Publix mandates employees to wear masks as Winter Park, Kissimmee workers...
Publix confirmed Monday that employees at Winter Park and Kissimmee stores have tested positive for coronavirus, the same day it joined Walmart in requiring that workers must cover their faces with masks.
View ArticleDisney freeing up more reservations for annual passholders at theme parks
Disney frees up more reservations for annual passholders at theme parks
View ArticleCentral Florida leaders, activist debate Orlando’s path toward justice
Following weeks of unrest after George Floyd’s death in late May, Orlando leaders have expressed their willingness to discuss the need for reform, while local activists have vented frustration with a...
View ArticleUniversal: Video auditions set for Halloween Horror Nights 2020
Universal Orlando: Halloween Horror Nights 2020 auditions set
View ArticleDeborah Henson, ‘first lady of the church,’ had a strong faith
Deborah Denise Henson spent much of her adult life in pain — the result of a freakish accident that left her with plates and screws in her back. But you wouldn’t have known it from her smile. She...
View ArticleFormer city official in Florida pleads guilty in $5M hurricane fraud scheme
A Florida city official pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in a scheme to bilk the federal government out of $5 million in Hurricane Michael cleanup money, the U.S. attorney’s office announced.
View ArticleCentral Florida man arrested after spray painting ‘I can’t breathe’ on 100...
A Central Florida man was arrested after reportedly spray painting anti-racism messages on 100 stop signs.
View ArticleFlorida adds 10,181 coronavirus cases to pass 300K; 112 new deaths, record...
Florida reported 10,181 new coronavirus cases Wednesday to push the total past 300,000, and 112 new fatalities to bring the death toll to 4,521.
View ArticleFlorida’s unemployment agency fires two call centers that were helping the...
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the state agency that since the coronavirus pandemic erupted has handled unemployment claims from nearly 2.5 million people, has severed contracts with...
View ArticleDisney: Epcot quietly reopens with changes
Walt Disney World: Epcot quietly reopens with changes
View ArticleWalmart and Sam’s Club customers must wear masks starting Monday, but no...
Walmart stores will have a single entrance where an employee with a new title of “Health Ambassador” will be tasked with working with people who show up without masks.
View ArticleAfter pair arrested in west Orlando shooting, suspect’s granduncle confessed...
After initially casting blame on his own grandnephew for the crime, an Orlando man confessed to shooting his roommate at close range during an argument over the weekend, police said.
View ArticleReport: Disney’s Magic Kingdom tops worldwide theme park attendance for 2019
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom remained the most-visited theme park in the world in 2019.
View ArticleFlorida’s weekly unemployment claims surge as COVID-19 continues to spread
Florida's unemployment claims easily outstripped increases in week-to-week claims in any other state. The boost broke a short string of declines as people were being called back to work.
View Article2 dead in car after possible road-rage shooting along Florida highway
Two men were found dead in a car after witnesses saw people in a Jeep Cherokee shooting at a Nissan sedan on a Florida highway ramp.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus deaths grow by record 156; new cases up nearly 14K
Florida reported 13,965 new coronavirus cases and a record 156 new deaths on Thursday, a day that also saw a record increase in new hospitalizations. Statewide, there have now been 315,775 infected and...
View Article2nd detention deputy dies amid COVID-19 outbreak at Lake County jail
A veteran Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputy died early Thursday after battling the new coronavirus — the second deputy assigned to the county jail to fall fatally ill after testing positive for...
View ArticlePublix mandates customers wear masks at all its stores starting Tuesday
Shoppers at all of the more than 1,250 Publix stores will be required to wear face coverings starting Tuesday.
View ArticleJoel Greenberg stole identities of customers at Seminole tax collector’s...
Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg used driver’s licenses surrendered to his office by customers to create fake identification cards for himself, according to a newly filed federal...
View ArticleMotorcyclist from Winter Garden killed in Lake County crash
A 34-year-old motorcyclist from Winter Garden was found dead early Friday in Lake County after he apparently veered off County Road 561 and hit a fence, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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