Palm Bay man gets 5 years for COVID-19 relief, tax fraud
Johnson Eustache was sentenced Tuesday in Orlando federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in August to wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns....
View Article‘You made a dumb decision’: Central Florida jogger’s 911 call details martial...
A Central Florida jogger was attacked Monday by a man trying to choke him, kill him with plans to hide the body in a bedroom closet, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleStarving manatees in Indian River begin eating lettuce placed by state
“We don’t know if this behavior is going to continue,” said Tom Reinert, spokesperson for the state and federal emergency response to Florida’s manatee die-off.
View ArticleCentral Florida faith leaders on alert after Texas synagogue hostage standoff
After an hours-long hostage standoff at a synagogue in Texas a week ago, Central Florida faith leaders and police agencies are on high alert.
View ArticleOrlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, wife Susie, test positive for COVID-19, quarantining
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and his wife Susie Friday tested positive for COVID-19.
View ArticleDeSantis won’t say if he’s boosted against COVID-19, says status could be...
The comment could be taken as a direct response to former President Trump, who said in an interview earlier this month that politicians who don’t reveal their booster status are “gutless.”
View ArticleCOVID-19 on the decline as Florida reports 605 deaths, 289,204 cases this week
Deaths are up but cases are down this week in Florida as the omicron surge plateaus, according to the Florida Department of Health.
View ArticleOrlando police seek information in fatal shooting of 15-year-old
Orlando police are seeking information in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old male Saturday evening near Grand Avenue Park.
View ArticleScholarship set up in honor of Sentinel sportswriter Bill Buchalter
A scholarship for high school athletes is being set up in the name of legendary Orlando Sentinel sportswriter Barry “Bill” Buchalter who died last year.
View ArticleFrost advisory in place for Orlando, freeze warning for north Central Florida
A Frost Advisory is in effect putting Monday off to a colder than usual start in Orlando and the surrounding areas, according to the National Weather Service.
View Article2 women killed in separate crashes at same scene on Florida’s Turnpike; 1...
Two women died Monday morning on Florida's Turnpike in Orange County. One of them was killed after crashing into a Florida Department of Transportation road ranger truck.
View ArticleOrlando man arrested in hit-and-run crash into 2 Milk District businesses
An 18-year-old Orlando man was arrested Monday morning after crashing into another vehicle and two Milk District storefronts and attempting to file a false police report, according to Orlando Police.
View ArticleReport: Deputies shoot, kill knife-wielding man in Florida
A man who barricaded himself inside a central Florida home was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies when he lunged at them with a knife, stabbing one of them in the head, sheriff’s officials said.
View ArticleWinn-Dixie, other pharmacies to give away millions of N95 masks coming from D.C.
Winn-Dixie’s parent company will give out more than 2 million N95 masks to customers across its grocery store chains starting Friday.
View ArticleVolusia remains world shark bite capital as Florida attacks up in 2021
Florida is once again the shark bite capital of the world as numbers jumped globally after three years of declines, according to the annual update from the International Shark Attack File.
View ArticleOrlando man says he didn’t contribute to mysterious candidate in tight state...
An Orlando man listed in state records as one of just four contributors to an independent candidate in last year’s hotly contested Florida Senate District 9 race says he’d never heard of her and didn’t...
View ArticleRainy Tuesday inbound, chilly weather is sticking around Orlando
A chilly morning is ahead of what is predicted to be a Tuesday.
View ArticleDeputy shoots woman who tried to enter Central Florida hospital with gun,...
A deputy in Florida shot a woman was Tuesday after she wouldn’t pull over for a traffic stop and then tried to enter a hospital with a gun, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
View ArticleBody found in burning car near Orange County apartment complex, troopers say
A person was discovered dead Tuesday morning in a car engulfed in flames about an hour after a reported crash in Orange County, leaving authorities with questions.
View ArticleHouse lawmakers to consider gutting Miya’s Law, named for slain Orlando...
The Florida House is considering deleting key parts of Miya's Law.
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