Clermont police close hate crime probe of noose found outside Black-owned...
Clermont police have closed their investigation into a suspected hate crime in which employees of a Black-owned pain relief clinic found a noose hanging from a tree outside the practice in early...
View ArticleAfter near record heat, cool air creep’n into Central Florida this Halloween...
Much to the delight of ghouls, goblins and Tiger King costume choices, cool temperatures are creeping into Central Florida ahead of the Halloween weekend.
View Article1 dead in shooting in Orange County; deputies arrest suspect after standoff
A 46-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning following a shooting that led to the death of a 29-year-old woman late Wednesday and led to a standoff with deputies in Orange County.
View ArticleUniversal theme park revenues plummet 81% in third quarter
Comcast Corp. released its latest financials Thursday showing the blow of the coronavirus pandemic for its Universal theme parks.
View ArticleTropical Storm Zeta cuts through Southeast U.S; leaving 2.9 million in dark;...
Tropical Storm Zeta is cutting powerlines throughout the southeast United States Thursday morning, while the National Hurricane Center identified a new system in the south Atlantic.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: After another day of over 4,000 new cases, total...
After another day with over 4,000 coronavirus cases reported, the total cumulative infected in Florida is approaching 800,000. The state added 4,198 cases Thursday to bring the total to 794,624...
View ArticleLGBTQ landmark Parliament House resort says it will close Monday
Orlando’s LGBTQ landmark Parliament House resort is expected to close Monday, a post from the business on Facebook said.
View ArticleUniversal previews a Halloween Horror Nights house for 2021
Universal Orlando has announced a haunted house for next year's edition of Halloween Horror Nights and previewed it online. Its name will be Puppet Theater: Captive Audience.
View ArticleTourist blames 6-year-old son for how her gun got stashed outside Magic Kingdom
A Disney World tourist accused of ditching a loaded handgun behind a planter near the Magic Kingdom’s security checkpoint had an unusual excuse for how the weapon got there.
View ArticleShooting on South Orange Blossom Trail injures one, deputies say
One person was injured in a shooting on South Orange Blossom Trail Thursday morning, and several people have been taken into custody, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The person is...
View ArticleDisney opening virtual queue earlier for Star Wars ride and allowing remote...
Walt Disney World is changing the ways theme-park visitors can get onto the popular Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The window will open earlier ... and from afar.
View ArticleCentral Florida elections chiefs, law officers stand at the ready to fight...
Elections officials are limited to what they can do beyond the 150-foot limit outside polling locations, the boundary between their jurisdiction and law enforcement. And law officers themselves have...
View ArticleResidents of rundown Mercy Drive apartments in Orlando fight evictions after...
Few people are left at Riviera Villas, a small rundown apartment complex on a blighted stretch of Mercy Drive in Orlando. Most of the tenants — single moms with young kids living off food stamps and...
View Article4 people shot in Winter Garden, police say
Detectives are investigating a shooting involving four victims late Thursday in Winter Garden.
View ArticleHurricane center says Caribbean system has 70% chance of forming in next 48...
The National Hurricane Center raised the likelihood of development for a system Friday morning in the southern Caribbean to a 70% chance of becoming the next tropical depression or tropical storm over...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: Infections pass 800,000 with biggest jump in new cases...
Florida has surpassed 800,000 cases of COVID-19. The state added 5,592 cases Friday to bring the total to 800,216 infected. That’s the most cases reported since a Sept. 1 report which featured cases as...
View ArticleRecent Florida shark attacks on the rise, but that’s expected: here’s why
Florida shark attacks are on the rise, and it's not just because sharks are circling Shark Week on their calendars.
View ArticleMan slapped fellow shopper who wasn’t wearing mask in Longwood grocery store,...
Longwood police arrested Friday a 43-year-old Lake Mary man after he slapped another man who wasn’t wearing a face covering inside a Winn-Dixie grocery store, according to a police report.
View ArticleState attorney candidate Monique Worrell hired by agency ahead of election
Less than two weeks before voters will decide whether to elect her as state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties, Monique Worrell was hired earlier this month by the woman she’s seeking to replace,...
View ArticlePinecrest Academy closed after COVID-19 case, Lake County Schools say
Pinecrest Academy in Tavares is closed for two days following a COVID-19 case, according to Lake County Schools. The announcement comes after the charter school canceled its aftercare program due to...
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