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A drier day in play for Central Florida, keeping the skies hazy

Orlando has got another hot, humid and hazy day ahead, but go ahead and add “dry” to the list of adjectives you might use to describe this Wednesday.

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Hurricane center watches 2 systems with 80% odds of development; 3rd has...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three systems in the Atlantic, two with very high odds of becoming the next tropical depression of the 2021 season.

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Casselberry woman arrested in husband’s killing after she ‘revised’...

A Casselberry woman is now facing a first-degree murder charge in her husband’s July killing, weeks after she reported him dead.

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Person shot on North Semoran Boulevard

Deputies are investigating a shooting on Semoran Boulevard that left one person in the hospital.

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Rainy Thursday ahead for Central Florida

Thursday will be littered with spotted thunderstorms across Central Florida, according to Spectrum News 13 meteorologist Maureen McCann.

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Suspect killed after firing at deputies in Sanford: report

A man was shot and killed after shooting at Seminole County deputies Thursday morning in Sanford.

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Suspect sought after 4-year-old girl fatally shot while sitting in vehicle in...

Tampa police officers planned to go door to door Thursday to hang door tags in the area where 4-year-old Suni Bell was shot and killed Sunday night.

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Tropical Depression 9 forms, projected to hit Gulf Coast as hurricane

The ninth tropical depression of the 2021 season formed Thursday morning in the west Caribbean Sea, although it is projected to become a hurricane in the next two days.

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Unionized Disney performers agree to employee vaccination mandate

Disney’s performers working under Actors’ Equity Association contracts are included in the company’s mandatory employee vaccination policy after Disney reached an agreement with the union earlier this...

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2 Orlando women among 8 indicted in $2 million ‘grandparent scam’

Two Orlando women were among eight people indicted in a federal case that said the accused targeted elderly victims around the nation by telling them their grandchildren were in dire need of help.

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Orlando police say new body cams will improve transparency, accountability

Through upgraded technology, the Orlando Police Department hopes to improve transparency and better respond to calls with a new fleet of body-worn cameras.

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2020 had 102 tropical storms, well above world average, NOAA report says

Tropical storms in 2020 didn’t just break records in the northern Atlantic. It happened everywhere.

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Former Windermere cop’s YouTube ‘battlefield’ rant could hurt Capitol riot...

After his recent arrest in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, former Windermere police officer Kevin Tuck has posted incendiary videos on YouTube, calling for others to "rise up."

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1 dead, 1 hurt in crash in east Orange County

A male victim is dead and a teenage boy is in serious condition after a vehicle accident Thursday night in east Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Volusia County man killed when dirt bike hits SUV

A 30-year-old Orange City man riding a dirt bike without a helmet or working lights was killed Thursday night when he hit an SUV that drove into his path, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Hurricane Ida takes form and aims at U.S. Gulf Coast with projections to...

Ida grew into a category 1 hurricane Friday afternoon as it made landfall along Cuba’s Isle of Youth, the National Hurricane Center said. It is expected to become a major hurricane by Sunday night...

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Ex-Orange deputy gets 12 years in prison for stabbing wife’s divorce attorney

A former deputy was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for stabbing his wife’s divorce attorney at a Winter Park law firm in 2019.

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Police: Man found shot in west Orlando, taken to hospital

Police say a man was found Friday evening with a gunshot wound in west Orlando and taken to the hospital.

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Florida reports 1,727 COVID deaths, more than 150,000 cases this week

The state Department of Health reported its weekly COVID-19 numbers and Florida cases and positivity continue to surge while reported deaths are up once again. Check out the latest numbers.

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Judge grants release to Orlando serial rapist Tommie Lee Andrews from sex...

Andrews, 58, was the first person convicted with DNA evidence in the U.S. during his 1988 trial for two violent rapes. He was originally arrested in several cases in which women alleged an armed and...

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