Florida’s unemployment agency fires two call centers that were helping the...
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the state agency that since the coronavirus pandemic erupted has handled unemployment claims from nearly 2.5 million people, has severed contracts with...
View ArticleDisney: Epcot quietly reopens with changes
Walt Disney World: Epcot quietly reopens with changes
View ArticleAfter pair arrested in west Orlando shooting, suspect’s granduncle confessed...
After initially casting blame on his own grandnephew for the crime, an Orlando man confessed to shooting his roommate at close range during an argument over the weekend, police said.
View ArticleReport: Disney’s Magic Kingdom tops worldwide theme park attendance for 2019
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom remained the most-visited theme park in the world in 2019.
View ArticleFlorida’s weekly unemployment claims surge as COVID-19 continues to spread
Florida's unemployment claims easily outstripped increases in week-to-week claims in any other state. The boost broke a short string of declines as people were being called back to work.
View Article2 dead in car after possible road-rage shooting along Florida highway
Two men were found dead in a car after witnesses saw people in a Jeep Cherokee shooting at a Nissan sedan on a Florida highway ramp.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus deaths grow by record 156; new cases up nearly 14K
Florida reported 13,965 new coronavirus cases and a record 156 new deaths on Thursday, a day that also saw a record increase in new hospitalizations. Statewide, there have now been 315,775 infected and...
View Article2nd detention deputy dies amid COVID-19 outbreak at Lake County jail
A veteran Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputy died early Thursday after battling the new coronavirus — the second deputy assigned to the county jail to fall fatally ill after testing positive for...
View ArticlePublix mandates customers wear masks at all its stores starting Tuesday
Shoppers at all of the more than 1,250 Publix stores will be required to wear face coverings starting Tuesday.
View ArticleJoel Greenberg stole identities of customers at Seminole tax collector’s...
Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg used driver’s licenses surrendered to his office by customers to create fake identification cards for himself, according to a newly filed federal...
View ArticleMotorcyclist from Winter Garden killed in Lake County crash
A 34-year-old motorcyclist from Winter Garden was found dead early Friday in Lake County after he apparently veered off County Road 561 and hit a fence, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
View ArticleHeat takes a breather, storms not as stormy this weekend
It’s Florida in the summer, so yes it will be hot and there will be thunderstorms, but this weekend looks to be not as hot and not as stormy.
View ArticleOrange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh won’t face criminal charges,...
With the primary election a month away, prosecutors announced this morning they will not file criminal charges against incumbent Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh after a lengthy review of a...
View ArticleFlorida adds 11,466 coronavirus cases and 128 more deaths
Florida reported 11,466 new coronavirus cases and 128 new deaths on Friday. Statewide, there have now been 327,241 infected and 4,805 killed. The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide...
View ArticleNASA targets Aug. 2 to bring astronauts from SpaceX Crew Dragon home
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the two astronauts from SpaceX's Crew Dragon will leave the International Space Station on Aug. 1 for a return to Earth on Aug. 2.
View ArticleFlorida adds 10,328 new coronavirus cases; death toll tops 5,000
Florida reported 10,328 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, along with 90 new resident deaths, according to the state health department’s latest update. In total, 337,569 people have been infected, and...
View ArticleMan, 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.
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