Tropical Storm Cristobal strengthens in Gulf of Mexico
Tropical Depression Three grew into Tropical Storm Cristobal in the Gulf of Mexico, making it the third named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
View ArticleTropical Storm Cristobal strengthens, projected to hit Gulf Coast by Sunday
Tropical Storm Cristobal increased strength overnight and is projected to make landfall over Mexico before venturing north into the Gulf of Mexico and regaining strength before targeting the Gulf Coast...
View ArticleMan arrested after Orlando Police say he tried to stab officers with syringe...
Orlando Police arrested a man they say tried to use a syringe to stab officers during the massive George Floyd protests downtown on Tuesday night.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus cases increase by over 1,300, to 58,764
Florida reported 1,317 new coronavirus cases and 36 more deaths Wednesday, for a new total of 58,764 cases and 2,566 fatalities statewide.
View ArticleUniversal Orlando passholders get sneak peek of theme parks’ reopening
What was it like Wednesday at Universal as passholders and hotel guests return? Here's what we saw.
View ArticleDeSantis reopens bars, movie theaters and concert halls in most of Florida...
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that it’s time for Florida to enter Phase 2 of reopening from the coronavirus pandemic shutdowns, other than the hardest-hit three counties of South Florida.
View ArticleBig day for DeSantis: Reopening, George Floyd, and the GOP and NBA in Orlando
Gov. Ron DeSantis came to Orlando on Wednesday to mark the opening of Universal Orlando’s theme parks, but before he left he made a bunch of news on several fronts.
View Article‘Do you want to go to jail?’: Convicted felon impersonates U.S. marshal at...
Federal prosecutors say a convicted felon impersonated a U.S. Marshals Service deputy during Sunday’s “Justice for George Floyd” demonstration in Orlando and threatened to arrest protesters while...
View ArticleHundreds protest with passion and peace in Clermont
More than 500 people protested the killing of George Floyd in a demonstration marked by passionate words and loud chants during a peaceful march Wednesday.
View ArticleUCF police pulls its officers from downtown Orlando protests
Saying “I hear you, Knights,” the chief of the University of Central Florida Police Department said in a tweet on Wednesday said he will be pulling his officers from covering downtown Orlando during...
View ArticleSpaceX launches another set of 60 Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX launches another 60 of its own internet satellites to low-Earth orbit on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s launch pad 40.
View ArticleMostly peaceful protests continue in Orlando area after new charges filed...
George Floyd protests extended beyond the Orlando metro area on Wednesday, with groups gathering in Clermont and DeLand to support Black Lives Matter. Many celebrated charges filed against four...
View ArticleTropical Storm Cristobal dumps massive rainfall before projected turn toward...
A day after creeping inland, a nearly stationary Tropical Storm Cristobal continues to unleash torrential rain on parts of Mexico and Central America before forecasts bring it north toward the U.S....
View ArticleHurricane hunters’ trips through eye of the storm start from Central Florida...
As Floridians prep to hunker down for the start of hurricane season, a dedicated crew gear up for the impending airborne hunt.
View ArticleUnrelenting Florida rains continue, police rescue drivers stuck in flood
If you think it’s been wet lately in Florida, the National Weather Service agrees, saying May got an early start to the annual wet season. The latest deluge left drivers in need of rescue in one...
View ArticleProtest, walk planned in Lake over George Floyd killing
Another protest and a unity walk are planned this week in Lake County in the wake of George Floyd’s killing.
View ArticleTwo Central Florida teens charged with shooting frozen paint balls at people
Two Central Florida teens were arrested and accused of driving around and shooting people with frozen paint balls.
View ArticleFlorida’s reported coronavirus cases jump 1,419 in biggest daily increase yet
The number of Florida coronavirus cases surpassed 60,000 Thursday as the health department logged 1,419 new cases, the largest single-day increase in reported cases on record.
View ArticleMan threatened to ‘blow up’ Sanford police station on Facebook, cops say
A 20-year-old man’s Facebook post this week threatening to “blow up” the Sanford Police Department and kill police officers led to his arrest on felony charges one day later, according to court records.
View ArticleGeorge Floyd protests: 14 arrests after new earlier curfew for downtown...
Police said 14 people were arrested after the 8 p.m. curfew in downtown Orlando on Wednesday night, the first night after officials moved the curfew two hours earlier for the city’s core.
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