Florida reports 32 coronavirus resident deaths, 4,237 new cases as weekly...
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,471 with the addition of 32 more reported fatalities on Monday while also adding 4,237 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in shooting death near Valencia east campus, deputies say
Almonte is accused of killing 20-year-old Angel Isaac Linares around 5 a.m. Thursday in the area of Park Tree Terrace Drive. Deputies responded to the area after a report of shots fired, but didn’t...
View ArticleBody found in vacant Ocoee field, cops say
Officers were called around 8 a.m. to the southwest corner of Bluford Avenue and Franklin Street where they found a body.
View ArticleDeSantis signs ‘anti-riot’ bill into law, sparking outcry from Democrats,...
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s controversial “anti-riot” bill into law on Monday, vastly increasing law enforcement’s powers to crack down on civil unrest.
View ArticleOrmond Beach Proud Boys leader ordered to jail in Capitol riot conspiracy case
The Ormond Beach man accused of helping plan the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol along with other leaders of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys was ordered Monday to be detained in jail while...
View ArticleFather-in-law twice offered money to make Nicole Montalvo ‘disappear,’...
Dustin Gonzalez told jurors Monday that he thought it was a joke when Angel Rivera offered him $500 to “disappear” Rivera’s daughter-in-law, Nicole Montalvo. “I kind of laughed it off and told him,...
View ArticleNicole Montalvo killing: State, defense rest in trial against estranged...
After some delays Monday, jurors will hear the state’s final witnesses Tuesday morning at the Osceola County Courthouse in the trial for the father and son accused of killing and dismembering St. Cloud...
View Article1 injured in 3 vehicle crash blocking northbound lanes on OBT in Apopka
A crash involving three vehicles sent one person to the hospital Tuesday morning and has all northbound lanes blocked on Orange Blossom Trail in the Apopka area.
View Article‘Dogecoin’ earnings used to pay everyone’s dog adoption fees at Florida...
An anonymous donor made a generous donation Saturday to a Florida animal shelter after receiving a nice payout from the memetic cryptocurrency, Dogecoin.
View ArticleThunderstorms forecast to boom into Orlando; FEMA site temporarily closed:...
Strong thunderstorms are booming through Orlando on Tuesday, leading to a temporary closure of the Orlando FEMA vaccination site.
View ArticleFlorida reports 62 coronavirus resident deaths, 5,645 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,533 with the addition of 62 more reported fatalities on Tuesday while also adding 5,645 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleFlorida transgender athlete bill may be dead for the year, Senate sponsor says
A controversial push to ban transgender females from girls’ and women’s school sports teams in Florida looks to be dead this year after a key senator said Tuesday there likely was not time to craft...
View ArticleOne dead in shooting at east Orlando apartment complex, police say
Police were called for a shooting just after 4:30 p.m. to the Canopy Apartment Villas, which is off East Grant Street near South Semoran Boulevard.
View ArticleOrlando leaders react to Derek Chauvin guilty verdict: ‘Justice has prevailed’
Orlando’s political, civic and law-enforcement leaders expressed relief that justice had been served and called for continued progress against systemic racism late Tuesday, after former Minneapolis...
View ArticleCentral Florida law enforcement largely see ‘anti-riot’ bill as providing...
A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an “anti-riot” bill into law and the country waited to hear the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murder in...
View ArticleActivists gather in downtown Orlando to celebrate conviction in George Floyd...
Within hours of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict in the death of George Floyd, Orlando activists held a candlelight vigil to honor Floyd’s life and to say the fight for...
View ArticleJust before midnight, DeSantis reveals he’s signed $1 billion tax on consumers
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law late Monday a bill that will cost Florida consumers who shop online an estimated $1 billion a year in sales taxes, with the money used to cut business taxes.
View ArticleBody found on Volusia trail, deputies investigating
Volusia County deputies are investigating after a woman’s body was found off a trail in the southwest area of the county Tuesday evening, sheriff’s office spokesperson Andrew Gant said.
View ArticleJurors to hear closing statements in trial for Nicole Montalvo’s killing
Jurors will hear closing statements Wednesday morning in the trial for the father and son accused of killing and dismembering St. Cloud woman Nicole Montalvo. The six-person jury will then begin...
View ArticleTow truck fatally hits woman on Semoran Boulevard
A 48-year-old woman was struck and killed by a tow truck Tuesday night in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View Article