Florida adds over 10K coronavirus cases in one day for record as total nears...
Florida reported 10,109 new coronavirus cases Thursday, a record, for a total of 169,106, and 67 new fatalities to bring the death toll to 3,617.
View ArticleLake, Osceola school districts to offer in-person, virtual, hybrid options...
Osceola and Lake County Public School districts are moving forward with their 2020-2021 school year plans. Parents and students can choose to attend in-person, virtual or, a combination of both. The...
View ArticleDeSantis won’t take responsibility for rising coronavirus cases, cites low...
Gov. Ron DeSantis would not take any responsibility for Florida’s skyrocketing coronavirus numbers Thursday, just hours after the state recorded its highest single day of new cases with more than 10,000.
View ArticleMan videotaped flinging water at protesters near Black Lives Matter mural in...
Jake Ramsey and Rucsandra Bitere were standing outside the Black Lives Matter street mural in downtown Orlando holding signs in support of the movement on Tuesday afternoon when a man in a pickup truck...
View ArticleOrlando police officers blast chief in union survey, accuse agency of...
Many Orlando Police Department officers are unhappy with the way the agency’s leadership responded, lambasting Chief Orlando Rolón in a survey conducted by their union for “pandering” to the public and...
View ArticleMina tasks sheriff advisory board to review agency’s use of force policies
Orange County Sheriff John Mina has tapped his Citizens Advisory Committee to review the agency’s use of force policies, following weeks of nationwide protests, including in Orlando, over police...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ advocates see Orlando as haven in state where danger lurks
LGBTQ+ advocates say Orlando is generally a safe and welcoming city for people of different gender identities and sexual orientations, but isolated incidents of targeted violence still occur within the...
View ArticleSlain prisoner’s family waited 2 years to see autopsy report. They still wait...
More than two years after Carol Thomas’ son died in a Florida prison, she finally found out this week how a medical examiner believes he died: injuries sustained in a physical assault, including two...
View ArticleFlorida adds over 9K new coronavirus cases, third-highest jump in daily...
Florida reported 9,488 new coronavirus cases Friday for a total of 178,594, and 67 new fatalities to bring the death toll to 3,684. Friday’s update marks the third-highest number of daily reported...
View ArticleFlorida breaks coronavirus record with over 11K new cases reported in one day
Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases Saturday, shattering its record for daily reported cases. To date, the state health department has reported a total of 190,052 cases.
View ArticleBermuda eyes new tropical depression, fifth of the season
If Tropical Depression 5 is named, it would be the earliest fifth Atlantic storm on record.
View ArticleTropical Depression 5 passes over Bermuda as hurricane center watches low...
Tropical Depression Five has potential to become a tropical storm as it continues to move north over Bermuda Sunday morning. Meanwhile, forecasters are keeping a close eye on an area of low pressure...
View ArticleFlorida breaks coronavirus record with 59,036 new cases reported in one week
From Sunday to Sunday, Florida reported 59,036 new coronavirus cases, the highest amount in a one-week period since the pandemic began. 312 deaths were reported this week, ending a seven-week period...
View ArticleOne shot at Dunkin’ Donuts in DeLand: report
One person was shot at a Volusia County Dunkin’ Donuts overnight, according to the DeLand Police Department.
View ArticleMan found shot in car in Orange County dies at hospital: report
Orange County deputies found a man shot in his car overnight, and he died later after being transported to a hospital.
View ArticleLightning strike on Clearwater Beach injures 2; one critical
Two people were injured, one critically, when lightning struck on Clearwater Beach, according the Clearwater Police Department.
View ArticleTropical Storm Edouard forms, while system off Florida, 1 other tracked by...
Tropical Storm Edouard became the fifth named storm of the 2020 hurricane season late Sunday forming over the Atlantic while the National Hurricane Center was also tracking two more systems, including...
View ArticleApopka man convicted of sexually battering stepdaughter denied release during...
Matthew Tibbetts, the Apopka man convicted of sexually battering a girl for years, was denied release on a $1 million bond as he appeals his case.
View Article2 dead in apparent murder-suicide in south Orlando, deputies say
A man and a woman were found dead in south Orlando Tuesday night, and deputies believe the man shot the woman before killing himself, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleFlorida adds 6,336 coronavirus cases for total of 206,447; 47 new deaths
Florida reported 6,336 new coronavirus cases Monday for a total of 206,447 and 47 new fatalities to bring the death toll to 3,778.
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