Seminole County needs more vaccine shipments, Washington says more are...
Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris says resources are in place to vaccinate 2,000 people a day but the county has received less than that amount for the whole week.
View ArticleFlorida foster mom to 300 children dies of COVID-19, husband in ICU: report
An Osceola County mother who fostered 300 children over two decades died last week due to COVID-19.
View ArticleTornado touches down in Tallahassee, damages airport & weather center radar...
A tornado touched down in Tallahassee on Wednesday morning and reportedly damaged locations around Leon County.
View ArticleOrlando homes gained $15 billion in value in 2020, report finds
A new report from Zillow found home values increased by $2.5 trillion nationwide, $15 billion in the Orlando metro area, the fastest increase in 15 years.
View ArticleDocuments detail shocking abuse allegations against Seminole children’s book...
Casselberry children’s author Jennifer Wolfthal was arrested on new charges, and her husband was newly booked, both in a horrific child abuse case that sent three children in their care to the hospital...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 8,408 new infections, 160 more residents dead
Florida added 8,408 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 1,676,171. With 160 more fatalities, 25,833 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleSanford man killed in Titusville shooting; suspect found dead
A 36-year-old Sanford man was shot to death Tuesday evening in Titusville, according to police.
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 ArticlePolk fire captain arrested in theft of coronavirus vaccines
A Polk County Fire Rescue captain was arrested Wednesday after deputies say he pressured a paramedic to help him steal three doses of the coronavirus vaccine for his elderly mother. Capt. Anthony...
View Article‘Little criminals’: In Florida, your kid’s chance of arrest at school depends...
An Orlando Sentinel investigation reveals a patchwork of policies at the local level determine when children are arrested for schoolyard fights, threats and other minor offenses. Police agencies,...
View ArticleFlorida still deadliest state for lightning as storms roll into busiest time...
It’s National Lightning Safety Awareness week, and with July around the corner; the month with the highest annual recorded cloud-to-ground lightning flashes, it's time to appreciate how spectacular but...
View ArticleCentral Florida police forces whiter than communities they serve | Special...
Despite initiatives undertaken by local law enforcement agencies to increase diversity, the largest police forces in Central Florida are still whiter than the communities they serve — by a wide margin,...
View ArticleHurricane season 2020 has nothing on Florida’s deadliest, costliest landfalls
What have been the deadliest and costliest hurricanes to hit Florida? Here's a list of the worst storms since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
View ArticleHurricane facts: Which letter has the most retired storm names?
The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season had a record amount of storms, and while experts ask which names they should consider retiring from their named-storm list, we looked into which letter in the...
View ArticleThese were the most-read stories on OrlandoSentinel.com in 2020
The most popular stories on OrlandoSentinel.com this year were about the coronavirus pandemic, nasty tropical weather, discrimination against schoolchildren, a football star’s untimely passing and more.
View ArticleHurricane facts: What was the earliest hurricane to ever form?
Has a hurricane ever formed in the month of January? It sure has.
View ArticleHurricane Facts: What was the earliest tropical storm ever to hit Florida?
Has a tropical storm or hurricane ever hit Florida in the winter time? In 1952, Floridians and Miami tourists were witness to one.
View ArticleHurricane Facts: How many major hurricanes have hit Florida?
The "big one" is always somewhere on the horizon. Unfortunately and eventually major hurricanes do make their way to Florida. But how many times has it happened?
View ArticleFormer Orange deputy accused of ‘manufactured testimony’ in woman’s arrest...
A former deputy with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office is facing charges of perjury and battery stemming from his account of a January 2020 arrest of a woman he accused of battery, records show.
View ArticleMan arrested after killing stepdad, Orlando police say
After a “detailed investigation” detectives arrested Peterson’s stepson, Ulysses Dickey III, Orlando police said.
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