Downtown Orlando 8 p.m. curfew lifted
The citywide and Orange County curfew of 10 p.m. is still in effect. The 8 p.m. downtown curfew was announced on Wednesday, following several nights of skirmishes between protesters and police after...
View ArticleUp to 50 Orlando residents displaced by a possible tornado that struck Saturday
At least two tornadoes were seen near downtown Orlando on Saturday evening as Central Florida felt the effects of Tropical Storm Cristobal in the Gulf of Mexico.
View Article2,700 coronavirus deaths reported in Florida out of nearly 64,000 cases
Florida's coronavirus death toll hit 2,700 on Sunday, with 1,180 new reported cases bringing the statewide total close to 64,000. The global toll from infections breached 400,000.
View ArticleThere is no shooting at Mall at Millenia, Orlando police say, just banging...
Twitter talk of an active shooter at the Mall at Millenia is not true, Orlando police said Sunday.
View ArticleTornado warning in Lake expires; some reports of funnel cloud
Parts of Lake County are under a tornado warning until 4:15 p.m. on Sunday.
View ArticleGeorge Floyd protest draws crowd of about 200 Sunday in downtown Orlando
Protests over the death of George Floyd continued Sunday in Orlando.
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court’s conservatives are reversing longstanding criminal...
Legal experts say the Florida Supreme Court's latest decisions are part of an “alarming” trend from the high court: The new conservative majority is abandoning protections for criminal defendants in...
View ArticleMan dies after 2 shot in Eatonville: report
Two people were shot in Eatonville on Sunday night and police said one of the victims died Monday morning, according to media reports.
View ArticleCristobal downgraded to tropical depression after weekend of flooding, tornadoes
Tropical Storm Cristobal downgraded to a tropical depression Monday morning as it continued to spiral north into Louisiana after a weekend that plagues Florida with tornado warnings including an F1...
View ArticleLawyer says ex-Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin illegally voted in Florida,...
A candidate running for Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County submitted a letter to State Attorney Aramis Ayala Friday alleging Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis ex-cop accused of killing George...
View ArticleFlorida gas could return to $2 soon, experts say
The ride on cheap gas appears to be headed into a more expensive direction in Florida and throughout the country as more businesses engage in regular commercial activity.
View ArticleFlorida’s daily reported coronavirus cases fall under 1,000 1st time in...
Monday’s reported coronavirus cases and deaths in Florida fell back slightly after a week that saw the most positive cases ever recorded in the state, although with a much bigger testing footprint.
View ArticleGiant sink hole opens up over Florida road and swallows traffic sign
A giant sink hole opened up over a Florida road Sunday in Marion County just of north of Orlando, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleCentral Florida weekend tornado tally: 3 for sure, 2 more possible
Central Florida was a whirl with fear as one after the other tornadoes touched down bringing havoc to the communities around them.
View ArticleDefund the police? What do protesters mean when they call for it
The rallying cry to "defund the police" does not necessarily mean gutting police department budgets, but it is a call for change.
View ArticleOrange County Sheriff’s Office updates force policy to include ‘duty to...
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office last week updated their use of force policy to include, in writing, that deputies have a “duty to intervene” if they see or anticipate excessive force, records show.
View ArticleU.S. senators call for federal investigation of Florida’s ‘uniquely poor’...
Two top-ranking U.S. senators on Monday called for a federal investigation into Florida’s “uniquely poor” response to the millions of workers who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus outbreak,...
View ArticleMan shot dead in the back just west of downtown Orlando, police say
A 51-year-old man was found dead Saturday, shot in the back just west of downtown Orlando, police said.
View ArticleLawn to Wildflowers app aims to help make more homes for bees, other pollinators
An app just launched offers a step-by-step guide to turning your Florida yard into a wildflower garden to help bees and other pollinators. This aims to help the population of pollinators who are in a...
View ArticleFraternal Order of Police chapter head issues apology for encouraging cops at...
After encouraging police officers from departments accused of brutality to apply for jobs in Brevard, the county chapter president of the Fraternal Order of Police issued an apology to the public.
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