COVID-19 in Florida: 5th straight day of under 3,000 reported infections
Statewide, the latest seven-day COVID-19 case count is 15,991, compared with 19,876 in the previous week.
View ArticleUniversal increases starting pay to $15 an hour, first major Orlando theme...
The pay raises take effect June 27 for about 18,000 employees, which includes full-time and part-time hourly jobs as well as entry-level salaried positions.
View ArticleTech trade groups file suit against DeSantis’ Big Tech censorship law
Two technology trade groups filed suit Thursday in a Tallahassee federal court against a new Florida law seeking to punish social media platforms that censor users.
View ArticleHot, wet weather inbound for Central Florida for Memorial Day weekend
Chances of a cookout may be iffy this Memorial Day weekend in Central Florida as rain and hot weather are predicted to take hold.
View ArticleCentral Florida woman plays dead to escape her attacker: report
A Central Florida woman told authorities she pretended to be dead in order to escape the man attacking her.
View ArticleWill hurricane season 2021 be another 2020?
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is nearly here, but will its numbers rival 2020, and will Florida be in the crosshairs? Early indicators once again point to above-average numbers coming off the...
View ArticleFatal crash blocked eastbound lanes on I-4 most of Friday morning
A 30-year-old man was killed Friday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 4 in Deltona that blocked all eastbound lanes for hours, only opening back up just before noon.
View ArticleUniversal Orlando: Masks no longer required indoors starting Saturday for the...
The Universal theme parks are updating the rules to make masks optional and no longer required indoors and in ride queues.
View ArticleNo bond for Florida teen charged with 1st degree murder of cheerleader...
A Florida teen was denied bond after being charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old cheerleader who suffered 114 stab wounds.
View ArticleOrlando’s air and road traffic surge back from COVID, but bus and SunRail...
The region’s auto and plane traffic have recovered largely and surprisingly to pre-pandemic volumes. SunRail and bus traffic are still lagging.
View ArticleFlorida prisons’ plan to digitize incoming mail faces criticism
Florida Department of Corrections officials plan to almost completely digitize mail sent to persons in state prisons.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 6th straight day of under 3,000 reported infections,...
Florida added 2,338 coronavirus cases Friday to bring the cumulative total to 2,320,818. With 41 more fatalities, 36,774 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleOrange County rescue units search for missing paddle boarder in Lake Barton
Orange County rescue units are searching for a man who went missing while paddle boarding with friends in Lake Barton Saturday morning.
View ArticleBoy trapped in Orlando parking garage gate on life support, police say
A 6-year-old boy is on life support after police found him trapped Saturday morning in an Orlando parking garage gate.
View ArticleNo coronavirus report during Memorial Day weekend, Florida health department...
COVID-19 updates are on pause in observance of Memorial Day weekend and will resume on Tuesday, June 1, according to the Florida Department of Health.
View Article‘She was gone, instantly’: Florida hurricane victims recall dangers
In the last 30 years, nearly 500 people in Florida have lost their lives because of hurricanes and tropical storms. Some like 1992's Hurricane Andrew bring back memories of why Floridians should be...
View ArticleBody recovered of missing man paddle boarding at Lake Barton
The body of a 37-year-old man was recovered Sunday afternoon in Lake Barton who was last seen paddle boarding over the weekend, according to Orange County Sheriff's Office.
View Article71 rescues at Volusia beaches on Memorial Day
There were no drowning deaths over the holiday at Volusia County beaches, but the Memorial Day weekend ended dramatically with 71 individuals rescued from the ocean on Monday, according to Volusia...
View ArticleLongwood man, ex-pilot for Southwest, gets probation for indecent exposure...
Michael Haak, 60, a Longwood resident who worked as a commercial pilot for Southwest, was ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and given a year of probation by a federal judge for indecent exposure,...
View ArticleMan killed in Memorial Day shooting on West Colonial Drive
A man died of injuries after deputies responded to a reported shooting and found him in the parking lot of a used car dealership on Monday afternoon on West Colonial Drive near the fairgrounds.
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