COVID vaccine appointments available: Orange County opens portal for...
Orange County unexpectedly opened appointments for its COVID-19 vaccination site at the convention center Tuesday morning. All Florida residents 16 and up are eligible for the shot, although 16- and...
View ArticleUniversal’s Islands of Adventure: VelociCoaster opens June 10
Jurassic World VelociCoaster opens at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park on June 10,
View ArticleFlorida reports 70 coronavirus resident deaths, 5,556 new cases
Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 33,780 with the addition of 70 more reported fatalities on Tuesday while also adding 5,556 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to...
View ArticleDeSantis threatens CBS with ‘consequences’ over ‘pay-for-play’ vaccine story...
Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened CBS with unspecified “consequences” over Sunday’s “60 Minutes” story about coronavirus vaccine favoritism, saying he was “going to bite back and hold [CBS] accountable.”
View ArticleOsceola sheriff calls for funding to expand traffic unit after child killed...
Osceola County Sheriff Marco López told reporters Tuesday that he needs more county funds to expand the agency’s traffic enforcement unit in the wake of a child being killed in a crash caused by...
View Article1 injured in road rage shooting in east Orlando, police say
Orlando police are looking for a man who shot another driver in an apparent road rage incident near the Englewood Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to the Orlando Police Department.
View ArticleDeSantis’ Big Tech crackdown bill is ready for vote in full House
Despite concerns about its constitutionality, a bill to punish Big Tech companies that “deplatform” candidates remove or censor users’ speech without reason is ready for a vote in the House after...
View ArticleJoel Greenberg claimed to have explosives during hours-long negotiation...
Joel Greenberg claimed to have explosive devices and threatened to harm himself while negotiating his surrender with Seminole County deputy sheriffs in early March, which delayed for hours efforts to...
View ArticleFeds want to keep Ormond Beach Proud Boys organizer jailed before trial
Federal prosecutors have requested Ormond Beach Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs be detained as he awaits trial on charges that he helped plan the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, arguing his current...
View ArticleState prisons set to receive 33K doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Florida Department of Corrections facilities will receive 33,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, a spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management said Tuesday evening.
View Article18-year-old motorcyclist killed in Orange County hit-and-run, FHP says
An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash near Azalea Park Tuesday night when a car ran a red light and collided with his motorcycle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in multi-vehicle crash on I-95 in Volusia; all southbound...
A pedestrian was killed Wednesday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Volusia County, which has all southbound lanes closed.
View ArticleFlorida man shot, killed neighbor after argument about a fence, then turned...
A Florida man was arrested and is suspected of shooting and killing his neighbor Monday evening following a dispute about a fence.
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson vaccine shortage cuts Florida supply next week, down nearly...
Florida’s weekly allotment of vaccines for COVID-19 from the federal government will take a big hit from this week’s record numbers after a major reduction in the one-dose Johnson & Johnson supply,...
View ArticleDisney World opens a vaccine site for its employees
Disney confirmed a limited number of employees signed up for appointments and received the Pfizer vaccine starting Tuesday at its health clinic near Epcot.
View ArticleOrlando detectives ask for help solving killing of boy, 15
Orlando police are asking for the public’s help in solving a December homicide that killed a 15-year-old boy in Parramore.
View ArticleCOVID in Florida: 5,885 new infections, 42 more residents dead
Florida added 5,885 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 2,096,747. With 42 more fatalities, 33,822 Florida residents are now dead.
View Article19-year-old killed in Orange County’s 9th fatal hit-and-run accident in 2021,...
Florida Highway Patrol officials are searching for the driver who fatally hit a 19-year-old pedestrian in south Orange County last week in a crash troopers say is the county’s ninth fatal hit-and-run...
View ArticleOrlando man to face life prison sentence for stealing firearms from DeBary...
A 21-year-old Orlando man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of armed burglary Wednesday for breaking into a DeBary gun store and helping steal 18 firearms in July 2018,...
View ArticleFlorida man freed from death row after 30 years in prison: report
A Florida man was ordered to be released from prison Wednesday after spending over 30 years behind bars and nearly 20 years on death.
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