DeLand police arrest second suspect in December robbery, beating of disabled man
A 29-year-old DeLand man wanted for beating and robbing a disabled barber outside a downtown DeLand barber shop in December was arrested last week following a weeks-long search, according to DeLand...
View ArticleGrenade found in newly purchased Orange County house, deputies say
A new homeowner reportedly found a grenade in their residence, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleOrlando trust buys property along Lake Eola Park, donates it to city for...
A trust launched by two lifelong Orlando residents, working with city officials, has raised enough money to buy a property along Lake Eola Park in order to prevent it from being developed and transform...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl-laced heroin at east Orange...
A man accused of distributing heroin laced with fentanyl as part of a drug trafficking ring tied to an east Orange County apartment complex faces years in federal prison after pleading guilty,...
View ArticleFlorida back over 5k new coronavirus cases with infections among younger age...
The Florida Department of Health reported more than 5,000 infections of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the fourth time in the last week the state has surpassed the mark as the average daily case total made a...
View ArticleOrmond Beach Proud Boys organizer pleads not guilty to new conspiracy charges...
The Ormond Beach man recently charged with helping plan and carry out the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in coordination with other leaders of the Proud Boys, a far-right nationalist group, pleaded...
View ArticleRevamped Bright Futures bill still leaves students in limbo, critics say
A proposal that critics fear may jeopardize funding for Bright Futures scholarships by putting the Legislature in charge of setting award limits each year through the budgeting process won approval...
View ArticleSeminole school board approves superintendent contract for Serita Beamon
The Seminole County School Board voted hours after a judge denied a request for an injunction that would have stopped the board from approving the employment contract.
View ArticleMan facing police impersonation charges arrested for carrying concealed...
A man facing multiple charges of impersonating a police officer in Orange County was arrested by deputies Tuesday for illegally carrying a concealed weapon as a convicted felon, records show.
View ArticleKissimmee man killed in head-on crash in Seminole County, FHP says
A 54-year-old Kissimmee man died Tuesday afternoon after the car he was riding in drove into the opposite lanes and hit an oncoming car head-on near Forest City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleOrlando cop who shot knife-wielding man at bus station won’t face charges,...
The Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office declined to file criminal charges against a Orlando police officer who shot a man armed with a knife outside a Greyhound bus station last year, according to a...
View ArticleFlorida to receive largest vaccine supply yet as Pfizer, J&J production kicks up
Florida is set to receive next week its largest supply of COVID-19 vaccine yet with nearly 700,000 of either the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the initial shots of the two-dose Pfizer and...
View ArticleAquatica water park: Riptide Race slide to open next month
Riptide Race, a dueling-raft water slide at Aquatica water park, will debut April 3, SeaWorld says.
View ArticleFlorida man charged in Capitol riot boasted about ‘alliance’ of Oath Keepers,...
A Dunnellon man tied to the anti-government group the Oath Keepers boasted in online messages leading up to the U.S. Capitol riot about having “organized an alliance” with two other far-right groups,...
View ArticleWoman sues Orange deputies who smashed her car window at George Floyd protest
The Orange County deputies who smashed a woman’s car window during a traffic stop near a George Floyd protest this summer, sparking community outrage, are now facing an excessive force lawsuit from the...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 5,143 new infections as cases rise slightly; deaths...
Florida added 5,143 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 2,021,656. With 30 more fatalities, 32,850 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFallen Orlando police Officer Kevin Valencia hailed as hero, fighter in...
The funeral for Orlando police Officer Kevin Valencia, who died last week in hospice care years after he was shot in the head by a domestic violence suspect in 2018, will be held this morning at the...
View ArticleCity of Orlando to pay nearly $1 million to female assistant fire chief who...
A female assistant fire chief at the Orlando Fire Department will receive nearly $1 million as part of a retirement package and settlement reached with the City of Orlando earlier this month after she...
View ArticleOfficials confirm 2nd COVID-19 outbreak at Seminole County jail, at least 18...
Seminole officials on Wednesday confirmed a second COVID-19 outbreak at the county jail since the start of the pandemic, with 22 inmates recently testing positive and one staff member, according to...
View ArticleTeen facing murder charge in slaying near UCF, deputies say
Reinaldo Jesus Hernandez was arrested on Tuesday and is at the Orange County Jail without bond. His arrest affidavit was not immediately available.
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