DeSantis signs transgender sports ban on first day of LGBTQ Pride Month
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a ban on transgender girls from competing in girls’ and women’s sports on the first day of Pride Month, which celebrates the LGBTQ community.
View ArticleAgriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried files to run for governor in Florida
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is running for governor in 2022, according to records posted on the State Department’s website.
View ArticleDisney Cruise Line lines up test sailing from Port Canaveral
Disney Cruise Line will be sailing once again after announcing it had received the OK from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to perform a test sailing from Port Canaveral.
View ArticleFDLE agent shot in Kissimmee, expected to recover
An agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was shot and injured Tuesday afternoon in Kissimmee, though few details about the incident were immediately released.
View ArticleOrlando Magic’s Terrence Ross says his Lamborghini was stolen, destroyed
Orlando Magic guard Terrence Ross delivered a social media eulogy Tuesday morning to his Lamborghini Urus — hours after he learned the SUV, valued at more than $200,000, had been stolen and totaled
View ArticleOrlando launches new dispatch system to improve communication between police,...
In an effort to streamline communication in emergency situations, the City of Orlando launches a new computer-aided dispatch system to allow Orlando police and fire departments to work collaboratively.
View ArticleActivists rally for transgender rights after DeSantis signs trans sports ban
On the first day of Pride Month, activists and advocates gathered in front of Orlando City Hall to protect the rights of transgender youth after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning transgender...
View ArticleTraffic: Overturned tractor-trailer blocks 3 eastbound I-4 lanes in Seminole
An overturned tractor-trailer is blocking three lanes Wednesday morning on east Interstate 4 in the Seminole County area.
View ArticleVolusia Sheriff calls for juvenile justice reform after children escape group...
A 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were in a shootout with deputies Tuesday night in Volusia County after the children broke into a house and armed themselves with guns, including an assault...
View ArticleMan shot, killed early Wednesday on Orange Blossom Trail, deputies say
A man was killed early Wednesday in a shooting on Orange Blossom Trail near Silver Star Road, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 1,234 new infections, lowest daily report in over 8 months
Infections and deaths are declining statewide. The positivity rate and hospitalizations are also low.
View ArticleAffidavit details events leading to Kissimmee shootout between FDLE agents,...
The operation leading to a shooting that injured a Florida Department Law Enforcement agent and a suspect began May 19 when undercover officers with the Osceola County Investigative Bureau contacted...
View ArticleDeSantis signs $101 billion budget laden with federal COVID-19 money
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $101 billion budget Wednesday, the state's largest, boosted with $10 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money.
View ArticleChildren’s home pauses taking ‘at-risk’ kids after runaway children shoot at...
A Central Florida children’s home that two children ran away from before engaging sheriff’s deputies in a gun battle this week will stop accepting “at-risk” children, officials said.
View ArticleFormer judicial candidate Andrew Jones admits sex with minor, but avoids jail...
Lawyer and former prosecutor Andrew John Jones, who was arrested almost three years ago in the statutory rape of a teen girl, pleaded guilty Thursday to child abuse and tampering with evidence.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 1,878 new infections, 49 more deaths
Florida added 1,878 coronavirus cases Thursday to bring the cumulative total to 2,329,867. With 49 more fatalities, a total of 36,973 residents have died from the virus.
View ArticleAttorney General asks judge to block DNA testing in another Orange County...
For the second time this week, Florida's attorney general asked a judge to block DNA testing in an Orange County death penalty case
View ArticleMan who shot at FDLE agents in drug sting faces attempted murder charge,...
Maximiano Arrellano-Resendiz was also shot during the undercover drug sting, said KPD spokeswoman Samantha Scarp.
View ArticleOrlando residents who helped steal over $700,000 from churches arrested in...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrested two Orlando residents, who officials say helped steal over $740,000 from churches nationwide over the past year, in Mexico Saturday, according to the...
View Article‘We’ve have enough’: Families, state leaders rally to improve Florida prisons
State leaders and families of people incarcerated rallied together calling for better treatment inside Florida prisons and oversight of the system.
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