Apopka council races appear headed to runoff election
The vote margins in Apopka today were too close to produce a winner for either city council race, setting up a runoff election for both seats.With 47 percent of the vote, longtime Commissioner Bill...
View ArticleOcoee Mayor Rusty Johnson fends off re-election challenge
Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson scored an easy victory at the polls today, winning the city seat for the second time in a matter of months.Johnson garnered about 63 percent of the vote to stave off an...
View ArticleClinton sweeps Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida; Trump, Kasich split
Hillary Clinton triumphed Tuesday in the Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois presidential primaries, putting her in a commanding position to become the first woman in U.S. history to win a...
View ArticleMike Thomas elected to Maitland City Council
Maitland residents elected planning and zoning board member Mike Thomas to city council Tuesday night. Thomas garnered 3,056 votes, according to unofficial totals released by the Orange County...
View ArticleWinter Park approves new library, elects commissioners
Winter Park voters narrowly approved a ballot question Tuesday that would pave the way for a new $30 million library, events center and parking garage. The referendum received 5,396 votes, according...
View ArticleMarco Rubio drops out after Florida defeat at hands of Donald Trump
Marco Rubio is now the latest in a long line of 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls whose dream was crushed by the Donald Trump steamroller. Rubio's home state of Florida delivered the punishing...
View ArticleClinton, Trump win big in Florida, Rubio bows out
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump rolled to overwhelming victories in Tuesday's Florida presidential primaries, with Trump's win prompting U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to quit the race. Four others states...
View ArticlePetition drive seeks term limits for Orlando City Council
A group of local activists announced a petition drive seeking to institute eight-year term limits for Orlando's City Council. Dubbed "Eight is Enough," the effort was launched by former Marathon city...
View Article12+ punished for mistaken 2015 Doctors Without Borders hospital attack
More than a dozen U.S. military personnel have been disciplined — but face no criminal charges — for mistakes that led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 42 people in...
View ArticleWrong-way Canadian driver had meth, pot and cat, report says
After she was pulled over, a report says, Valerie Helene Godbout gave an excuse about why she was driving on the wrong side of Colonial Drive. Godbout told Oakland police Officer Charles Streetzel she...
View ArticleObama nominates Merrick Garland for Supreme Court
President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, thrusting a respected moderate jurist and former prosecutor into the center of an election-year...
View ArticleReport shows most Central Florida counties have dropped in health ranking
The annual County Health Rankings report was released on Wednesday, showing that three of four Central Florida counties have dropped in their health ranking compared to last year. The report, which...
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott endorses Donald Trump
The day after Donald Trump's big win in the Florida Republican presidential primary - and after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio suspended his campaign - Gov. Rick Scott called for an end to "Republican on...
View ArticleFlorida-grown hops could boost state's craft-beer industry
APOPKA — University of Florida professor Brian Pearson tasted craft beer in England about five years ago, and it changed his life. Pearson, 35, was so impressed he came home and used his own money to...
View ArticleRunaway Country goes big with Chesney, Church and Owen
Shine your buckles, dust off your boots and get ready to get country. Runaway Country, one of the largest multi-day music festivals in Florida, begins March 18 and runs through March 20 at its new...
View ArticleFlorida Republicans weigh aftermath of Trump victory, Rubio withdrawal
The day after Marco Rubio ended his bid for the presidency, staffers emptied out his Orlando campaign office while Gov. Rick Scott called for Republicans to come together behind primary victor Donald...
View ArticleOrange elections supervisor regrets brief ballot shortage
A regretful Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles blamed "human error" for a temporary shortage of ballots at about a dozen precincts during Tuesday's elections, but was confident the...
View ArticleWoman who had sex with Hulk Hogan testifies in privacy trial
The woman who had sex with Hulk Hogan on video testified Wednesday that she didn't know their encounter was being filmed and said she was very upset that her then-husband had recorded the encounter....
View ArticleBondi targets Winter Park travel company for fraud
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office has made a Winter Park company and seven Central Florida residents the latest targets in a statewide campaign to crack down on travel fraud. The company,...
View ArticleFirst look: Kong, dinosaur duke it out at Universal's Skull Island
Universal Orlando is slowly, surely and methodically releasing details about its next big attraction, Skull Island: Reign of Kong. The ride currently is under construction at Islands of Adventure...
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