Florida adds 11,466 coronavirus cases and 128 more deaths
Florida reported 11,466 new coronavirus cases and 128 new deaths on Friday. Statewide, there have now been 327,241 infected and 4,805 killed. The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide...
View ArticleNASA targets Aug. 2 to bring astronauts from SpaceX Crew Dragon home
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the two astronauts from SpaceX's Crew Dragon will leave the International Space Station on Aug. 1 for a return to Earth on Aug. 2.
View ArticleOrange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh won’t face criminal charges,...
With the primary election a month away, prosecutors announced this morning they will not file criminal charges against incumbent Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh after a lengthy review of a...
View ArticleFlorida adds 10,328 new coronavirus cases; death toll tops 5,000
Florida reported 10,328 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, along with 90 new resident deaths, according to the state health department’s latest update. In total, 337,569 people have been infected, and...
View ArticleMan, 28, charged with murder in road rage shooting in Orange County, deputies...
A 28-year-old man was charged in connection to a Friday night road rage shooting, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleFlorida breaks coronavirus records with 80,236 new cases reported in one...
The state also broke records for the number of new deaths, people tested and hospitalizations reported in a single week. In total, 350,047 people have been infected statewide since the pandemic began.
View ArticleMore than 100 arrested during George Floyd protests in Orlando; nearly 80...
More than 100 people were booked in Orlando, most for misdemeanors or ordinance violations, over six days of demonstrations that began May 30 in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis...
View ArticleHurricane center eyes 2 systems with 20% chance of formation
A tropical wave over the central Bahamas and Cuba has a 20 percent change of formation by the weekend, forecasters said early Monday.
View ArticlePasco County boy, 9, found safe; Amber Alert canceled
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Monday morning said a 9-year-old Pasco County boy was found safe, hours after he’d been reported missing in Holiday in Pasco County.
View ArticleFlorida adds 10,347 new coronavirus cases, 90 deaths
Florida reported 10,347 new coronavirus cases and 90 new deaths on Monday. Statewide, there have now been 360,394 infected and 5,072 Florida residents killed.
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Washington Shores apartment shooting
Police arrested a 31-year-old man Sunday night in connection with a shooting at an apartment complex near Clear Lake that injured two people.
View ArticleCentral Florida parents face deadline on schooling decision; 2nd lawsuit...
On Monday morning, Florida’s teachers union filed the suit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Department of Education and other officials, calling to stop the “reckless and unsafe reopening” of...
View ArticleOsceola commissioner arrested on impersonating law enforcement officer...
Osceola County Commissioner Fred Hawkins Jr. was arrested Monday evening for impersonating a member of the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, according to a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law...
View ArticleHurricane center monitors 3 systems; one may dump rain on Central Florida
The tropics remain a busy place Tuesday morning with the National Hurricane Center keeping track of three systems, two of which have increased odds of development.
View ArticleOsceola crash kills Kissimmee man; FHP seeks witnesses
Authorities are looking for witnesses to a crash Monday night in Osceola County that killed a 60-year-old Kissimmee man.
View ArticleFlorida adds 9,440 coronavirus cases, 134 deaths; Central Florida cases pass 60K
Florida reported 9,440 new coronavirus cases and 134 new deaths Tuesday. Statewide, there have now been 369,834 infected and 5,206 Florida residents killed. Central Florida saw its total cases surpass...
View ArticleSanford senior facility worker trashed resident applications, stole fees,...
An ex-employee of a downtown Sanford senior living facility faces forgery and fraud charges after an investigation found she had trashed the applications of dozens of potential residents and stole...
View ArticleTrump: Florida is in ‘a big tough position’ with coronavirus
Florida is in a “big tough position” when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump said Tuesday in his first briefing on the pandemic in three months.
View ArticleEx-Seminole Tax Collector Joel Greenberg was stealing customer IDs ‘until his...
New details — which prosecutors say prove Joel Greenberg was using his public office to practice making fake IDs — emerged in a Monday court filing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District...
View ArticleOrange Sheriff’s Citizens Advisory Committee continues query into use of...
The Citizens Advisory Committee of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office during a virtual meeting Tuesday continued its review of the agency’s use of force policy and took another step toward forming...
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