Central Florida woman plays dead to escape her attacker: report
A Central Florida woman told authorities she pretended to be dead in order to escape the man attacking her.
View ArticleWill hurricane season 2021 be another 2020?
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is nearly here, but will its numbers rival 2020, and will Florida be in the crosshairs? Early indicators once again point to above-average numbers coming off the...
View ArticleFatal crash blocked eastbound lanes on I-4 most of Friday morning
A 30-year-old man was killed Friday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 4 in Deltona that blocked all eastbound lanes for hours, only opening back up just before noon.
View ArticleUniversal Orlando: Masks no longer required indoors starting Saturday for the...
The Universal theme parks are updating the rules to make masks optional and no longer required indoors and in ride queues.
View ArticleNo bond for Florida teen charged with 1st degree murder of cheerleader...
A Florida teen was denied bond after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old cheerleader who suffered 114 stab wounds.
View ArticleOrlando’s air and road traffic surge back from COVID, but bus and SunRail...
The region’s auto and plane traffic have recovered largely and surprisingly to pre-pandemic volumes. SunRail and bus traffic are still lagging.
View ArticleFlorida prisons’ plan to digitize incoming mail faces criticism
Florida Department of Corrections officials plan to almost completely digitize mail sent to persons in state prisons.
View Article‘She was gone, instantly’: Florida hurricane victims recall dangers
In the last 30 years, nearly 500 people in Florida have lost their lives because of hurricanes and tropical storms. Some like 1992's Hurricane Andrew bring back memories of why Floridians should be...
View ArticleBody recovered of missing man paddle boarding at Lake Barton
The body of a 37-year-old man was recovered Sunday afternoon in Lake Barton who was last seen paddle boarding over the weekend, according to Orange County Sheriff's Office.
View Article71 rescues at Volusia beaches on Memorial Day
There were no drowning deaths over the holiday at Volusia County beaches, but the Memorial Day weekend ended dramatically with 71 individuals rescued from the ocean on Monday, according to Volusia...
View ArticleLongwood man, ex-pilot for Southwest, gets probation for indecent exposure...
Michael Haak, 60, a Longwood resident who worked as a commercial pilot for Southwest, was ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and given a year of probation by a federal judge for indecent exposure,...
View ArticleMan killed in Memorial Day shooting on West Colonial Drive
A man died of injuries after deputies responded to a reported shooting and found him in the parking lot of a used car dealership on Monday afternoon on West Colonial Drive near the fairgrounds.
View ArticleMan fatally shot in north Orange County
A man was shot and killed Sunday night in north Orange County leading deputies to investigate.
View ArticleDeputies investigate after hearing shots fired in east Orlando
Deputies are looking into a mystery shooting from Monday in east Orlando with no suspects nor victims.
View ArticleOrange County deputy suspended over TikTok videos: report
Orange County Sheriff’s Office suspended one of its deputies for three weeks following an internal investigation into her usage of social media on TikTok.
View ArticleSearch continues for lost boater in Winter Park
Emergency responders from Winter Park Fire-Rescue and other agencies continued searching for a lost boater Tuesday after he went missing Monday night on Lake Osceola.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 95 deaths, 5,937 cases after no reports over Memorial...
After not releasing an update since last Friday, the Florida health department added 5,937 coronavirus cases Tuesday to bring the cumulative total to 2,326,755. With 95 more fatalities, 36,869 Florida...
View ArticleWhere do June tropical storms come from?
The National Hurricane Center has not issued any alerts on systems it's monitoring, but when it comes to tropical storm development in June, the Gulf of Mexico is a storm factory.
View ArticleAttorney General asks judge to block DNA testing in Tommy Zeigler case that...
Attorney General Ashley Moody pushed back Tuesday on an agreement to allow DNA testing in the death penalty case of Tommy Zeigler.
View Article2nd teen arrested in fatal shooting of 16-year-old, but case still active
Las Vegas police arrested a 17-year-old boy Monday in connection with the May 2 fatal shooting of 16-year-old Tavyiah King outside an Orlando gas station, according to the Orlando Police Department.
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