Florida coronavirus update for Wednesday: 48 new deaths push toll past 1,800
Florida coronavirus update for Wednesday including 48 more deaths pushing toll past 1,800 while the nation’s top infectious disease expert warned “the consequences could be really serious” if cities...
View ArticleMore Disney Springs businesses are opening May 27, union leader says
More businesses at Disney Springs could be open starting May 27, a union leader says.
View ArticleModels sue Daytona Beach strip club over photos posted to Facebook
About 33 European models are suing a Daytona Beach strip club for pirating and misusing their images to promote its business.
View ArticleMan who recorded himself running red light on Snapchat before St. Cloud crash...
The victims were on their way home from delivering for UberEats on Oct. 26 when St. Cloud police said the driver sped past a red light at 72 mph while recording a video on Snapchat.
View ArticleFlorida man threatens driver with AK-17 after road rage incident on I-95,...
A Florida man and woman were arrested after a driver was threatened with a rifle following a road rage incident on Interstate 95, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleGov. DeSantis expected to add gyms and expand restaurant seating to his...
“If you’re in good shape, you’re probably going to be OK,” DeSantis said when asked about gyms. “So why dissuade people from going to be in shape?”
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus update for Thursday: 48 new deaths brings toll close to...
Florida coronavirus Thursday update sees 48 new reported deaths with death toll closing in on 1,900 while steps toward reopening continue across the state including Gov. Ron DeSantis expected to...
View ArticleFlorida’s next unemployment crisis: running out of benefits before economy...
Frustrated Floridians seeking unemployment compensation could face a new crisis in the coming months: exhausting their benefits before the state’s tourism-dependent economy bounces back from the...
View ArticleF-22 crashes while training over Florida Air Force base
An F-22 jet crashed at Eglin Air Force Base during training over the Florida panhandle facility’s practice range on Friday morning, according to an Air Force press release.
View ArticleRare Florida grasshopper sparrows raised in captivity now reproducing in nature
In what may be a stunning turnaround for Central Florida’s critically endangered grasshopper sparrows, biologists reported Friday that sparrows raised in captivity and released into the wild last year...
View ArticleFlorida reopens gyms and fitness centers, expands restaurant seating
Gov. Ron DeSantis reopened fitness centers and gyms and said retail and restaurants could begin operating at 50 percent of their indoor capacity starting Monday, an expansion of his plan to restart a...
View ArticleNew Orange County cold case squad makes arrest in 2015 homicide
A re-examination of DNA evidence by the newly-formed Cold Case Homicide Squad at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office led to an arrest in a 2015 Pine Hills homicide, according to a press release.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus update for Friday: DeSantis opens gyms; Central Florida...
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday reopened gyms and fitness centers while Central Florida reported 100 new positive COVID-19 cases.
View ArticleMan shot, killed outside Mount Dora Lowe’s, cops say
Mt. Dora police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the parking lot of Lowe’s on Friday night, a spokeswoman said.
View ArticleDisney Springs: Reopening rules announced (wear a mask); more businesses...
Disney Springs reopening rules: Face masks required when shutdown ends May 20
View ArticleVictim named in Mount Dora Lowe’s shooting; no suspect yet, police say
Officers arrived at the home improvement store in Mount Dora just before 9 p.m. Friday after witnesses reported gunshots in the parking lot.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus update for Saturday: 1,964 deaths reported as case total...
Florida’s coronavirus cases rose to 44,811 Saturday and 47 new reported deaths brought the death toll up to 1,964, as the reliability of tens of thousands of Central Florida test results is brought...
View ArticleState Road 46 partially open after sinkhole stopped traffic for a day
A sinkhole closed State Road 46 on Friday, but the road has reopened on Saturday afternoon.
View ArticleHurricane Center: Tropical Depression One forms off Florida coast, storm...
The first tropical depression of the season developed on Saturday evening just offshore of east-central Florida’s coast with a tropical storm watch issued for North Carolina.
View ArticleDeltona man charged with killing boyfriend with blunt object
Victor M. Mercado is charged with killing his boyfriend with a blunt object, Volusia deputies said.
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