Orlando man gets more than 6 years in prison for credit card fraud, identity...
A federal judge sentenced a 37-year-old Orlando man to six years and nine months in prison for using fake driver’s licenses to buy cars and stay at fancy hotels, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
View ArticleBrother of Nicole Montalvo’s accused killer takes plea on child porn charges
Along with 10 years behind bars, 29-year-old Nicholas Rivera will be on probation for 15 years after his release, according to an agreement with prosecutors signed by Rivera’s attorney on Tuesday.
View ArticleAfter botching Florida’s unemployment system, consultant just won a $110...
Deloitte Consulting LLP beat out four competitors to update Florida's Medicaid program, even though its work designing Florida’s CONNECT website is under state investigation.
View ArticleFaith leaders, activists call for ‘radically different’ policing in Central...
Orlando-area faith leaders and activists called for local law enforcement agencies to change their approach to public safety Wednesday, citing data reflecting racial disparities in policing as well as...
View ArticleMan arrested on second-degree murder charge in road rage incident
A 25-year-old Rockledge man is facing a second-degree murder charge after Orange County sheriff’s deputies said he shot and killed another man during a road rage incident last month.
View ArticleSecond suspect arrested in shooting death of Burger King employee over...
Orange County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested the wife of the man who shot and killed a 22-year-old Burger King employee last weekend, an agency spokesperson said Wednesday.
View Article1 dead in shooting off Willie Mays Parkway in west Orange
While responding to a shooting in west Orange County Wednesday night, deputies found a person with a gunshot wound who died shortly afterward.
View Article2 injured in Sanford domestic shooting, police say
Two people were injured, one critically, in a Sanford shooting stemming from a domestic dispute Wednesday evening, Sanford Police Department spokeswoman Tammy Townsend said.
View ArticleFlorida adds 7,650 coronavirus cases as total infected passes 510,000
Florida added 7,650 coronavirus cases Thursday to push the statewide total to 510,389 infected. And with 120 new virus fatalities reported Thursday, 7,747 Florida residents are now dead.
View Article16-year-old faces attempted murder charge in Sanford shooting
Sanford police arrested a 16-year-old boy after they say he shot a man through a door during a dispute at a Sanford home on Wednesday night, according to police.
View ArticleHurricane forecasts now predict ‘extremely active’ season, could see 25 named...
Warm waters and atmospheric trends are leading the way for an “extremely active” hurricane season, according to two separate forecasts, which adjusted their initial 2020 estimates and now see as many...
View ArticleDeSantis removes quarantine of metro New York travelers coming to Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Thursday rescinding travel restrictions on people coming to Florida from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. People from those areas had been advised to...
View ArticleWeak system dissipates; hurricane center forecasts ‘quiet’ weekend for...
After a weak system with low odds of development in the Atlantic officially dissipated on Thursday afternoon, it appears the tropics will be quiet over the next couple of days, according to the...
View ArticleShooting at Lynx bus stop leaves 1 injured, police say
One person was injured in a shooting at a Lynx bus stop in the Johnson Village neighborhood Thursday night, Orlando Police Department spokesman Lt. Wesley Whited said.
View ArticleUniversal theme park revenue plummets 94% during height of coronavirus...
Universal theme parks are dealing with "daunting" operational challenges during the coronavirus pandemic but so far, guest satisfaction is high while the crowds remain low, an executive said.
View ArticleDisney theme parks lose $2 billion from coronavirus closures
Walt Disney Co. released numbers that reflect the devastating blow the pandemic left on what was once a major moneymaker — its theme parks.
View ArticleCentral Florida surpasses 80,000 coronavirus cases
Florida added 7,686 coronavirus cases Friday to push the statewide total to 518,075 infected. It’s the 13th day in a row the state Department of Health reported an increase below 10,000 cases.
View ArticleDriver vandalized Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Orlando with car,...
A driver vandalized the “Black Lives Matter” mural in downtown Orlando early Friday by making skid marks on top of it with a car, police say.
View ArticleShe spent the pandemic interpreting Orange County virus briefings for the...
No one ever had to convince Jillian Kalish that coronavirus could be a killer. Even before her father, Gene, 77, died July 24 of complications from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the...
View ArticleBoy, 16, now faces murder charge after victim in Sanford shooting dies
After the 18-year-old victim in a Sanford shooting died of his injuries Thursday, Sanford police upgraded the murder charge against the alleged teen shooter in the case.
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