Curious great white shark bites Florida boat in Gulf waters: report
A Florida woman had a fin-nomenal experience last week when a large great white shark circled her boat and bit its motor in the Gulf of Mexico off the Tampa coast.
View ArticleShaquille O’Neal’s Isleworth estate finally has a pending buyer
The sale of Shaquille O'Neal's mansion in Windermere is pending after more than two years on the market and the price dropping from $28 million to $16.5 million.
View ArticlePolk ‘paramedic of the year’ accused of stealing coronavirus vaccines
A Polk County Fire Rescue paramedic was arrested Monday after he was accused of helping to steal three doses of the coronavirus vaccine that he was supposed to administer to his fellow first-responders.
View ArticleDarden Restaurants to pay hourly employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
Orlando-based Darden, which has more than 1,815 restaurants, will offer hourly employees two hours of pay for each dose of the vaccine they receive, for up to four hours of compensation, CEO Gene Lee...
View ArticleFoster mom to hundreds of kids died of COVID-19. Now, her husband’s fighting...
Sue Braley, foster mother to more than 300 children, died of COVID-19 last week, and her husband, 67-year-old Dennis Braley, now has the virus, too. The fate of their children is uncertain.
View ArticleFlorida reports 227 coronavirus resident deaths, 9,594 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 25,673 with the addition of 227 more reported fatalities on Tuesday while also adding 9,594 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticlePolice investigate shooting of man found dead in west Orlando home
Orlando police are investigating after a 50-year-old man was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home Tuesday morning, according to an agency spokesperson.
View ArticleVideo shows Osceola deputy slamming student to ground at Liberty High
Videos spreading across social media Tuesday afternoon showed an Osceola deputy body slamming a Liberty High School student to the ground, knocking her head onto the sidewalk and appearing to cause her...
View Article1 dead in crash in northwest Orange County, FHP says
A 35-year-old Tampa woman was killed in a two-car crash in northwest Orange County Tuesday, according to Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Kim Montes.
View ArticleMinor injured in shooting at Orlando apartment complex, police say
A shooting at an Orlando apartment complex Tuesday night left a young victim with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Orlando Police Department.
View ArticleOrlando man shot at ex’s boyfriend at least 94 times; no one is dead: report
An Orlando man was arrested over the weekend and is suspected of shooting at his ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend 94 times.
View Article1 man dead, then suspected shooter turns gun on self in Titusville apartment,...
Two men were found dead after after one man killed the other and then turned the gun on himself Tuesday evening in Titusville.
View ArticleSeminole County needs more vaccine shipments, Washington says more are...
Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris says resources are in place to vaccinate 2,000 people a day but the county has received less than that amount for the whole week.
View ArticleFlorida foster mom to 300 children dies of COVID-19, husband in ICU: report
An Osceola County mother who fostered 300 children over two decades died last week due to COVID-19.
View ArticleTornado touches down in Tallahassee, damages airport & weather center radar...
A tornado touched down in Tallahassee on Wednesday morning and reportedly damaged locations around Leon County.
View ArticleOrlando homes gained $15 billion in value in 2020, report finds
A new report from Zillow found home values increased by $2.5 trillion nationwide, $15 billion in the Orlando metro area, the fastest increase in 15 years.
View ArticleDocuments detail shocking abuse allegations against Seminole children’s book...
Casselberry children’s author Jennifer Wolfthal was arrested on new charges, and her husband was newly booked, both in a horrific child abuse case that sent three children in their care to the hospital...
View Article‘Little criminals’: In Florida, your kid’s chance of arrest at school depends...
An Orlando Sentinel investigation reveals a patchwork of policies at the local level determine when children are arrested for schoolyard fights, threats and other minor offenses. Police agencies,...
View ArticleFlorida still deadliest state for lightning as storms roll into busiest time...
It’s National Lightning Safety Awareness week, and with July around the corner; the month with the highest annual recorded cloud-to-ground lightning flashes, it's time to appreciate how spectacular but...
View ArticleCentral Florida police forces whiter than communities they serve | Special...
Despite initiatives undertaken by local law enforcement agencies to increase diversity, the largest police forces in Central Florida are still whiter than the communities they serve — by a wide margin,...
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