Trump targets Ocala and other Florida exurbs, hoping to repeat his 2016...
“The last thing he wants is a sort of fatalistic attitude from his supporters who think that maybe the election is doomed and they don’t show up,” Isbell said. “So going into these areas does have a...
View ArticleDriver arrested in Mall at Millenia shooting that targeted Orlando rapper,...
New details about the shooting that authorities say targeted 20-year-old Jacquavius Smith, whose stage name is pronounced “Glock Nine,” were included in a warrant affidavit for 19-year-old Joshua Caleb...
View ArticleFlorida GOP closes gap on Democrats in voter registration, but Dems take...
Florida numbers released Thursday show 5,169,012 registered Republicans, 5,303,254 Democrats and 3,753,286 non-party affiliated voters.
View ArticleHurricane center predicts 2 systems emerge in western Atlantic; both with low...
The National Hurricane Center’s Thursday afternoon forecasts predicts two systems, with odds of becoming the next tropical storm, to emerge in the Atlantic sometime after this weekend.
View ArticleShooting at Orange County motorcycle club leaves 3 dead, 1 injured
Detectives are investigating a shooting scene that left two men dead early Friday in Orlando not far from Baldwin Park.
View ArticleCDC report warns of indoor sports after COVID-19 outbreak from Florida hockey...
A COVID-19 outbreak was identified among 13 people after a hockey game over the summer in Tampa, and the CDC says the nature of indoor sports was key to the easy spread from the event.
View ArticleFlorida resident coronavirus deaths up 94 with 3,449 new reported cases
The Florida resident death toll from coronavirus increased to 15,830 with the additional 94 fatalities reported Friday by the state Department of Health. Positive cases of COVID-19 increased by 3,449...
View ArticleSearch for missing Belle Isle woman presses on 3 weeks after disappearance
Police and volunteers continue their search for Stephanie Hollingsworth, a 50-year-old Belle Isle mother of three, who went missing three weeks ago. She was last seen at a Walmart liquor store located...
View ArticleLake Election Supervisor office worker dies by suicide
A death by suicide was reported Friday at the Lake County Supervisor of Elections Office.
View ArticleFBI partners with OCSO, OPD to tackle gang feud linked to 5 killings
FBI investigators are partnering with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Orlando police to tackle a local gang feud that authorities say has resulted in the recent killings of at least five people...
View ArticleState’s memo won’t lead to a purge of Florida felons from voter rolls,...
Local election officials say no ex-felons suspected of still owing fines or fees will be removed from voter rolls prior to the election, despite a memo from state officials this week telling them some...
View ArticleFlorida unemployment checks may flow for 19 weeks in 2021; September jobless...
Out-of-work Floridians will be able to collect unemployment checks for as many as 19 weeks in 2021, state officials said during a news conference Friday to discuss the unemployment rate hitting 7.6% in...
View ArticleTwo arrested after motorcyclist dies in hit-and-run crash near UCF
A 27-year-old Orlando woman died early Friday when her motorcycle was involved in a three-vehicle crash in which the driver of one of the vehicles fled the scene on foot, according to a report from the...
View ArticleAfter-school program counselor sent explicit photos to middle school...
In interviews with detectives, Gabriel Mills, 22, claimed to be dating one of the victims and confirmed he sent nude photos to her and another student but said he did not know why he did it. He met the...
View ArticleHurricane Center says odds higher Atlantic system could form into Tropical...
The National Hurricane Center updated the odds of development regarding a low pressure system Friday afternoon in the mid-Atlantic with higher chances of becoming Tropical Storm Epsilon.
View ArticleOrange Circuit Judge Alan Apte accused of molestation, governor’s order says
The order, signed Wednesday, assigns the case to Daytona-based State Attorney R.J. Larizza because Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala has a conflict of interest as Apte is a judge in her...
View ArticleDemocrats cry foul after state tells elections supervisors to guard ballot...
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is telling county elections supervisors that ballot collection boxes outside early voting sites have to be staffed, but the local officials' attorney said Florida law...
View ArticleTwo seriously injured after car crashes into Orange County home, FHP says
The vehicle first struck a curb, then traveled off the road, struck a tree and pole, overturned, and then hit a house off Toledo Street in east Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
View ArticleFlorida adds over 4,000 new coronavirus cases, 87 more resident deaths
Florida reported 4,044 new coronavirus cases to bring the statewide infection total to 752,481 on Saturday. With 87 more resident deaths also reported, the toll has reached 15,917, according to state...
View ArticleVice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris to visit Orlando on Monday
Harris' trip will come on the first day of early voting in Florida.
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