Policy gives prosecutors leeway to drop resisting-arrest charges. Orange...
Citing concerns about enabling disproportionate policing, Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced a new policy Tuesday that would reduce the number of people prosecuted for resisting an...
View ArticleHurricane Delta winds grow to 140 as major Category 4 storm; part of Florida...
Hurricane Delta quickly became the third major hurricane of the 2020 season Tuesday morning jumping to a Category 4 hurricane status in the Caribbean with forecasts of it growing stronger on a...
View ArticleOrlando event promoter accused of sexually abusing teen girl, records show
A local event promoter and influential member of Orlando’s Puerto Rican community was arrested late Sunday after an underage girl accused him of repeated sexual abuse spanning several years, records show.
View ArticleFlorida State University president tests positive for COVID-19
Florida State University President John Thrasher tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday afternoon, a day after his wife Jean Thrasher received a positive diagnosis, according to an announcement by the...
View ArticleFlorida adds 137 more resident coronavirus deaths, 2,582 cases
The Florida resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 14,904 with an additional 137 fatalities reported by the state Department of Health on Wednesday. Another 2,582 positive COVID-19 infection...
View ArticleFlorida añade 137 muertes de residentes y 2,582 contagios
El número de muertos de residentes de Florida por coronavirus aumentó a 14,904 con 137 muertes adicionales reportadas por el Departamento de Salud del estado el miércoles. También se informaron otros...
View ArticleHurricane Delta loses strength, but forecast to reintensify into a Category 4...
Hurricane Delta continued to lose strength Wednesday morning with its maximum sustained winds falling to 100 mph as the Category 2 storm enters the Gulf of Mexico where it is forecast to reintensify...
View ArticleCentral Florida firefighter arrested, accused of setting fire to own home:...
Authorities arrested a Brevard County firefighter Friday for setting his own home on fire in 2019 during Hurricane Dorian.
View ArticleOrlando man arrested in 2016 cold case killing tied to drug-deal robbery
Darren Bocker, 24, of Orlando, was arrested Tuesday on charges relating to a 2016 homicide cold case, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. His brother, Tyrik Bocker, is also in custody in...
View ArticleVice President Pence to campaign in Orlando and The Villages on Saturday
Pence has tested negative, but his contact with Trump and the other infected staffers has led to a plexiglass partition placed between himself and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris at Wednesday’s debate.
View ArticleMore Disney World layoffs revealed: 8,857 part-time union employees are...
“It’s devastating,” said Eric Clinton, president of Unite Here Local 362. “There’s no other way to feel about it all of this.”
View ArticleNew report describes issues affecting LGBTQ+ safety, equality in Central Florida
A report released Wednesday by the One Orlando Alliance highlights the top 10 issues affecting the safety, well-being and equality of Central Florida’s LGBTQ+ community and describes how the COVID-19...
View ArticleOrlando teens arrested after leading police on vehicle pursuit from Tampa to...
Three Orlando teens were arrested Wednesday afternoon after leading law enforcement on a vehicle pursuit from Tampa to Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleAfter years of violence in Pine Hills, Orange leaders still searching for a plan
After a spate of shootings in Pine Hills tied to a gang dispute, local leaders are once again searching for solutions to a problem that has plagued the community for decades, including a citizen task...
View ArticleOver 15,000 Floridians now dead from coronavirus
The coronavirus death toll among Florida residents surpassed 15,000 on Thursday as 164 new fatalities were reported. The state also added 3,306 cases to push the statewide total to 726,013 infected.
View ArticleSchool crossing guard hit by car in St. Cloud intersection, police say
Just after 8 a.m., a car ran a red light on the State Road 500 and Michigan Avenue intersection, striking the crossing guard, who was contracted with the St. Cloud Police Department, Sgt. Jose Nater...
View ArticleMan, 60, killed in Winter Garden during suspected robbery, police say
A 60-year-old man was killed Wednesday when he was shot on a front porch in Winter Garden during a suspected robbery, according to Winter Garden Police spokesman Capt. Scott Allen.
View ArticleDelta grows stronger in Gulf Coast, forecast to become major hurricane again
Delta, a Category 2 hurricane once again, is moving northwestward and gaining strength Thursday morning across the Gulf of Mexico as it heads toward the United States Gulf Coast with a forecast to...
View ArticleShots fired outside Mall at Millenia, no one injured, cops say
Several gunshots were fired inside the food court at the Mall at Millenia on Thursday evening, according to Orlando police.
View ArticleRecord-breaking python killed in Florida Everglades hunt
One of the latest pythons to be caught in the Everglades is a record-breaker. A pair of trappers caught the 18-foot, 9-inch invasive Burmese python on a hunt working for the South Florida Water...
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