Orange County OKs plan to set up affordable housing trust fund, add 30,000...
The Orange County Commission approved a plan that over the next decade could create 30,300 new places to live and inject $160 million into affordable housing projects.
View ArticleCaller describes finding vandalized graves open at Edgewood Cemetery
A woman’s 911 call described finding graves vandalized where the vaults were opened and “half the coffin is gone” at the Edgewood Cemetery in unincorporated Mount Dora.
View ArticleFormer Apopka commissioner re-elected to city council in runoff election
Apopka voters elected former city commissioner Diane Velazquez to Seat 2 of the city council in a runoff election Tuesday night to replace Alice Nolan, who resigned from the position in August.
View ArticleGood morning frost! Central Florida wakes up chilly, expected to warm into...
Central Florida residents woke up to frost and chilly temperatures Wednesday morning where a frost advisory remains in place. The forecast is expected to warmup some during the day, but return to...
View ArticleAccused killer of Lakeland couple, believed to have also stolen silver from...
Law enforcement officers believe they have evidence that the accused killer a Lakeland couple may have also stolen three pieces of a sterling silver tea set from the home of the Publix heiress, Julia...
View ArticleCentral Florida teen pleads guilty to murder of mother after fight over grades
A 17-year-old boy accused of killing his mother in 2018 as a 15-year-old after a fight over grades entered a guilty plea for first degree murder Wednesday in a Volusia County hearing.
View ArticleMan dead, woman injured in Casselberry domestic-related shooting, cops say
Casselberry police are investigating an apparent domestic-related shooting that left a man dead and woman injured early Wednesday.
View ArticleDefense urges judge to exclude key evidence in Nicole Montalvo killing
A judge is weighing the fate of crucial evidence in the St. Cloud killing of Nicole Montalvo after hearing several hours of arguments Wednesday on whether a search of the property where her remains...
View ArticleFlorida reports 84 coronavirus resident deaths, 9,592 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 19.462 with the addition of 84 more reported fatalities on Wednesday while also adding 9,592 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleCentral Florida’s homeless coalition gets $2.5 million grant from Jeff Bezos’...
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund is giving $2.5 million to the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida — a grant considered critical as the region braces for a tidal wave of...
View ArticlePolice investigating apparent shooting between homes near Lake Mann
Orlando police are investigating a shooting involving the occupants of two homes in the Lake Mann area, and police say the people involved appear to have shot at each others’ residences from their...
View ArticleCentral Florida coronavirus cases county-by-county
A county-by-county look at positive coronavirus cases including Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk and Sumter counties.
View ArticleOrange sheriff to test sending mental health experts on some calls
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office plans to begin a pilot program in the coming weeks that will send mental health clinicians out with deputies on certain calls, Sheriff John Mina said Wednesday, but...
View ArticleFlorida woman beaten by strangers, who cut her hair in her home: report
A Florida woman is in the hospital after she was attacked Thursday by strangers who beat her and cut her hair.
View ArticleFlorida school principal dies after battle with COVID-19
The principal of Flagler-Palm Coast High School is dead following his battle with COVID-19.
View ArticleFlorida man pulls dog out gator jaws; dog made sheriff’s deputy
A dog lucky to be alive following an alligator attack was deputized as a safety and security officer by a Florida sheriff.
View ArticleFormer Volusia school superintendent Tom Russell dies after testing positive...
Former Volusia County school superintendent Tom Russell, who led the district from 2015 to 2019 after serving for more than two decades as a teacher, principal and administrator, has died of coronavirus.
View ArticleFlorida reports most coronavirus cases since July, another 129 resident deaths
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 19,591 with the addition of 129 more reported fatalities on Thursday while also adding 11,335 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleAccused killers selling St. Cloud house where Nicole Montalvo’s remains were...
The bright blue Hixon Avenue house in St. Cloud made infamous after some of Nicole Montalvo’s dismembered remains were found buried on the property last year is now up for sale.
View ArticleFlorida’s first snow park Snowcat Ridge closes when county revokes permit
Snowcat Ridge, the first snow park in the state that opened last month is now closed.
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