 birds, two monkeys stolen from Kissimmee exotic pet store
Investigators are looking into a heist that took place last Thursday at a Kissimmee exotic pet store where at least one thief took 50 birds and two monkeys.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus resident death toll at 16,834 with more than 812k cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 16,834 with the addition of 45 more reported fatalities while the state added 4,651 more positive cases of COVID-19 for a total to date of 812,063.
View ArticleFlorida shatters early-voting records as Trump-Biden battle heads to its...
“Can Democratic Hispanics get to the polls?” said analyst Matt Isbell said. “[And] how much is the Republican advantage on Election Day? It really depends on who shows up.”
View ArticleOrange deputy arrested on false imprisonment charge, put on leave
An Orange County deputy sheriff was placed on unpaid leave Monday following his arrest in Volusia County on a charge of false imprisonment, officials said.
View ArticleRapper 9lokkNine arrested again on weapons charge
Orlando rapper Jacquavius Smith, who goes by the stage name 9lokkNine, was arrested Friday on a weapons charge after police said they found him with a stolen Glock pistol.
View ArticleOrlando man found guilty of sending, receiving child porn, feds say
An Orlando man found with thousands of files of child pornography could face 100 years in prison after he was found guilty of five counts of receiving, distributing and possessing the material,...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in Kissimmee crash, FHP says
A 41-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Kissimmee Monday evening when he collided with a car that turned in front of him, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Kim Montes said.
View ArticleEta intensifies into a Category 4 major hurricane with 150 mph; expected to...
Eta rapidly grew Monday into a major Category 4 hurricane as it slowly crawls toward Nicaragua where it is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, mudslides and catastrophic winds, the National...
View Article'Anarchist’ Florida woman arrested for destroying Trump campaign signs
Florida deputies arrested a woman Friday after she damaged a 2020 President Donald Trump campaign sign on private property saying she was an anarchist.
View ArticleLake County computer problem mislabels voters as not registered
Lake County Supervisor of Elections Alan Hays said the county discovered a computer problem in some of its precincts had incorrectly identified some voters as not being registered in that precinct.
View ArticleAmber Alert canceled for 1-year-old Florida boy
Law enforcement canceled an Amber Alert issued earlier Tuesday for a 1-year-old Florida boy who went missing on Halloween.
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