Oviedo man sentenced to 24 years in prison for child porn
Richard A. Kirkendall, a 34-year-old Oviedo man, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.
View ArticleMan jailed again for 5th Orange road rage shooting, deputies say
An Orange County man arrested in four road rage shootings earlier this week was jailed again Thursday for a fifth incident, deputies say.
View ArticleOrlando museum director: ‘Absolutely no doubt’ Basquiats are genuine
"Absolutely no doubt" Orlando Museum of Art’s Jean-Michel Basquiat's exhibit “Heroes & Monsters” is legitimate, according to the director.
View ArticleOrlando Marriott hosts white nationalist conference with Rep. Marjorie Taylor...
For the second year in a row, an Orlando hotel hosted a secret conference organized by a white nationalist as CPAC went on nearby, according to a report.
View ArticleOrange County Fire Rescue finds shot driver after responding to car crash
The victim, a 39-year-old Black male, was later pronounced dead, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleOn 1st weekend of I-4 express lanes FHP hands out dozens of speeding tickets
After seven years of construction, drivers were gunning to try out the new express lanes on Interstate 4, some with a heavier foot than others.
View ArticleCocoa man arrested, suspected of January murder investigation, police say
A 26-year-old man is facing murder charges for the killing of a man in January in Cocoa, according to Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleWindy Monday ahead of cold front pushing into Orlando
A front is pushing into the Central Florida area Monday as northerly winds call for a breezier and cooler day ahead of scattered showers.
View Article3 Osceola deputies burned while arresting suspect at gas station: report
Three Osceola County sheriff’s deputies and a suspect were burned Sunday night at an Orange County gas station during an arrest, according to news outlets.
View Article30-year-old man shot in Cocoa, police say
A 30-year-old man was shot early Monday at Cocoa neighborhood, according to the Cocoa Police Department.
View ArticleMan arrested at Orlando airport, encouraged others to remove masks on...
Police arrested a man who was asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight trying to take off from Orlando International Airport last week after witnesses said he tried to get other passengers to take...
View ArticleOrange deputy arrested in West Melbourne for DUI, Sheriff’s Office says
An Orange County deputy faces a DUI charge in West Melbourne, according to the Sheriff's Office.
View ArticleDescendant of civil rights martyrs a guest for State of the Union
Darren Pagan, the great-grandson of Harry and Harriette Moore, will virtually attend President Biden's State of the Union address.
View ArticleFlorida is ‘evaluating’ Russian investments as governors in other states cut...
Florida’s $195 billion in assets include about $300 million in holdings in “Russian domiciled investments."
View ArticleOne dead after car lands on top of truck on US 192
A man is dead after a crash sent the car he was driving over the median of U.S. Highway 192 in Osceola County and onto a pickup truck injuring the truck’s driver, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleSunny and cooler Central Florida weather on tap before weekend warmup
Drier air and cooler temperatures are on tap for today and Wednesday as a low pressure system pulls away from Florida.
View ArticleFamily of man killed by police at Winter Park wedding hires Morgan & Morgan
The family of Daniel Knight, the man fatally shot by Winter Park officers at a wedding on Feb. 19, has hired the Morgan & Morgan Law Firm.
View ArticleWorrell creates Special Victims Unit for domestic violence, sex crime cases
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell has created a new Special Victims Unit to manage sexual crimes and domestic violence cases for the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
View ArticleApopka PD ‘needs to be retrained’ after 11-year-old handcuffed, activist says
Apopka PD “needs to be retrained” after an 11-year-old boy was handcuffed recently, civil rights activist John C. Barnett said Tuesday.
View ArticleOrange jail officers injured during incident with convicted cop killer...
The incident happened a day after an Orange County judge ruled Loyd was competent for sentencing on Thursday for the 2017 killing of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.
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