Volusia Sheriff’s Office receives donation toward mental health response...
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it received a $10,000 donation from Florida Power & Light to buy iPads for the agency’s crisis response team to connect people in need to...
View ArticleTropical Storm Eta exits Florida for northern journey after leaving path of...
Tropical Storm Eta swept through Florida Thursday ripping roofs apart while also causing flooding and power outages on the state’s west coast.
View Article18-year-old arrested, suspected of 2 drive-by shootings leaving 1 dead and 4...
Deputies arrested an 18-year-old man Thursday night who was linked to two different shootings, which left one man dead and two other victims injured.
View ArticleGator goes bump in the night after it’s hit by car, officers come to rescue
Officers responded to a call about a bump in the night, causing them to rescue an alligator after it was hit by a vehicle, according to a Friday morning tweet by Cocoa Police Department.
View ArticleCool temperatures visit Central Florida for the weekend weather
Central Florida is up for a slightly warmer weekend during the days compared to the previous weekend, but comfortable nights are also in the forecast.
View ArticlePregnant woman ‘stalked,' 'targeted’ before fatal Orlando shooting, cops say
A 36-year-old pregnant woman who was fatally shot in her vehicle along an Orlando roadway last month was “stalked and targeted” by her killer, who “laid in wait” for her to leave her grandmother’s...
View ArticleSupporters, activists set expectations for Osceola’s 1st Hispanic sheriff
With Marco López set to make history as the new leader of the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, many in the majority-Latino community are looking to him to set a blueprint for future Hispanic leadership...
View ArticleFlorida reports 73 more coronavirus deaths, 6,933 more cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 17,445 with the addition of 73 more reported fatalities on Friday, while the state added 6,933 more positive cases for a total to date of 870,552.
View ArticleLake Correctional officer killed inmate by ‘blunt force trauma,' indictment says
The former corrections officer facing a second-degree murder charge in the June death of a Lake Correctional Institution inmate is accused of killing the man by “blunt force trauma” to his head or neck...
View ArticleSpaceX’s astronaut launch moved to Sunday; Space Coast expects 500,000...
Amid a worsening global pandemic, half a million people are expected to swarm the Space Coast for a chance to witness SpaceX’s next crewed mission, only the second time in almost a decade that...
View Article1 dead in Belle Isle crash, FHP says
One person is dead after a two-car crash in southeast Orange County near Belle Isle Friday evening, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Kim Montes said.
View ArticleTropical Storm Iota forms in Caribbean for record 30th storm
Tropical Storm Iota formed in the Caribbean on Friday afternoon, becoming the 30th storm of a record-breaking hurricane season, according to the National Hurricane Center.
View ArticleLongwood man fled to Costa Rica using brother’s passport to avoid molestation...
Over 20 years after using his brother’s name to illegally obtain a passport and fleeing to Costa Rica to avoid a child molestation charge, a Seminole County man was sentenced to federal prison Friday...
View ArticleFlorida reports 44 more coronavirus deaths, 4,544 new cases
To date, 875,096 people have been infected with COVID-19 in Florida and 17,489 residents have died. With 215 non-resident deaths, the combined toll is 17,704.
View ArticleDriver arrested for DUI after crashing fatal Orlando collision scene, FHP says
A driver crashed into the scene of a fatal Orlando collision and was arrested on a DUI charge, FHP says
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 Iota strengthens, aims for storm-ravaged Central America as a...
Tropical Storm Iota is expected to become a major Category 3 hurricane by the time it approaches Central America. Iota is following a path similar to Eta, which battered the same area as a Category 4...
View ArticleFlorida reports 10,105 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since...
The Florida Department of Health reported 10,105 new coronavirus cases on Sunday — the highest daily case increase since July 25. To date, 885,201 people have been infected statewide and 17,518...
View ArticleHurricane Iota strengthens to Category 2, expected to become ‘catastrophic’...
Hurricane Iota became a Category 2 storm Sunday evening and is quickly gaining strength as it moves closer to Central America with forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warning the storm could...
View ArticleNot a test anymore: SpaceX, NASA launch 4 astronauts from Cape in historic...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched right on time at 7:27 p.m. Sunday with American astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi strapped inside a Crew...
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