Gov. Ron DeSantis reopens nursing homes, assisted living facilities to visitors
FFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the reopening of long-term care facilities to visitors Tuesday after nearly six months of lockdown, saying the closure was necessary to prevent the spread of the...
View ArticleTropical Storm Omar forms off North Carolina coast; TS Nana in Caribbean
Tropical Storm Omar became the second storm to form on Tuesday as hurricane season nears its apex, the National Hurricane Center said. Omar, more than 200 miles east of the North Carolina coast with 40...
View ArticleOrlando social media stars: Scooter Magruder reigns as sports comedy YouTube...
Scooter Magruder, an Orlando resident, first started his YouTube channel, ScooterMagruder, in 2006, which can best be described as Magruder hilariously expressing the frustrations, hypocrisies, sadness...
View ArticleSanford police arrest suspect in killing of 23-year-old man
Sanford police on Monday arrested a man they say shot a 23-year-old man in the head, killing him, during an attempted robbery last month.
View Article3 charged in connection with deaths of Central Florida couple found burned in...
Six people have been charged in connection with the deaths of three people, including a Longwood couple, found burned inside a car in Buffalo, N.Y. last year, and federal prosecutors say three of those...
View ArticleJudge dismisses AdventHealth from lawsuit by family of man at center of...
A judge has dismissed AdventHealth Orlando from a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died under the care of a private guardian paid by the hospital company, finding that the plaintiffs failed to...
View ArticlePort Orange woman arrested in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist in Oviedo
A Port Orange woman was arrested in a fatal hit-and-run of cyclist in Oviedo Aug. 16, that killed a 76-year-old man.
View ArticleThree plead guilty to veterans health care fraud at The Villages
Three family members plead guilty to health care fraud at The Villages.
View ArticleOrlando activists vow to march on despite arrests during recent protests
Organizers who've staged recent protests against police brutality at Universal Orlando and the Florida Mall say their resolve has only been hardened by the arrests of protesters, which have continued...
View ArticleFlorida reports 2,402 new coronavirus cases, 127 more resident deaths
Florida added 2,402 coronavirus cases Wednesday to push the statewide total to 633,442 infected. With 127 new virus fatalities reported Wednesday, 11,501 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleLeesburg pedestrian killed crossing U.S. 27
Leesburg resident Joseph Meister was killed as he walked across U.S. 27, police said.
View Article16-year-old boy charged as adult in Sanford slaying
A 16-year-old boy is facing a second-degree murder charge as an adult in the shooting death of an 18-year-old man last month in Sanford, according to the Brevard-Seminole State Attorney’s Office.
View Article3 taken to hospital after hazmat situation at OUC power plant
A hazmat situation at an Orlando Utilities Commission power plant caused three people to be taken to the hospital, according to Orange County Fire Rescue.
View ArticleDisney World reopening some theme-park restaurants
Disney World adds a few theme-park restaurants back into its dining lineup at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios.
View ArticleTropical Storm Nana creeps closer to Belize as TS Omar becomes depression;...
Nana is forecast to become a hurricane Wednesday night before it makes landfall in Central America, the National Hurricane Center said.
View ArticleDeSantis taps GOP lawmaker to lead embattled unemployment compensation agency
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday named Rep. Dane Eagle to replace Ken Lawson as executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity, the beleaguered agency in charge of the jobless system, which...
View ArticleSeminole jail inmate with COVID-19 dies as dozens more test positive
Less than two weeks after Seminole officials reported a coronavirus outbreak at the county’s jail, an inmate has died after testing positive for COVID-19, according to sheriff's officials. Dozens more...
View ArticleVisit Florida unveils $13 million campaign to lure tourists from in-state
DeSantis also said he believed Central Florida theme parks “can definitely do a lot more” when it comes to expanding visitor capacity.
View ArticleDisney pushes back reopening of Polynesian to next summer
Walt Disney World has pushed back the reopening of Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort to summer 2021. The hotel has been closed since mid-March.
View ArticleSanford man arrested, accused of having sex with 16-year-old girl
A 60-year-old Sanford man paid a 16-year-old girl for sex and attempted to continue a sexual relationship with her while knowing she was underage, the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation found.
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