Florida voters break records on the first day of early voting
Early voting continues until the weekend before Election Day on Nov. 3.
View ArticleOfficer Kevin Valencia, gravely wounded during call, retires from OPD, shows...
An Orlando police officer who has been in a coma for over two years after being shot in the head during a domestic violence call was awarded the purple heart at his retirement ceremony on Tuesday, a...
View ArticleHurricane Epsilon forms in Atlantic, NHC says
Hurricane Epsilon formed Tuesday night in the Atlantic a few hundred miles from Bermuda to become the 10th hurricane of a busy 2020 season.
View ArticleBill seeks to compensate descendants of Ocoee massacre victims 100 years later
A bill introduced by Democratic state Sen. Randolph Bracy would split $10 million among descendants of victims of the Ocoee massacre. The bloody Election Day fray in 1920 led to a lynching and the...
View ArticleOcoee annual country music festival clashes with legacy of lynching victim...
As the 26th Annual Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival kicks off today, Mayor Rusty Johnson finds himself again defending the jamboree from detractors. State Sen. Randolph Bracy, D-Ocoee, is the latest critic...
View ArticleProposal to pay descendants of Ocoee massacre victims takes a step forward
A pair of bills seeking compensation for descendants of the 1920 Election Day race riot in Ocoee received favorable hearings from the state Senate Judiciary Committee this week. The bills’ sponsor,...
View Article1 man dead, another victim injured in shooting in Orlando apartment complex,...
Officers are investigating a shooting scene that left one person dead and one injured Wednesday morning at an Orlando apartment complex.
View ArticleCircuit Judge Alan Apte remains on bench amid molestation probe
Days after an executive order revealed Orange County Circuit Judge Alan Apte has been accused of lewd molestation, few details have emerged about the investigation or the allegation.Apte remains on the...
View Article1,600 people to be laid off from Orlando-based Hilton Grand Vacations...
After more than six months on unpaid furloughs, 1,600 employees are being permanently laid off from Orlando-based Hilton Grand Vacations, one of the country’s largest timeshare companies.
View ArticlePGA cancels Merchandise Show slated for the Orange County Convention Center
The PGA Merchandise Show, which regularly brings 40,000 industry professionals to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, will move to a virtual format in January, citing the pandemic.
View ArticleOrlando man impersonating cop arrested after stealing $100K in merch from...
A 47-year-old Orlando man was arrested Tuesday after he stole more than $50,000 in merchandise from Home Depot and Lowes while dressed up as a police officer or security guard, according to the Volusia...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus numbers update after delay; state to shift how it...
Florida’s daily report on the coronavirus was delayed Wednesday while the state Department of Health released a statement saying it would shift how it investigates fatalities.
View ArticleThreatening ‘Vote for Trump or we will come after you’ emails came from Iran,...
Threatening emails received by Democrats in Florida and other parts of the country that appeared to come from the far-right Proud Boys actually originated in Iran, Director of National Intelligence...
View ArticleFlorida regulators to seek more details about injuries suffered on theme park...
Some lawmakers say there needs to be more oversight in Florida's system that allows theme parks to self-report visitors' injuries.
View ArticleHurricane Epsilon now a major Cat 3 storm; new system forms, could affect...
Hurricane Epsilon rapidly intensified to a major Category 3 storm on Wednesday evening, becoming the fourth major hurricane of 2020. Meanwhile the National Hurricane Center began tracking a second...
View ArticleFlorida man attacks girlfriend with pumpkin: report
Authorities arrested a Florida man early Monday after he reportedly attacked his girlfriend with a pumpkin in Largo.
View ArticleFlorida reports 5,557 new coronavirus cases, 57 more resident deaths
Florida reported 5,557 new coronavirus cases Thursday, and 57 new resident deaths. There have now been 768,091 infections and 16,267 resident deaths statewide.
View ArticleThousands of mail-in ballots have been initially rejected in Florida. But...
“[With] the historic numbers of vote-by-mail ballots coming in, there’s a potential of tens of thousands of ballots being rejected for a mismatched or missing signature,” said Daniel A. Smith, the...
View ArticleFamily of Nevan Baker says civil rights attorney Ben Crump to probe hanging...
Acclaimed civil rights attorney Ben Crump plans to take on the case of Nevan Baker, the Black man found hanging in a tree in an Orlando park earlier this month, according to his mother.
View ArticleOrange County Supervisor of Elections building briefly evacuated after...
Orlando police said there was no hazardous material in a suspicious package found outside the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office on Kaley Avenue.
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