Man hit, killed while crossing Orange Blossom Trail, FHP says
A pedestrian died after he was hit by a car while crossing Orange Blossom Trail in northwest Orange County Wednesday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleFlorida man sentenced after cutting off wife’s lover’s penis: report
A Florida man found guilty of tying up his wife’s lover and cutting off his penis will serve 20 years in prison.
View ArticleMan who called in bomb threat to Wendy’s identified through Uber Eats, Orange...
A man was jailed on a felony charge in Orange County on Wednesday, accused of calling in a bomb threat to a Wendy’s restaurant last month.
View ArticleJoel Greenberg broke curfew to look for wife in South Florida, police report...
Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg violated his bond by driving to South Florida to look for his wife.
View ArticleState Road 408, SR 417 interchange back open after power lines fall down
The interchange between State Road 408 and SR 417 is expected to be shut down for a few hours because of downed power lines, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleDeSantis denies involvement in wealthy Key Largo vaccination site, despite...
Gov. Ron DeSantis denied that he had anything to do with providing COVID vaccines to a wealthy, gated Florida Keys community in January ahead of other state residents.
View ArticleFlorida reports 120 coronavirus resident deaths, 6,118 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 31,387 with the addition of 120 more reported fatalities on Thursday while also adding 6,118 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in hit-and-run on South Orange Avenue, police investigating
A 54-year-old man was hit by a car and killed Thursday morning while crossing South Orange Avenue in south Orlando, closing a stretch of the road for several hours as police investigated.
View ArticlePlan to expand school vouchers, create education savings accounts goes to...
The Senate plan would turn the programs that now provide private-school scholarships into education savings accounts that could pay tuition but also pay for laptops, homeschooling supplies and...
View ArticleFlorida reports 146 coronavirus resident deaths, 5,922 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 30,624 with the addition of 146 more reported fatalities on Friday while also adding 5,922 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleFlorida’s flawed unemployment system wasn’t built or tested properly, state...
The company behind Florida’s faulty unemployment website didn’t properly design or test it, a state investigation has found, which left it “poorly positioned to handle the unprecedented claims volume”...
View Article70-year-old pedestrian struck, killed by vehicle in Osceola County
A 70-year-old Kissimmee man died Thursday night after he was hit by a car in Osceola County.
View ArticleFlorida man speeds at 100 mph, told officers he had ‘business’ at the...
A Florida man was arrested Sunday after speeding through a crash site and telling officers he did so because he had “business” at the Ritz-Carlton.
View ArticleOscar Mayer Wienermobile rolls into Orlando on Friday: report
The iconic Wienermobile is coming to Orlando Friday for pictures, but no hotdogs.
View ArticleOrlando’s mass vaccination site now offers 3,000 shots daily, adds...
The federally run mass vaccination site at Valencia College’s West Campus in Orlando now has the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and is able to inoculate up to 3,000 people a day, officials...
View ArticleFlorida reports 135 coronavirus resident deaths, 5,975 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 31,522 with the addition of 135 more reported fatalities on Friday while also adding 5,975 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleOrlando police ask for help identifying 3 suspects who shot man in face
Orlando police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three men they say are responsible for shooting a man in the face at a Mercy Drive apartment complex Saturday. Surveillance footage...
View ArticleDeSantis says he’ll soon lower the COVID vaccine age to 60, then eventually...
Floridians ages 60 to 64 will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting sometime this month Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday.
View ArticleSeminole mom sues, says school board broke rules in picking superintendent
The lawsuit wants a judge to stop the Seminole County School Board from negotiating an employment contract with Serita Beamon, whom the board tapped Monday as its new superinendent.
View ArticleUniversal sets 2021 dates for return of Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Orlando has announced Halloween Horror Nights dates for 2020 and identified Beetlejuice as first haunted house.
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