DeSantis signs order allowing parents to ignore COVID-19 school mask mandates
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday to give parents the right to ignore any COVID-19 school mask mandates such as the one in Broward County.
View ArticleDisney requires all non-union U.S. employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations
Disney, Central Florida’s largest employer, is requiring all of its non-union hourly and salaried employees across the U.S. to get the coronavirus vaccine.
View ArticleFlorida close to worst COVID-19 week ever with more than 110,000 infections
Florida nearly matched its worst week ever for reported positive COVID-19 cases as well as a significant jump in reported deaths in the last week, according to the state Department of Health.
View ArticleFamily of Ocoee man who died after being tased working to raise awareness of...
Over two years after Jean “Samuel” Celestin’s death while being tased by police, the Ocoee man’s family is still fighting to raise awareness of his case and seek justice.
View ArticleSaturday weather: High temperatures and humidity in Orlando
Saturday’s weather forecast predicts high temperatures and humidity in Central Florida.
View ArticlePickup truck kills woman near Pine Hills intersection, FHP says
A woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck early Saturday morning as she was walked into the street, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleFlorida breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations with 10,207
A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations, as the number of patients in hospitals because...
View ArticleSupervisor’s guidance led Orange deputy to let abuser go free hours before...
Poor instructions from an Orange County Sheriff’s Office supervisor let a man accused of battery — with a history of violence against the victim — go free, allowing him to return hours later to the...
View Article2 victims shot, injured; Florida police investigating: report
Police are investigating a Monday morning shooting that left two people injured.
View ArticleShower odds return to Central Florida with increased moisture
After a weekend of dry air keeping thunderstorm chances down, moisture is returning to Orlando with showers in Monday’s forecast.
View ArticleHurricane center monitors new system in east Atlantic
After two weeks of quiet, the Atlantic has a system brewing Monday afternoon in the eastern portion of its basin.
View ArticleJudge allows Markeith Loyd to represent himself in trial for Orlando cop’s...
A judge agreed Monday to allow Markeith Loyd to represent himself in the trial for the 2017 killing of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.
View ArticleWoman shot, injured in west Orange neighborhood
Deputies are investigating a Monday night shooting in a Pine Hills neighborhood that left one woman injured and hospitalized.
View Article‘Bring an umbrella’: Showers, thunderstorms predicted throughout the day in...
Bring an umbrella as rain and scattered thunderstorms are forecast throughout Tuesday in Central Florida.
View ArticleBody found with gunshot wound on Osceola intersection crosswalk, troopers...
Authorities are investigating an Osceola County intersection Tuesday morning where the body of a man was discovered.
View Article1 dead in shooting in Pine Hills, deputies say
A man died after he was shot in the Pine Hills neighborhood Monday afternoon, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleDisney workers among 17 arrested in Polk underage sex sting
A 26-year-old lifeguard at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Lodge was arrested in his work attire after went to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex in Polk County, according to the...
View ArticleDeSantis dismisses Florida COVID-19 hospital crisis as media ‘hysteria’
Despite a record number of COVID-19 patients at hospitals across the state and dire warnings from the Florida Hospital Association, Gov. Ron DeSantis dismissed capacity concerns as news media...
View Article16-year-old choked, beat up teen and left him naked in woods to die, deputies...
A 16-year-old Leesburg boy tried to kill another child by choking him and dragging him into the forest, where he beat him up and left him unconscious without clothes, according to the Lake County...
View ArticleHurricane center monitoring 2 areas of interest with slight chances of...
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas of interest Tuesday afternoon, both containing a slight chance of becoming the next tropical depression or tropical storm of the season.
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