Video: Massive fire destroys Daytona Beach church
Firefighters battled flames Thursday morning consuming a Daytona Beach church, according to the fire department.
View ArticleTwo arrested in retaliation killing in Orange, deputies say
Two men have been arrested in one of the fatal Memorial Day shootings in Orange County, which detectives said was retaliation for a prior killing that same day.
View ArticleSpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with cargo from the U.S. Space Force Thursday just after noon.
View ArticleNext tropical depression likely to form Thursday, hurricane center says
Meteorologists are watching a low pressure system in Gulf of Mexico Thursday that is likely to become the third tropical depression of the season.
View ArticleOrlando police say man who reported finding woman dead in woods killed her
Detectives say Gafford actually met Emery on April 19, two days before he claimed he found her body, at a bus stop. He went into the nearby wooded area and killed her, said OPD spokeswoman Autumn Jones.
View ArticleMan receives 20-year prison sentence in killing of Casselberry teen
A 21-year-old was sentenced Thursday to 20 years behind bars in the 2018 killing of a Casselberry teen in Lake Hodge Park, officials said.
View ArticleTeen who fired at Volusia deputies charged as adult, prosecutor says
The teen runaway arrested earlier this month after a shootout with Volusia County deputy sheriffs will be charged as an adult, while a 12-year-old boy also involved in the shooting will be tried as a...
View ArticleOrlando Police chief vying for position at Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón is in the running to become chief of police at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, records show.
View ArticleUCF basketball player mourns cousin who died in jet ski accident
A University of Central Florida basketball player honored his cousin who died in a jet ski accident last week, writing in an Instagram post that “a piece of me went with you that day.”
View ArticleBystander urged caution with pregnant woman; Orange deputy tackled him, filed...
A bystander asked Orange County deputies in 2019 to be careful handcuffing a woman because she was pregnant, but Deputy Michael Fuller responded to the man with excessive force, later filing an...
View ArticleStorm strengthens as gusts, rain lash Gulf Coast; Florida panhandle remains...
While the system known as Potential Tropical Cyclone 3 has yet to organize itself enough to earn the name Claudette, it did surge to tropical storm strength Friday before arriving on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
View ArticleWoman indicted in 2020 Winter Park homicide, armed robbery
Elisha Morris was indicted by an Orange County grand jury June 4 and arrested Thursday, according to records. She’s accused of killing Curtis Lamar Johnson on June 29, 2020.
View ArticleDeSantis, Moody seek to scuttle protest law case
Lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a measure that the Legislature approved to crack...
View ArticleFlorida COVID resident deaths tick up, but cases lowest reported in more than...
The Florida Department of Health's weekly COVID-19 report shows reported deaths up slightly from the previous week, but new reported infections almost below 10,000, which the state has not seen in more...
View ArticleTeen dies after being rescued from International Drive hotel pool
A 14-year-old boy died Thursday after the teen was rescued from a hotel pool on International Drive that afternoon, according to emergency responders.
View ArticleCourt rules for Florida in cruise case, grants injunction stopping CDC order,...
A federal court granted a preliminary injunction against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its conditional sail order that has shut down the cruise industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleBoy, 12, bitten by shark at Bethune Beach in Volusia County, officials say
A 12-year-old boy was bitten by a shark at Bethune Beach Friday afternoon, marking the third shark bite on a Volusia County beach within five days, according to Volusia County Beach Safety officials.
View ArticleRecovering after ‘pretty cool’ shark bite, 12-year-old boy excited to return...
Surgeries have kept 12-year-old Jaivon “Jai” Villamil in a hospital bed for most of the past week after a shark tore into his right leg while surfing, but the rising seventh grader is already wanting...
View ArticleTropical Storm Claudette advances northeast, heavy rain and gusts hit the...
Tropical Storm Claudette is causing bands of heavy rain with gusty winds still affecting portions of the northern Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center update at 1 p.m.
View ArticleVA takes first steps toward offering gender-confirmation surgeries,...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is taking the first step toward providing gender-confirmation surgeries through its healthcare network, Secretary Denis McDonough announced at a Pride Month...
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