Coronavirus death toll in Central Florida nears 2,000 as global infections...
Florida added 3,204 coronavirus cases Friday to push the statewide total to 677,660 infected. With 139 new virus fatalities reported statewide Friday, 13,225 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleAfter warm, stormy weekend, temperatures cool slightly next week
After a tumultuously stormy and warm weekend, get ready to open up a window for a nice cool breeze as temperatures dip into the low 70s in Central Florida next week.
View ArticleDeSantis highlights springs restoration with funding to benefit Weeki Wachee
The first funding of $50 million in 2020 funds set aside in the Florida budget for springs-related protection was handed over by Gov. Ron DeSantis in a ceremony at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park on...
View Article1 arrested in May fatal shooting near Rosemont
A 30-year-old man was arrested Thursday for shooting and killing a man during a confrontation near Rosemont in May, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
View ArticleFlorida corrections department enters controversial immigration agreement...
The Florida Department of Corrections will begin carrying out certain federal immigration enforcement tasks in a new partnership with ICE, becoming the latest agency to join a controversial program...
View ArticleWalt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort is laying off 1,100 employees
The Marriott International hotel in between Epcot and Hollywood Studios called the economic impact “historic, swift and devastating" as it alerted the state as a requirement under federal law for mass...
View ArticleFlorida unemployment falls to 7.4%, dropping into single digits for the first...
Unemployment in Florida fell to 7.4% in August, a significant drop from previous months when joblessness was still in the double digits. But the Orlando area, where mass layoffs have displaced tens of...
View ArticleMother of man shot by Orange deputy to protest organizer: ‘Stop using his name’
The mother of Salaythis Melvin asked community activist Miles Mulrain Jr. — who has driven almost all the local protests calling for justice in her son’s killing by an Orange County deputy sheriff — to...
View ArticleHurricane season has gone Greek as Tropical Storm Beta forms after Tropical...
The last name in the "2020 hurricane season name list” has been used as Tropical Storm Wilfred officially formed Friday morning in the east Atlantic as the earliest “W” named storm on record at the...
View ArticleFlorida reports 62 new coronavirus deaths; infection total tops 681,000
The Florida Department of Health posted 3,573 new coronavirus cases and 62 new virus fatalities on Saturday. To date, 681,233 people have been infected statewide, and 13,287 Florida residents have...
View ArticleCentral Florida coronavirus cases county-by-county
A county-by-county look at positive coronavirus cases including Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Polk and Sumter counties.
View ArticleRick Scott calls for Trump Supreme Court nominee to get Senate vote
Florida Sen. Rick Scott said it would be “irresponsible” for the U.S. Senate to allow an “extended vacancy” on the Supreme Court and that President Trump’s choice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
View ArticleTropical Storm Beta remains at a standstill in Gulf Coast; Hurricane Teddy...
Tropical Storm Beta, named using the Greek alphabet after Wilfred took up the last name in the “2020 hurricane season list," has been stationary in the Gulf Coast for the past several hours, according...
View ArticleFlorida reports 2,423 new coronavirus cases, 8 more resident deaths
The Florida Department of Health reported 2,423 new coronavirus cases and eight new fatalities on Sunday. To date, 663,994 people have been infected statewide, and 12,608 Florida residents have died...
View ArticleDeputies investigate apparent drowning at hotel
Orange County sheriff’s deputies were investigating an apparent drowning Saturday at a hotel on International Drive. Deputies said they were summoned to the Clarion Hotel about 4:30 p.m. Saturday and...
View ArticleFlorida reports over 2,500 new coronavirus cases, 9 more resident deaths
From Sunday to Sunday, the state saw 19,760 new cases, 1,156 newly reported hospitalizations, and 688 newly reported deaths, according to state health department data.
View ArticleThree years after Hurricane María, survivors in Central Florida count blessings
Some say Sept. 20 is a day Puerto Ricans will never forget. More than a dozen families who survived Hurricane Maria which smashed the island in 2017 and who now live in Central Florida gathered Sunday...
View ArticleTropical Storm Beta approaching Texas coast Monday; low pressure producing...
The latest on the tropics: Aircraft and radar data show that Tropical Storm Beta has redeveloped as it continues moving closer to Texas; a low pressure system moves inland over south and Central...
View Article20-year-old woman dies in shooting in Winter Park
A 20-year-old woman died Sunday night after having been found by deputies in Winter Park with a lethal gunshot wound.
View ArticleSunRail train crashes into car in south Orange County; 55-year-old driver...
A SunRail train crashed into a car that was left on the railroad in south Orange County, according to news reports. The train crash was reported just before 7 a.m. at Lancaster Road and south Orange...
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