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Florida gas prices forecast to rise by as much as 10 cents this week

Prices at the pump could bounce up this week at Florida gasoline stations, according to a forecast by AAA - the Auto Club.

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Hurricane center watching for possible Caribbean system

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of the Caribbean Sea Monday morning where they expect to see a low pressure area with low odds of becoming a tropical depression or storm by the end...

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‘Malibu Rapist’ to face charges in 15 cold cases, Orlando cops say

George Girtman, better known as the Malibu Rapist who terrorized a west Orlando neighborhood in the late 80s and early 90s, is facing charges in 15 more sexual battery cold cases, an Orlando police...

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Woman killed, child critically injured in shooting at Orange County apartment...

A 37-year-old woman was shot and killed, and her child was left critically injured Sunday night in an Orlando apartment complex, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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Central Florida man loses $250K in sweepstakes scam: report

A Central Florida man is warning others not to fall for the same scam he was the victim of, costing him $250,000.

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Outage at cloud service company Fastly briefly brings down numerous websites,...

Dozens of high-traffic websites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch and the U.K. government’s home page, could not be reached early Tuesday.

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Construction workers stuck in 40-foot-high bucket in Orlando rescued safely

Two construction workers who hit a 40-foot-high power line were rescued safely, officials said.

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Hurricane center continues eyeing possible Caribbean storm

An area of low pressure is forecast to develop before the end of this week and has stronger odds of becoming the next tropical depression or storm in southwestern portion of the Caribbean Sea.

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Husband arrested in domestic shooting that killed wife, injured stepdaughter

The husband of Capucine Carson, who was fatally shot Sunday night, was arrested in her killing, as well as shooting his stepdaughter.

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Osceola deputy suspended after striking man handcuffed to hospital bed,...

An Osceola County deputy sheriff was suspended with pay after hitting a man handcuffed to a hospital bed who appeared to be “in a mental health crisis,” Sheriff Marco López told reporters on Tuesday.

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Survivor of ‘Malibu Rapist’ praised for courage as Orlando detectives file...

Community leaders praised Gail Gardner, a survivor of the "Malibu Rapist," for her courage after announcing new charges against him.

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Orlando man arrested for killing woman, dumping her body in rural Lake...

An Orlando man accused of fatally shooting an Orange County woman and dumping her body in rural Lake County in April was arrested in Georgia and extradited to Central Florida last week, according to...

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Val Demings launches 2022 campaign for Senate against Marco Rubio

Saying she’s ready for a “tough fight,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Orlando officially launched her campaign to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio next year.

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Body found in Central Florida river, deputies say

Deputies are investigating a body discovered in the Banana River off of Merritt Island on Tuesday evening, according to Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

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Central Florida man stabs victim with sword after hogging TV remote: report

A fight over control of a television remote led to one man stabbing another with a sword Monday night in Titusville.

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Orlando cop accused of punching man suspended after plea to battery

Officer Cedrick Hinkles was docked 80 hours of paid time off in March after OPD found he violated the agency’s standards of conduct by approaching a man with whom he’d already had a “prior altercation.”

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Hurricane center waiting for system to emerge; low odds of development

An area of low pressure is forecast to develop over the next couple of days the southwestern portion of the Caribbean Sea, and couple later grow to become a tropical depression or storm.

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U.S. Senate designates Pulse nightclub as a national memorial; bill headed to...

The legislation passed unanimously Wednesday afternoon after its sponsor, Sen. Rick Scott, asked that it and its companion bills be approved by unanimous consent in observance of the five years since...

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‘Slow down and land immediately:’ NTSB releases preliminary report on...

As the pilot of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter made his seventh pass while doing a test on a new water tank last month at Leesburg airport, employees on the ground noticed something was wrong: the...

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Florida youth minister arrested after attempting sex with a teen girl,...

Deputies arrested a 29-year-old Florida youth pastor on Monday after he attempted to have sex with a teenage girl, according to Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

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