51-year-old Sanford woman killed by vehicle while walking on sidewalk
A 51-year-old Sanford woman was killed by a vehicle while she was walking on the sidewalk Sunday evening outside a Sanford neighborhood.
View Article1st-degree murder trial restart at Orlando courthouse prompts rift over...
An attempt to resume first-degree murder trials at the Orange County Courthouse has gotten off to a rocky start, with the judiciary and attorneys for the state and defense at odds over whether the...
View ArticleFlorida police hit back at BLM protesters with megaphone fines: report
Black Lives Matter leaders are getting hit with noise complaints for having megaphones that are too loud.
View ArticleDisney: Joe Rohde, Imagineer who designed Animal Kingdom, is retiring
Joe Rohde, mastermind behind planning and development of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, is retiring from Walt Disney Imagineering.
View ArticleHurricane center eyes system east of Florida with odds of becoming a tropical...
The National Hurricane Center isn’t taking it easy just because the end of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season is around the corner as another tropical system emerged just east of Florida and has low...
View ArticleOver 18,000 Floridians dead from coronavirus; 94 new fatalities is highest...
Florida added 6,331 coronavirus cases Monday to bring the cumulative total to 944,745. With 94 more fatalities, the highest daily report in a month, 18,085 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFlorida’s juvenile arrests drop to 45-year low
Juvenile arrests in Florida dropped to a 45-year low in the last fiscal year as part of a downward trend accelerated by school closings and shutdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced...
View ArticleHome invaders left bag with name tag at victim’s St. Cloud home, deputies say
Two men suspected of breaking into a St. Cloud family’s home earlier this month were identified after the victim found a bag they’d left behind with a name tag attached to it, records show.
View ArticleSeminole leads in prosecuting overdose deaths as murder. Some fear tactic...
As Seminole County continues to lead the state in prosecuting overdose deaths as murder cases, pinning a possible life in prison sentence on the person who provided or sold the fatal drugs, some have...
View ArticleMan killed during drug deal, Polk County sheriff says
Florida law enforcement is investigating a scene at a Polk County gasoline station where a drug deal Tuesday afternoon ended with a murder and a robbery.
View ArticleOrange County COVID-19 stimulus check portal closes within first hour, again
The Orange County COVID-19 stimulus check portal reached its capacity within the first hour, once again.
View ArticleOrlando Social Media Stars: WESH’s Eric Burris forecasts coffee and weather...
WESH meteorologist Eric Burris talks about more than just whether it's going to be hot or cold outside on his Facebook Live Orlando show "Coffee Talk" with a caffeinated audience highly interested in...
View ArticleWoman kidnapped from Orlando apartments, driven to Sarasota, sexually...
A woman taking groceries from her car outside her Orlando apartment Sunday night was forced back into her car by a man who then drove to Sarasota where she was sexually assaulted, according to an...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 8,555 new cases, 72 more resident deaths
Florida added 8,555 coronavirus cases Tuesday to bring the cumulative total to 953,300. With 72 more fatalities, 18,157 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleStewart Jewelry, a College Park landmark, is closing as the owner retires
Stewart Jewelry, a landmark business in the College Park business district, is closing, but it’s not because of the economic havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleWoman killed husband, special needs son in Clermont home before killing self,...
Lake County sheriff’s deputies found three bodies inside a home in the Crescent Lake Club Subdivision in Clermont in what appears to be a double murder-suicide, according to an agency spokesman.
View ArticleKissimmee man hit homeowner with stolen weed eater during burglary, deputies say
A Kissimmee man is facing burglary and battery charges after he tried to steal lawn equipment from a home and hit the homeowner with a stolen weed eater when confronted, according to the Osceola County...
View ArticleHurricane center increases odds on system east of Florida for becoming next...
The end of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season is just six days away but one more name could be added to the record setting list as the National Hurricane Center increases the odds for development of a...
View ArticleCold snap on tap after warm Thanksgiving weekend
Things to be thankful for in Central Florida are clear skies on Thanksgiving, and a refreshing cold front dropping in at the start of next week.
View ArticleHurricane center expects system east of Florida to gain subtropical traits...
Despite the near end of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center is staying vigilant in monitoring a low pressure area with odds of becoming the 31st named storm of the year...
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