Florida back over 100 resident coronavirus deaths as cases remain under 5k
After a few days reporting less than 100 resident deaths from COVID-19, the state's toll climbed back up while cases remained under 5,000 for the fourth straight day. Read more details about deaths,...
View ArticleDisney CEO Chapek reveals Ratatouille ride debut, says Disneyland should...
Walt Disney Company CEO gave an update on the Ratatouille ride, Disneyland's reopening and more during the annual shareholders meeting.
View ArticleTexts show Manatee COVID-19 vaccine site was set up to help DeSantis’ reelection
The already controversial Lakewood Ranch vaccination pod in Manatee County was carefully choreographed by organizers and the governor’s office to help him politically in his reelection next year, texts...
View ArticleIn body cam video, ex-MLB star Johnny Damon pleads with cop during DUI...
Windermere police body worn camera footage showed an allegedly intoxicated Johnny Damon, the former Major League Baseball player and two-time World Series champion, try to talk his way out of being...
View ArticleElection results: Winter Park, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Windermere
Orange County election results: On March 9, 2021, voters elected the Winter Park Mayor and councilmembers for Winter Garden, Ocoee and Windermere.
View ArticleOrange task force to share recommendations to address gun, gang violence
The coalition Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings tasked with finding solutions to gun and gang violence in communities across the county is expected to put forward recommendations Wednesday afternoon,...
View ArticleFlorida vaccine supply to rise again with Moderna, Pfizer while next shipment...
Continued increase in the Pfizer vaccine means Florida will once again see a jump in supply next week.
View ArticleFallen Florida officer veered into path of wrong-way driver to protect...
New evidence regarding the Florida officer killed in the line of duty Tuesday morning shows may have put himself in danger intentionally to protect others.
View ArticleCocoa Beach officials consider restrictions on alcohol on the beach: report
New rules regarding alcohol restrictions on Cocoa Beach shores could be coming to the area.
View ArticleAnti-mask protestors escorted out of Florida school board meeting: report
Protesters were escorted out of the Collier County School Board meeting Tuesday after violating the building’s mask mandate.
View Article‘A lot of potential’: Downtown Orlando’s Creative Village struggles to find...
UCF, Valencia College, apartments and restaurants all have opened doors in Orlando's Creative Village, but the project has been slowed by the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleFlorida clemency board approves automatic restoration of felons’ civil rights
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet did away with the waiting periods, opening the door for thousands of so-called “returning citizens” to have their rights restored and possibly wiping out a...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 4,853 new infections, 59 more residents dead
Florida added 4,853 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 1,957,586. With 59 more fatalities, 31,948 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFlorida GOP leaders seek to ban election drop boxes in latest voter...
Republicans on a state Senate panel voted Wednesday to forbid the use of drop boxes to gather mail-in ballots, the latest proposed restriction on voting in the state and a move that was condemned by...
View ArticleCentral Florida man arrested for role in Capitol riots, feds say
Howard Berton Adams appeared at the U.S. Federal Courthouse for the Middle District of Florida near downtown Orlando at 1:30 p.m., a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
View ArticleArrest made in 2016 killing of Orange man found beaten, wrapped in tarp
Tavon Derron Lavar Hill, who was 16 at the time of the slaying, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of 64-year-old Louis Massa.
View ArticleDeSantis issues order canceling COVID-19 fines for ‘unprecedented’ local...
The order cancels local fines imposed between March 1, 2020, and March 10 2021, but does not apply to those owed for violating state orders. It also does not apply to fines issued to hospitals,...
View ArticleDive teams searched Lake Monroe for evidence in possible homicide, sheriff’s...
Investigators with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office partnered with local law enforcement agencies earlier this week to search Lake Monroe near Sanford for evidence in the death investigation of a...
View ArticleFlorida reports 92 coronavirus resident deaths, more than 5k new cases
Florida's daily coronavirus numbers once again fell under 100 reported resident deaths while cases remained lower than the surges seen in January and February.
View ArticleMaitland lawyer arrested on murder charge in November hotel shooting
A Maitland-based lawyer was arrested on first-degree murder and several drug charges Thursday following a months-long investigation into a Nov. 3 shooting at the Sheraton Orlando North hotel, which...
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