Orange deputy arrested in burglary case fired by agency, but no longer facing...
Deputy Cameron Turk called the agency's response "ridiculous," and said he never intended to commit a crime.
View ArticleFlorida reports 16,038 COVID cases, highest daily number since Jan. 15
Florida reported 16,038 new COVID-19 cases to the federal government on Tuesday, the highest number since Jan. 15, federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show.
View ArticleDestructive thunderstorm, hail alerts coming to smartphones
On Monday, the National Weather Service will begin issuing a “Weather Emergency Alert” whenever destructive hail or thunderstorms are in the area.
View ArticleDisney World to require all guests to wear masks indoors starting Friday
Starting Friday, Disney guests will have to wear masks while indoors and in Disney buses, monorail and Disney Skyliner, regardless of vaccination status, the theme park announced Wednesday night. Face...
View ArticleDeSantis mocks CDC’s mask recommendations in Utah speech: report
Gov. Ron DeSantis mocked new CDC recommendations for mask-wearing as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in Florida and across much of the nation, according to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune.
View ArticleTemps could feel like 106 today in Orlando before afternoon thunderstorms...
The region is going to feel like a sauna Thursday with heat values possibly rising to 106 before the afternoon sea breeze pushes in thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service’s forecast.
View ArticleLightning strike kills 17-year-old boy in Florida
A 17-yearold boy was killed earlier in July after a lightning strike hit him on a Florida beach.
View ArticleBroward schools’ mask mandate ‘will be addressed,’ DeSantis aide says, but...
Counties and school boards are flouting Gov. Ron DeSantis and the law he pushed for earlier this year by keeping or imposing mask mandates in response to the surge in coronavirus cases and COVID-19...
View ArticleWoman found dead after Orange deputies encounter man behaving erratically
Deputies were called around 1:42 p.m. about a suspicious man displaying “hostile, erratic behavior” at the Advenir at Polos East Apartments, located off Woodbury Road, south of Colonial Drive, a...
View ArticleOrlando man arrested on murder charge in October killing
A 36-year-old Orlando man is facing a murder charge after detectives linked him to the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man in October, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticlePolice investigating death at Casselberry home as homicide
Casselberry Police are investigating after a 55-year-old man was found dead inside his home Wednesday under suspicious circumstances.
View ArticleCentral Florida braces for hot weekend with highs in mid 90s
Orlando is in for a hot weekend with temperatures entering the mid 90s.
View ArticleMan killed, dismembered woman at Orange County apartment, deputies say
Deputies had responded to multiple calls about the man before he was arrested in the killing of Turquoise Raegina Samuel, 32.
View ArticleFamily questions agency’s care before man’s suicide at Seminole County Jail
Seminole County Sheriff’s Office closed its investigation in Christopher Perez's death at the county jail, saying no foul play is suspected.
View ArticlePublix workers must mask up again; SeaWorld suggests face coverings
Publix will again require employees to wear masks while inside any of the grocery store chain’s locations starting Monday.
View ArticleDeSantis signs order allowing parents to ignore COVID-19 school mask mandates
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday to give parents the right to ignore any COVID-19 school mask mandates such as the one in Broward County.
View ArticleDisney requires all non-union U.S. employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations
Disney, Central Florida’s largest employer, is requiring all of its non-union hourly and salaried employees across the U.S. to get the coronavirus vaccine.
View ArticleFlorida close to worst COVID-19 week ever with more than 110,000 infections
Florida nearly matched its worst week ever for reported positive COVID-19 cases as well as a significant jump in reported deaths in the last week, according to the state Department of Health.
View ArticleFamily of Ocoee man who died after being tased working to raise awareness of...
Over two years after Jean “Samuel” Celestin’s death while being tased by police, the Ocoee man’s family is still fighting to raise awareness of his case and seek justice.
View ArticleSaturday weather: High temperatures and humidity in Orlando
Saturday’s weather forecast predicts high temperatures and humidity in Central Florida.
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