Circuit Judge Alan Apte remains on bench amid molestation probe
Days after an executive order revealed Orange County Circuit Judge Alan Apte has been accused of lewd molestation, few details have emerged about the investigation or the allegation.Apte remains on the...
View ArticleFlorida regulators to seek more details about injuries suffered on theme park...
"There needs to be more oversight," one lawmaker said.
View ArticleOrlando man impersonating cop arrested after stealing $50K in merch from...
A 47-year-old Orlando man was arrested Tuesday after he stole more than $50,000 in merchandise from Home Depot and Lowes while dressed up as a police officer or security guard, according to the Volusia...
View Article1,600 people to be laid off from Orlando-based Hilton Grand Vacations...
After more than six months on unpaid furloughs, 1,600 employees are being permanently laid off from Orlando-based Hilton Grand Vacations, one of the country’s largest timeshare companies.
View ArticleBill seeks to compensate descendants of Ocoee massacre victims 100 years later
A bill introduced by Democratic state Sen. Randolph Bracy would split $10 million among descendants of victims of the Ocoee massacre. The bloody Election Day fray in 1920 led to a lynching and the...
View ArticleOcoee annual country music festival clashes with legacy of lynching victim...
As the 26th Annual Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival kicks off today, Mayor Rusty Johnson finds himself again defending the jamboree from detractors. State Sen. Randolph Bracy, D-Ocoee, is the latest critic...
View ArticleProposal to pay descendants of Ocoee massacre victims takes a step forward
A pair of bills seeking compensation for descendants of the 1920 Election Day race riot in Ocoee received favorable hearings from the state Senate Judiciary Committee this week. The bills’ sponsor,...
View ArticlePGA cancels Merchandise Show slated for the Orange County Convention Center
The PGA Merchandise Show, which regularly brings 40,000 industry professionals to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, will move to a virtual format in January, citing the pandemic.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus numbers update after delay; state to shift how it...
Florida’s daily report on the coronavirus was delayed Wednesday while the state Department of Health released a statement saying it would shift how it investigates fatalities.
View ArticleFlorida man attacks girlfriend with pumpkin: report
Authorities arrested a Florida man early Monday after he reportedly attacked his girlfriend with a pumpkin in Largo.
View Article1 dead after rear-ending tractor-trailer on Florida’s Turnpike, FHP says
A driver was killed Thursday morning after crashing into a tractor-trailer on Florida’s Turnpike in Osceola County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
View ArticleFlorida reports 5,557 new coronavirus cases, 57 more resident deaths
Florida reported 5,557 new coronavirus cases Thursday, and 57 new resident deaths. There have now been 768,091 infections and 16,267 resident deaths statewide.
View ArticleHurricane Epsilon weakens to Category 1; expected to blow past Bermuda today;...
Hurricane Epsilon has weakened further Thursday morning into a Category 1 storm but the hurricane’s eye has shown signs of better structure as Epsilon′s tropical-storm-force winds are expected to...
View ArticleThousands of mail-in ballots have been initially rejected in Florida. But...
“[With] the historic numbers of vote-by-mail ballots coming in, there’s a potential of tens of thousands of ballots being rejected for a mismatched or missing signature,” said Daniel A. Smith, the...
View ArticleOrange County Supervisor of Elections building briefly evacuated after...
Orlando police said there was no hazardous material in a suspicious package found outside the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office on Kaley Avenue.
View ArticleFamily of Nevan Baker says civil rights attorney Ben Crump to probe hanging...
Acclaimed civil rights attorney Ben Crump plans to take on the case of Nevan Baker, the Black man found hanging in a tree in an Orlando park earlier this month, according to his mother.
View ArticleArmed man barricaded in hotel room on International Drive surrenders,...
Orange Sheriff’s deputies worked for over six hours Thursday afternoon into the evening to coax an armed man out of a hotel room on International Drive after the man refused to leave the property, a...
View ArticlePregnant woman shot in Orlando dies; doctors save baby, police say
A woman who was six months pregnant when she was shot in her car earlier this month near Clear Lake died Thursday, but doctors successfully delivered her baby before her death, according to Orlando...
View ArticleFlorida reports 3,689 new coronavirus cases, 73 new resident deaths
Florida added 3,689 coronavirus cases Friday to bring the statewide total to 771,780 infected. With 73 new virus fatalities reported statewide, 16,340 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleWeekend weather: Expect summer-like heat, rain in Central Florida
It may be October but the weather and temperature in Central Florida this weekend feels a lot like a Sunshine State summer.
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