Man, 28, charged with murder in road rage shooting in Orange County, deputies...
A 28-year-old man was charged in connection to a Friday night road rage shooting, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleFlorida breaks coronavirus records with 80,236 new cases reported in one...
The state also broke records for the number of new deaths, people tested and hospitalizations reported in a single week. In total, 350,047 people have been infected statewide since the pandemic began.
View ArticleMore than 100 arrested during George Floyd protests in Orlando; nearly 80...
More than 100 people were booked in Orlando, most for misdemeanors or ordinance violations, over six days of demonstrations that began May 30 in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis...
View ArticlePasco County boy, 9, found safe; Amber Alert canceled
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Monday morning said a 9-year-old Pasco County boy was found safe, hours after he’d been reported missing in Holiday in Pasco County.
View ArticleFlorida adds 10,347 new coronavirus cases, 90 deaths
Florida reported 10,347 new coronavirus cases and 90 new deaths on Monday. Statewide, there have now been 360,394 infected and 5,072 Florida residents killed.
View ArticleHurricane center eyes 3 systems, each with a 20% chance of formation
A tropical wave over the central Bahamas and Cuba has a 20% change of formation by mid-week, forecasters said Monday.
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Washington Shores apartment shooting
Police arrested a 31-year-old man Sunday night in connection with a shooting at an apartment complex near Clear Lake that injured two people.
View ArticleCentral Florida parents face deadline on schooling decision; 2nd lawsuit...
On Monday morning, Florida’s teachers union filed the suit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Department of Education and other officials, calling to stop the “reckless and unsafe reopening” of...
View ArticleOsceola commissioner arrested on impersonating law enforcement officer...
Osceola County Commissioner Fred Hawkins Jr. was arrested Monday evening for impersonating a member of the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, according to a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law...
View ArticleOsceola crash kills Kissimmee man; FHP seeks witnesses
Authorities are looking for witnesses to a crash Monday night in Osceola County that killed a 60-year-old Kissimmee man.
View ArticleFlorida adds 9,440 coronavirus cases, 134 deaths; Central Florida cases pass 60K
Florida reported 9,440 new coronavirus cases and 134 new deaths Tuesday. Statewide, there have now been 369,834 infected and 5,206 Florida residents killed. Central Florida saw its total cases surpass...
View ArticleSanford senior facility worker trashed resident applications, stole fees,...
An ex-employee of a downtown Sanford senior living facility faces forgery and fraud charges after an investigation found she had trashed the applications of dozens of potential residents and stole...
View ArticleTrump: Florida is in ‘a big tough position’ with coronavirus
Florida is in a “big tough position” when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump said Tuesday in his first briefing on the pandemic in three months.
View ArticleEx-Seminole Tax Collector Joel Greenberg was stealing customer IDs ‘until his...
New details — which prosecutors say prove Joel Greenberg was using his public office to practice making fake IDs — emerged in a Monday court filing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District...
View ArticleDepression forms over central Atlantic; could soon become Tropical Storm...
Tropical Depression Seven formed on Tuesday between the African coast and the Lesser Antilles, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. advisory.
View ArticleOrange Sheriff’s Citizens Advisory Committee continues query into use of...
The Citizens Advisory Committee of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office during a virtual meeting Tuesday continued its review of the agency’s use of force policy and took another step toward forming...
View ArticleGun sales spike in Florida, U.S. amid pandemic, weeks of protests
Typically, about one in 10 shoppers who buy firearms at The Armories is a first-time gun buyer. These days, it’s closer to half, said Robbie Motes, who owns the chain of Central Florida gun stores....
View ArticleAt Florida prisons without AC, masks add discomfort to ‘unbearably hot’ summer
Blistering heat in Florida’s state prisons — some of which lack air conditioning in living spaces — is always concern for family members and advocates during the summer months, but this year it’s...
View ArticleFlorida adds 9,785 coronavirus cases, 139 new deaths
Florida reported 9,785 new coronavirus cases and 139 new deaths on Wednesday. The virus has now infected 379,619 statewide and has killed 5,345 Florida residents.
View Article‘Evil in the flesh’: 3 arrested in Polk County massacre of 3 fishing buddies
Deputies have arrested two men and a woman in a weekend massacre of three fishing buddies in Frostproof, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday.
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