DeSantis announces $10 million for hurricane recovery, affordable housing
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that the Florida legislature will fund $10 million toward hundreds of families to rebuild or purchase homes in the Panhandle following the disaster of 2018′s Category...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus deaths nearly double in a month as new cases continue...
The Florida Department of Health reported 87 new resident deaths on Monday, bringing the death toll to 9,539, nearly double the fatalities from a month ago. On July 17, the state had reached 4,805...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in fatal shooting at Kissimmee hotel
Osceola deputies arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing a 56-year-old man in the parking lot of a Kissimmee hotel Friday, agency spokesman Capt. Fred Hinderman said Monday.
View ArticleORMC patient leaves hospital, stabs ‘cherished’ attorney to death during...
William Franklin, 33, was arrested and faces charges of first degree murder and burglary with a battery therein in the death of Erin Hartigan, who was an assistant attorney for Orange County...
View ArticleHurricane center tracks 2 tropical waves heading for Caribbean with rising...
The 2020 season is continuing its tropical conveyor belt with the National Hurricane Center eyeing two more waves both having medium to high chances of developing into the next tropical depression or...
View ArticleDandelion Community Cafe closes for good amid coronavirus, labor issues
The vegetarian cafe, at 618 N. Thornton Ave., posted on its website that it had closed because of a “variety of factors outside of our control” including the impact of coronavirus.
View ArticleFlorida adds 3,838 coronavirus cases as infections near 580,000; 219 new...
Florida added 3,838 coronavirus cases Tuesday to push the statewide total to 579,932 infected. With 219 new virus fatalities reported Tuesday, 9,758 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleVal Demings rips into Trump, DeJoy over U.S. Postal Service slowdowns
U.S. Rep. Val Demings’ event came just minutes after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that the Postal Service would halt the controversial removal of processing equipment and mailboxes. But...
View ArticleOrange deputies find body in Pine Castle neighborhood
Orange County Sheriff’s deputies found a body submerged in a lake in a residential area of Pine Castle Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
View Article‘Significant’ damage in DeLand after possible tornado rolls through area,...
Officials said the “extensive damage” is mostly contained to north DeLand, north of Plymouth Avenue and east and west of North Woodland Boulevard. They are asking locals to avoid the area as responders...
View ArticleIn Osceola, Kelvin Soto ousts Armando Ramirez; Peggy Choudhry wins tough primary
Kelvin Soto ousted incumbent Armando Ramirez, winning the Clerk of the Courts seat in Osceola County, while incumbent Peggy Choudhry held off Kissimmee Mayor Jose Alvarez in her bid for a second term...
View ArticleSeminole commission: Dallari, Constantine take GOP contests, Bush wins...
In two closely watched GOP political battles that centered on protecting Seminole County’s rural boundary, commissioners Bob Dallari and Lee Constantine solidly fended off challengers backed by...
View ArticleWilson defeats VanderLey in Orange commission race; Uribe reelected; Bonilla...
With 41 of 41 precincts reporting, Nicole Wilson defeated Betsy VanderLey 56.9% to 42.6% — a margin of nearly 6,000 votes.
View ArticleByrd, Castor Dentel win re-election to Orange school board; Gould in runoff...
Two incumbents won re-election to the Orange County School Board on Tuesday but a third faces a runoff in November after leading her three-way race but failing to secure more than 50% of the vote.
View ArticleBody cam video from deputy shooting at Florida Mall doesn’t answer key questions
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office released six body camera videos from the Aug. 7 fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man shot in the back by a deputy outside the Florida Mall, though none come from the...
View ArticleHistoric win for Mercado as Dem voters oust Rick Singh
Orange County Democrats ousted two-term incumbent Rick Singh from the property appraiser’s office Tuesday, overwhelmingly choosing to put a woman, state Rep. Amy Mercado, in the post for the first time...
View Article2 tropical systems: 1 with high chance of becoming tropical depression with...
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two systems Tuesday afternoon in the tropics, one with a high chance of becoming the next tropical depression or tropical storm, with a projected path...
View ArticleTwo Lake incumbent County Commissioners lose primaries
Incumbent Lake County Commissioners Tim Sullivan and Wendy Breeden were on their way to defeat in Tuesday's primary.
View ArticleOrlando Science Center: Wright Brothers, Apollo 11 artifacts to be added
Orlando Science Center adding historic aeronautics items. Think Wright Brothers, Apollo 11
View ArticleFlorida resident coronavirus deaths approach 10,000
Florida added 4,115 coronavirus cases Wednesday to push the statewide total to 584,047 infected. With 174 new virus fatalities reported Wednesday, 9,932 Florida residents are now dead. Another 135...
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