Orlando fire chief punched 2 while refusing to leave closed North Carolina...
Orlando Fire Chief Benjamin Barksdale punched a father and daughter inside their North Carolina restaurant in July, police reports say.
View ArticleMan arrested, accused of shooting supervisor from Dollar General warehouse,...
A Dollar General warehouse employee is accused of following his supervisor after their shift and shooting him multiple times, records show.
View ArticleMan arrested in April fatal shooting at Sand Lake Road parking lot
A 21-old-man was arrested Tuesday in the April fatal shooting outside a t a Sand Lake Road Walgreens, records show.
View ArticleProsecutors, defense ask for delay in Anthony Todt murder trial
Prosecutors and defense attorneys asked a judge Wednesday for a delay in the upcoming murder trial of Anthony Todt.
View ArticleSt. Cloud Prep educator arrested after admitting to sex with student, police say
A teacher at St. Cloud Preparatory Academy was arrested Wednesday after St. Cloud police said he admitted to having sex with an 18-year-old student.
View ArticleNicholas, now a tropical depression, remains a flood threat; odds up for 3...
After briefly becoming a hurricane, Nicholas downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved inland in Texas, leaving thousands in the dark and making its way to Houston.
View ArticleScandal-plagued former Orlando PD officer of the year Jonathan Mills charged...
A former OPD officer is being charged with sexual battery after prosecutors say he assaulted a man during a 2014 traffic stop.
View ArticleUniversal Orlando cuts back on water due to COVID-related oxygen shortage
Faced with a potential city-wide crisis, Universal Orlando has cut back on cleaning, landscape irrigation and even dishwashing to save water due to a pandemic-related shortage of liquid oxygen.
View Article17 cats killed in fire at Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando
Seventeen cats were killed in a fire at the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando late Wednesday in what the shelter’s executive director called his “worst nightmare.”
View ArticleMan arrested in domestic shooting in Sanford, police say
The man was arrested after officials say he shot his girlfriend in the leg Wednesday outside a Sanford apartment complex, police said.
View ArticleLiberty High given all clear after threat of gun, Osceola sheriff says
Liberty High School in Osceola County was placed on a lockdown early Thursday after a student threat, but officials soon re-opened the school after no issues were found, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez.
View ArticleFormer Orlando cop Jonathan Mills booked into jail on sexual battery charge,...
Former Orlando police Officer Jonathan Mills was booked into the Orange County jail on the new sexual battery charge against him, but he will soon be released, jail officials said.
View ArticleOrlando officials: Sending mental health workers to nonviolent 911 calls a...
City of Orlando officials say they have seen “great results” from a six-month pilot program that dispatches mental health professionals instead of police to 911 calls involving non-violent people in...
View ArticleLost to COVID: Pastor Sheila J. Spencer was ‘a powerful messenger of good news’
Dr. Sheila J. Spencer was a sought-after voice for clergy and elected leaders seeking guidance, who traveled the world with her ministry and empowered women in Orlando.
View ArticleNicholas becomes post-tropical, remains a flood threat; odds up for 3 other...
Nicholas downgraded into a post-tropical storm but a possibility of flash floods lingers for Louisiana coastal resident Thursday morning. Also, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring three...
View ArticleCOVID-19 deaths continue at Florida prisons, though agency no longer reports...
People incarcerated in Florida prisons continued to die of COVID-19 in recent weeks as the threat of the virus in prisons remains unknown.
View ArticleThird man arrested in October killing during alleged drug deal, deputies say
A third man was arrested in the October killing of a 28-year-old man in what deputies say was a drug transaction that the three suspects escalated into a homicide, records show.
View ArticleMan, 23, shot dead at southwest Orlando apartment complex, police say
A 23-year-old man was shot and killed at an apartment complex Thursday night near the Mall at Millenia, according to the Orlando Police Department.
View ArticleFlorida reports 2,468 COVID deaths, over 75,000 cases this week
The Florida Department of Health reported its weekly COVID-19 report for Sept. 17. Cases continue to decrease while reported deaths are up.
View ArticleTropical Storm Odette forms, Peter likely while Nicholas lingers, dumps rain
Tropical Storm Odette formed Friday evening off the mid-Atlantic coast, making it the 15th storm of the hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said.
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