Orlando cop who shot knife-wielding man at bus station won’t face charges,...
The Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office declined to file criminal charges against a Orlando police officer who shot a man armed with a knife outside a Greyhound bus station last year, according to a...
View ArticleFlorida to receive largest vaccine supply yet as Pfizer, J&J production kicks up
Florida is set to receive next week its largest supply of COVID-19 vaccine yet with nearly 700,000 of either the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the initial shots of the two-dose Pfizer and...
View ArticleAquatica water park: Riptide Race slide to open next month
Riptide Race, a dueling-raft water slide at Aquatica water park, will debut April 3, SeaWorld says.
View ArticleFlorida man charged in Capitol riot boasted about ‘alliance’ of Oath Keepers,...
A Dunnellon man tied to the anti-government group the Oath Keepers boasted in online messages leading up to the U.S. Capitol riot about having “organized an alliance” with two other far-right groups,...
View ArticleWoman sues Orange deputies who smashed her car window at George Floyd protest
The Orange County deputies who smashed a woman’s car window during a traffic stop near a George Floyd protest this summer, sparking community outrage, are now facing an excessive force lawsuit from the...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 5,143 new infections as cases rise slightly; deaths...
Florida added 5,143 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 2,021,656. With 30 more fatalities, 32,850 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFallen Orlando police Officer Kevin Valencia hailed as hero, fighter in...
The funeral for Orlando police Officer Kevin Valencia, who died last week in hospice care years after he was shot in the head by a domestic violence suspect in 2018, will be held this morning at the...
View ArticleCity of Orlando to pay nearly $1 million to female assistant fire chief who...
A female assistant fire chief at the Orlando Fire Department will receive nearly $1 million as part of a retirement package and settlement reached with the City of Orlando earlier this month after she...
View ArticleOfficials confirm 2nd COVID-19 outbreak at Seminole County jail, at least 18...
Seminole officials on Wednesday confirmed a second COVID-19 outbreak at the county jail since the start of the pandemic, with 22 inmates recently testing positive and one staff member, according to...
View ArticleTeen facing murder charge in slaying near UCF, deputies say
Reinaldo Jesus Hernandez was arrested on Tuesday and is at the Orange County Jail without bond. His arrest affidavit was not immediately available.
View ArticleAmbulance company’s Central Florida branch to pay feds $650K to settle...
The Central Florida branch of a national ambulance company accused of submitting fraudulent Medicare claims for patient transports will pay $650,000 in restitution to the United States in a settlement...
View ArticleFlorida releases COVID-19 variant data day after Orlando Sentinel sues for it
Mutated strains of COVID-19 have reached 41 of Florida’s 67 counties, infecting hundreds of residents, including a 97-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy, according to data released to the Orlando...
View ArticleFlorida members of Congress call for federal probe of dark money in 3 state...
Congressional Democrats are calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the source of funding for political committees that mailed ads to residents of three Florida Senate districts,...
View ArticleDense fog Thursday morning, set to burn up as temp rises into 90s in Orlando
Central Florida is covered in a blanket of fog Thursday morning, and once it’s gone things are expected to heat up in Orlando and surrounding communities.
View ArticleFlorida officer shoots dog, owner demands accountability: report
A Florida woman who called the police on St. Patrick’s Day now demands accountability from officers after her dog was shot.
View ArticleFlorida health experts blast DeSantis’ backers of ‘immunity through infection’
“The most compassionate approach … is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting...
View ArticleCOVID in Florida: 5,773 new infections, 107 more residents dead
Florida added 5,773 coronavirus cases Thursday to bring the cumulative total to 2,027,429. With 107 more fatalities, 32,957 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleFlorida Gov. DeSantis lowers COVID vaccine age to 40 starting Monday, and to...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is lowering the COVID-19 vaccine age to 40 starting Monday and to 18 starting April 5.
View ArticleApopka police searching for car that fatally hit pedestrian
The Apopka Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a sedan they say hit and killed a pedestrian near downtown Apopka Wednesday evening.
View ArticleOrlando police arrest man after Vineland Road closure
Malcolm Moore, 28, was detained on charges of kidnapping with intent to inflict harm, aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a firearm and grand theft with a firearm, the agency said in a news...
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