Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham dies in plane crash
Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham was the only occupant aboard the private plane that crashed in Dunnellon, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
View ArticleWoman hit, killed by Seminole County deputy driving marked patrol car
A woman is dead in a pedestrian-vehicle collision involving a Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputy driving a marked patrol car Sunday night.
View ArticleFlorida man thinks he’s won $1,000, but finds winning lottery ticket worth $1...
A Florida man discovered a life-changing amount of money in his pocket in the form of a winning lottery ticket that he thought was worth $1,000, but was actually worth $1 million.
View ArticleLeesburg man said he had ‘vendetta’ with man he killed, Lake deputies say
Scott Rudolph, 61, faces a charge of first-degree murder in the Friday night shooting death of his neighbor at the Holiday RV Village, Jerry Michael Stewart, also 61.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 782,013 infected, 16,449 residents dead
The Florida Department of Health posted 3,377 new coronavirus cases and 20 new deaths on Monday. To date, 782,013 people have been infected statewide, and 16,449 Florida residents have died.
View ArticleObama to hold drive-in rally in Orlando on Tuesday; Biden plans trips to...
Vice President Joe Biden will be back in Florida on Thursday, traveling to Broward County and Tampa as part of an in-person blitz under way by his campaign in the final full week of campaigning.
View ArticleLarge shed falls off tractor-trailer during crash on S.R. 417
A large shed fell off a truck onto State Road 417 in Orange County on Monday morning, shutting down the southbound lanes after a multi-vehicle crash.
View ArticleMan who sold fentanyl in fatal overdose indicted on murder charge, Orlando...
Jorge Ortiz Garcia is charged with first-degree murder by unlawful distribution of fentanyl, according to police. An autopsy determined the victim, Timothy D. Blankenship, had “significant levels” of...
View ArticleZeta intensifies into Category 1 hurricane before Mexico landfall; part of...
Parts of northern Gulf Coast, including the Florida Panhandle are under hurricane, storm surge and tropical storm watches after Zeta intensified into a Category 1 hurricane Monday afternoon in the...
View ArticleFirst-degree murder indictment brought in Seminole overdose death
A Seminole County grand jury has charged a 27-year-old man with first-degree murder for his role in the January overdose death of an acquaintance, who he is accused purchasing the fentanyl-laced heroin...
View ArticleMan killed in hit-and-run Orlando crash, driver returns while investigators...
A man is dead following a hit-and-run crash Monday night in Orlando, according to an Orlando Police Department release.
View ArticleVolusia school district to vote on controversial social media policy for...
A new social media protection policy could be coming for Volusia County teachers, which many see as a retaliatory reaction for teachers' criticisms toward the district’s handling of COVID-19.
View ArticleUniversal previews a Halloween Horror Nights house for 2021
Universal Orlando has announced a haunted house for next year's edition of Halloween Horror Nights and previewed it online. Its name will be Puppet Theater: Captive Audience.
View ArticleOrlando nonprofit SALT gets $250K grant to keep lending hand to homeless...
As Central Florida's homeless problems worsens in the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Orlando has approved thousands of dollars is supporting charitable groups such as the Christian led...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 786,311 infected, 16,505 residents dead
The Florida Department of Health posted 4,298 new coronavirus cases and 56 new deaths on Tuesday. To date, 786,311 people have been infected statewide, and 16,505 Florida residents have died.
View ArticleOrange deputies seek public’s help after man killed in Apopka-area shooting
A 21-year-old man was fatally shot while he and other unknown suspects attempted to rob a home in Apopka Friday night, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticlePregnant Orange County woman in labor votes from polling place parking lot
A pregnant Orange County woman in labor refused to go to the hospital Tuesday afternoon until after she voted in the Presidential election, so elections staff helped her cast her ballot from the...
View ArticleEccleston Elementary School pivoting to online learning after positive COVID...
Citing a recent spike in positive COVID-19 cases and a resulting quarantine of staff and students, Eccleston Elementary School is pivoting to online-only learning from Wednesday until Nov. 3, according...
View ArticleTropical Storm Zeta moves into Gulf of Mexico, forecast to regain hurricane...
Zeta lost its hurricane steam overnight and moved its tropical-storm-force winds off the Yucatán peninsula Tuesday morning and into the southern Gulf of Mexico where storm models predict it will regain...
View ArticleMask debate gets mothers kicked out of Volusia County School Board meeting:...
Several women were kicked out of a Volusia County School Board meeting Tuesday afternoon after they refused to wear face masks.
View Article