2 dead after double shooting near Baldwin Park, deputies say
Two people are dead following a shooting near Baldwin Park on Tuesday evening, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleAlligator steals golfer’s ball on Florida golf course: report
Some golf courses have water hazards, and some Florida golf courses have hazards in the water as one golfer learned Monday after his ball was snatched by a small alligator.
View ArticleMan accused of killing grandmother, great-grandmother, uncle in Florida home
A man was arrested Tuesday and is suspected of killing three family members in a St. Petersburg home.
View ArticleMan jailed in machete attack at Orlando day labor office
A man accused of stabbing a pair of workers at an Orlando day labor office Tuesday morning — one of whom shot the machete-wielding man in the arm in self-defense, police said — has been jailed on...
View ArticleMother charged in Orlando toddler’s death pleads guilty to child neglect
An Orlando mother accused of fatally abusing her toddler in a 2018 case that police described as “torture” pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated child neglect.Victoria Toth, 26, and her boyfriend,...
View ArticleOrlando dance instructor featured on ‘Dance Moms’ show accused of sexually...
Peaches Dance and Music Orlando dance instructor and "Dance Moms" star Kevin Cosculluela was arrested by Orange County deputies Jan. 20 after he was accused of sexual battery and manipulation by former...
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 7,342 new infections and 157 more residents dead
Florida added 7,342 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the cumulative total to 1,844,627. With 157 more fatalities, 29,311 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleSen. Bracy looks for scholarships in push for 1920 Ocoee massacre reparations
Sen. Randolph Bracy will try to secure reparations payments for descendants of victims of the Ocoee massacre that took place in 1920, but is taking a different approach this year. Instead of direct...
View ArticleGroup sues UCF, alleging school seeks to ‘restrain, deter, suppress, and...
A group that describes itself as a defender of free speech has sued the University of Central Florida, saying the school has enacted rules that “restrain, deter, suppress, and punish speech” about...
View Article3 dead in murder-suicide at Melbourne home, police say
Three people are dead after a Melbourne man shot two relatives before killing himself at the family’s home Wednesday morning, according to the Melbourne Police Department.
View ArticleCold front rolling into Central Florida this weekend following heat and rain
Temperatures are getting hot in Orlando Thursday, but following the heat comes rain and cold front to shake up weekend plans.
View ArticleOrlando Police asking public to identify carjacking suspect
Orlando Police are asking residents for helping tracking down a man it suspects of stealing three different cars from women in the Mall of Millenia area.
View ArticleVideo: Orlando cop buys all of street vendor’s flowers after complaint
An Orlando Police officer has gone viral on TikTok after he was caught on camera paying a good deed forward to a woman who had received a complaint last week.
View ArticleDays before George Floyd’s death, 2 Orange deputies used neck restraints...
On the same May afternoon, just days before George Floyd’s slow death under a Minneapolis officer’s knee shocked the nation, two Orange County deputies used dangerous neck restraints in separate...
View ArticlePublix won’t schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments on Friday
Publix canceled scheduling new appointments Friday in Florida for first doses of the vaccine as inclement weather continues to delay vaccine shipments. Friday’s scheduling would have been for new...
View ArticleDriver dead in crash at State Road 408 and Conway Road
Orlando police officers are investigating a single-car crash that left a driver dead at State Road 408 and Conway Road on Thursday, a spokeswoman said.
View ArticleArrest made in January killing during party at apartments near UCF
A suspect has been arrested in the January killing of a 23-year-old man at an apartment complex near the University of Central Florida, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 5,117 new infections, 163 more residents dead as toll...
Florida added 5,117 coronavirus cases Thursday to bring the cumulative total to 1,849,744. With 163 more fatalities, 29,474 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleParents of abused Orlando boy plotted to call him a liar in jailhouse calls,...
As the 11-year-old rescued from neglect and abuse by an attentive server at an Orlando restaurant recovered from his injuries in foster care, prosecutors say his parents were conspiring to get him...
View ArticleWinter Garden police search for man, 88, missing for more than a week
Police are searching for Thomas Eastman, an 88-year-old Winter Garden man who hasn't been seen since Feb. 10.
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