Orlando police officer Kevin Valencia dies, years after being shot in...
Kevin Valencia, an Orlando police officer who was left in a coma after he was shot in the head during a domestic violence call in 2018, has died, according to Orlando Police Department Chief Orlando...
View ArticleFlorida man convicted in nightclub shooting
A 31-year-old man was convicted Monday in connection with a shooting of two people outside a Florida night club.
View ArticleMassive fire engulfs home of former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson
A massive fire has destroyed much of the Orange County home of former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, but he and his family were all safe after evacuating early Tuesday.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 4,791 new infections, 101 more residents dead
Florida added 4,791 coronavirus cases Tuesday to bring the cumulative total to 1,984,425. With 101 more fatalities, 32,449 Florida residents are now dead.
View Article‘A hero’: Orlando police, community remember fallen officer Kevin Valencia
Orlando police officers parked an agency vehicle with a memorial wreath in front of the department Tuesday, where OPD Chief Orlando Rolón said members of the public can come to express grief or...
View ArticleChristmas woman said husband shot neighbor to protect her. Victim’s video...
A woman claimed her neighbor was about to run her over with a backhoe tractor on her property in Christmas last week when her husband shot the other man to death in order to protect her, according to...
View Article2 Apopka women dead in crash near Volusia County Fairgrounds
Two Apopka women were killed Tuesday morning when their car veered into oncoming traffic in Volusia County.
View Article‘Misuse’ of Florida’s Baker Act traumatizes thousands of kids each year,...
More than 30,000 children have been involuntarily committed in Florida every year since 2013 — a trend which advocates say is a “misuse” of the state’s Baker Act that leaves kids who are already...
View Article42 dogs rescued, 3 men arrested in Daytona Beach dogfighting ring bust
Forty-two pit bulls, including 18 puppies, were rescued from two Daytona Beach homes in a dogfighting ring bust that led to the arrests of three men earlier this month, according to the Daytona Beach...
View ArticleGeorgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead; man captured
Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in accident near Pine Hills, FHP says
A 20-year-old Orlando motorcyclist was killed Tuesday afternoon after colliding with a car on Silver Star Road in Pine Hills, according to Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Kim Montes.
View ArticleFHP investigating second crash within a week at fatal intersection
The Florida Highway Patrol responded to another accident at Clarcona Ocoee Road and Gaymar Drive Tuesday night, less than a week after investigating a crash that killed five people at the same...
View ArticleOrlando police holding funeral procession Wednesday for fallen officer Kevin...
Officers with the Orlando Police Department will escort the body of Officer Kevin Valencia over 55 miles to an Orlando-area funeral home Wednesday morning to honor the fallen officer, the agency said.
View ArticleLanes reopen after vehicle fire on Maitland Boulevard
A car fire Wednesday morning has authorities working a scene on Maitland Boulevard and is causing traffic delays.
View ArticleSophia’s Law moves closer to becoming law after subcommittee vote: report
Over a year since 12-year-old Sophia Nelson died, and Florida legislators have taken another step in preventing other children or adults from the same fate.
View ArticleHot St. Patrick’s Day on tap for Orlando before weekend cooldown
The luck of the Irish is coming in hot for St. Patrick’s Day Wednesday in Orlando as temperatures are forecast to swelter during the daytime.
View ArticleSuspect in shooting spree at Atlanta-area spas was ‘on his way to Florida,’...
The man who killed eight people at three Atlanta-area spas was “on his way to Florida” when he was apprehended by law enforcement, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said at a press conference...
View ArticleDisneyland is reopening April 30, 13 months after COVID-19 shutdown
“The day all of us have long been waiting for is almost here,” Disneyland president Ken Potrock said.
View ArticleFormer Florida senator’s house raided after he bragged about planting...
Florida law enforcement raided the home of a former state senator after he bragged about planting a candidate in a senate race.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 4,599 new infections, 55 more residents dead
Florida added 4,599 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 1,989,024. With 55 more fatalities, 32,504 Florida residents are now dead.
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