Parts of Florida under Tropical Storm Watch as Tropical Depression Fred...
The watch is in effect for the Keys from Ocean Reef to the Dry Tortugas, and for the southwest coast of the Florida Peninsula from Bonita Beach south and east to Ocean Reef, including Florida Bay.
View ArticleOrange sheriff declines advisory board’s advice to limit deputies’ social...
In a rare move, Orange County Sheriff John Mina chose not to accept a recommendation from his citizens advisory board, which would have limited deputies' ability to post on social media.
View ArticleThree Orlando nurses arrested for alleged abuse, neglect of disabled patient...
Three Orlando nurses are accused of improperly responding to a disabled adult with hypothermia in 2019, applying bags of hot water to the person that caused severe burns, according to officials.
View ArticleOrange County woman gets life in prison for fatally beating toddler
An Orange County woman was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally beating her former girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 2017.
View ArticleFlorida Board of Education will meet to deal with 2 school districts defying...
Two Florida school districts that have imposed mask mandates on students, defying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order banning such rules, could face sanctions Tuesday when the State Board of Education holds an...
View ArticleGuest died after riding Disney’s Spaceship Earth, theme park injury report says
The man’s death is the first linked to a Florida theme park reported to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services since June 2018, records show.
View ArticleFlorida reports 1,071 COVID deaths, more than 151,000 cases in last week
The state Department of Health reported its weekly COVID-19 numbers and Florida cases and positivity continue to surge while reported deaths are up once again. Check out the latest numbers.
View ArticleDeSantis issues State of Emergency for parts of Florida as Tropical...
Tropical Depression Fred is moving northwest from Cuba, and should regain its tropical storm status in the next 12 hours. That projection triggered a tropical storm warning for the Florida Keys as the...
View ArticleFlorida now in cone of Tropical Depression 7, expected to become Tropical...
While Tropical Depression Fred looks to skirt Florida’s west coast this weekend, it’s a system farther in the Atlantic that could make its way to Florida in the middle of next week.
View ArticleFlorida woman arrested on DUI manslaughter charges in Orange County crash
Officials arrested a Florida woman after she crashed into and killed another driver in Orange County.
View ArticleCentral Florida fatal crash shuts down portion of I-95, FHP says
FHP troopers are the scene of a Central Florida crash that killed one person and shut down I-95.
View ArticleBiden administration joins Florida’s school face mask fight, supports...
President Joe Biden even called Broward’s superintendent Friday night, the Miami Herald reported, to offer his support for district rules requiring students to wear masks. On the call, he said his...
View ArticleFred warning for Florida Keys discontinued, no coastal watches or warnings in...
There are no coastal warnings or watches in effect for Tropical Storm Fred.
View ArticleTropical Storm Grace persists with heavy rainfall in the Caribbean; New...
Tropical Storm Grace continues to produce heavy rainfall and tropical-storm-force winds as it heads toward the Lesser Antilles Saturday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.
View ArticleTropical Storm Fred churns across Gulf toward Florida Panhandle
Fred has redeveloped into a tropical storm as it moves over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and could bring potentially life-threatening storm surge conditions to parts of the Florida Panhandle, the...
View ArticleTropical Depression Grace aims for Dominican Republic and Haiti; Florida out...
Grace has downgraded into a tropical depression on Sunday evening but is expected to bring heavy rainfall to the Dominican Republic and Haiti, according to the National Hurricane Center.
View ArticleFlorida close to worst COVID-19 week ever with over 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 ArticleFlorida reports 1,071 COVID deaths, more than 151,000 cases in last week
The state Department of Health reported its weekly COVID-19 numbers and Florida cases and positivity continue to surge while reported deaths are up once again. Check out the latest numbers.
View ArticlePeak of hurricane season spinning just around the corner
Between mid-August and mid-October meteorologists prepare for a flurry of storms during the period known as the “peak of season," with this particular season predicted to be ripe with storms, experts say.
View ArticleOsceola sheriff piloting Hispanic outreach initiatives with new social media...
It’s the Osceola County Sheriff's Office's broadest effort to date at providing access to services in a county that saw largest percentage point increase in Hispanic residents in the nation between...
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