DeSantis signs bill expanding private school voucher programs
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Tuesday greatly expanding the state’s K-12 school vouchers programs, reducing eligibility requirements and chipping away at oversight of the programs providing...
View ArticleWestbound I-4 in Orlando shut down after truck spills granite, police say
At least two people were injured in an accident on I-4 West Tuesday evening that involved a semitruck spilling granite onto the highway, according to the Orlando Police Department.
View ArticleOrlando police officers rescue baby swans after man snatches them from Lake Eola
OPD arrested 71-year-old Richard Newell Harger Sr. on a charge of third-degree grand theft.
View ArticleResidents of rundown Mercy Drive apartments in Orlando fight evictions after...
Few people are left at Riviera Villas, a small rundown apartment complex on a blighted stretch of Mercy Drive in Orlando. Most of the tenants — single moms with young kids living off food stamps and...
View ArticleFire in Cape Canaveral apartment leaves 2 injured, 1 in critical condition:...
An early Wednesday morning fire left two people injured and one in a critical state in Cape Canaveral.
View Article47-year-old man ejected from SUV, dies on I-95
A 47-year-old man died Wednesday morning after crashing and ejecting from his vehicle on Interstate 95 in Brevard County.
View ArticleStephanie Murphy campaign team denies report she has decided to run for Senate
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy plans to announce a campaign for the U.S. Senate within the next month, challenging Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for his seat, according to a report by Axios.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: New infections, resident deaths decline
Florida added 3,184 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 2,278,549. With 51 more fatalities, 35,882 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleAfternoon storms whip up over Central Florida, National Weather Service says
The National Weather Service in Melbourne is tracking a strong thunderstorms that formed over Orlando Executive Airport and College Park. The storm, moving at 25 mph, is expected to from a line from...
View ArticleU.S. House passes legislation designating Pulse nightclub as a national memorial
Nearly five years after the Pulse nightclub shooting killed 49 and wounded 53 others, the U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday designating the site as a national memorial.
View Article31-year-old man shot multiple times at an Orlando apartment complex: report
A 31-year-old man was shot several times late Wednesday at a Winter Park apartment complex.
View Article2 Florida teens found slain in Sumter County: report
Two Florida teens were found dead early Wednesday morning on the side of a Sumter County highway.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 4,064 new infections, but cases and deaths continue to drop
Florida added 4,064 coronavirus cases Thursday to bring the cumulative total to 2,282,613. With 47 more fatalities, 35,929 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleHunter’s Creek will fight Brightline from crossing through the community...
Hunters Creek has officially announced it will fight Brightline from laying track along S.R. 417 through the south Orange community as part of an intended route from Orlando’s airport to Tampa. It’s...
View ArticleDisney World is raising capacity, and new mask guidance is ‘big news’ for a...
Disney's CEO disclosed attendance is going up at Walt Disney World. The parks' mask policy could be going away soon, he hinted, although he didn't say when.
View ArticleJoel Greenberg set for federal court hearing Monday, expected to plead guilty
A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for Monday in federal court in the case of Joel Greenberg, the former Seminole County tax collector who resigned in disgrace last June.
View ArticleSuspects in Miami robbery arrested after pursuit in Orlando, police say
Suspects in an armed robbery in Miami drove to Orlando, where they fled from deputies before being caught and arrested late Thursday, the Orlando Police Department said.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 3,590 new infections, but cases and deaths continue to drop
Florida added 3,590 coronavirus cases Friday to bring the cumulative total to 2,286,203. With 71 more fatalities, 36,000 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleUniversal Orlando says masks are no longer required outdoors, starting Saturday
Universal theme parks are no longer require covering facial covering outside for visitors starting Saturday although people are still asked to still bring masks with them to wear inside.
View Article‘It’s time for us to fight back’ say residents of Kissimmee apartment complex...
With just over three weeks remaining until their water is scheduled to be shut off on June 7, residents of the Caribbean Isle apartment complex in Kissimmee are organizing to learn their rights.
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