Watch replay: Orlando, Orange County implement curfew after George Floyd...
Mayor Buddy Dyer and Police Chief Orlando Rolón discuss George Floyd protests in Orlando.
View ArticleAtlantic storm breaks up, but new storm could emerge in Gulf of Mexico
Sunday morning, the National Hurricane Center warned that Eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Amanda, which had just moved inland over southeastern Guatemala, had a good chance of reforming in the Gulf of...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus death toll hits 2,451 out of 56k cases; global case total...
Florida reported 4 new fatalities from coronavirus on Sunday, along with 739 new confirmed cases, while the health department works to fix the web dashboard that provides the latest COVID-19 data for...
View ArticleMayhem marks Orlando protests after dark; police use tear gas to disperse crowds
Several hundred protesters demanding justice for George Floyd gathered in downtown Orlando and marched toward City Hall on Sunday night as about a dozen motorcycles and dirt bikes revved their engines,...
View ArticleLessons from Hurricane Dorian now contend with coronavirus for 2020
Just because Florida was spared the devastation Hurricane Dorian could have brought, there were lessons to be learned from the state’s brush with what could have been the strongest hurricane to ever...
View ArticlePolice vehicle strikes, kills pedestrian in Volusia County
A Volusia County woman died while crossing a road when she was struck by an Orange City Police Department SUV that was responding to an emergency call, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleFloridians who have exhausted state unemployment may be eligible for more...
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation offers workers who have already used up their 12 weeks of state benefits an additional 13 weeks in federal aid.
View ArticlePete and Eleanor Baker, married nearly 62 years, loved each other dearly
Eleanor Baker was the kind of helpful, happy grandmother who eagerly volunteered to answer kids’ letters to Santa. Her spouse Pete, a retired New Jersey state trooper, was famous in the family for his...
View ArticleWatch live: Orlando leaders update state of downtown protests
Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón and Mayor Buddy Dyer will provide a public update on a second day of protests in the City of Orlando.
View ArticleFlorida adds 667 coronavirus cases for total of 56,830; death toll at 2,460
Florida reported 667 new coronavirus cases and nine more deaths Monday, for a new total of 56,830 cases and 2,460 fatalities statewide.
View ArticleGeorge Floyd: DeSantis reacts, saying he has 'zero tolerance’ for violence
Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered Florida National Guard troops to some areas throughout the state, but didn’t address the matter that sparked the protests, the killing of George Floyd, a black man, at the...
View ArticleDeSantis extends moratorium on evictions, foreclosures until July 1
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday night extended to July 1 a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures sought by thousands of Floridians devastated financially by the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleVal Demings calls for ban on ‘neck restraints’ by police after George Floyd...
In the wake of the Minneapolis death of George Floyd, who was recorded pleading that he could not breathe while a police officer knelt on his neck, an Orlando congresswoman is calling for a ban on...
View Article‘Justice for George’: Hundreds protest in downtown Orlando, police lead march...
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Kissimmee alongside local police Monday evening, in a show of solidarity against brutality and in support of justice for George Floyd, the Minneapolis man...
View ArticleTropical Depression 3 forms in Gulf of Mexico, could become Tropical Storm...
On the official first day of the 2020 hurricane season, which has already spun up two named storms in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory on Tropical Depression 3 in...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd protests in Orlando: Details on arrests, business break-ins
Over a weekend of protests in Orlando, police arrested 30 people on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to inciting a riot, according to information released by the Police Department late Monday.
View ArticleCentral Florida coronavirus cases pass 6,000; deaths hit 2,530 statewide
Florida reported 617 new coronavirus cases and 70 more deaths Tuesday, for a new total of 57,447 cases and 2,530 fatalities statewide.
View ArticleSanford police complete investigation of teenager’s killing, hand case to...
The Sanford Police Department on Monday completed their investigation into the death of 17-year-old Adrein Green, who was fatally shot by a homeowner last month, handing the case over to prosecutors...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd protests: 13 arrested after curfew Monday night, Orlando police say
A man from the Jacksonville area whose backpack held a hammer, crowbar, spray paint and fireworks, among other items, was among those arrested during Monday night’s protests against police brutality,...
View ArticleOrlando protesters tear-gassed, arrested after throwing rocks, bottles near...
A large, mostly peaceful fourth day of protests in downtown Orlando over the death of George Floyd ended Tuesday night with police using tear gas after protesters threw bottles and rocks.
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