Officials: Seminole deputy charged with battery after punching handcuffed...
A Seminole County Sheriff's deputy resigned before being charged with battery after he allegedly punched a handcuffed suspect, officials said. The deputy, Michael O'Connor, resigned March 24 after he...
View ArticleAmazon's automated warehouses push limits of quick shipping
The robots at Amazon's Central Florida facility get to work the minute a local customer puts in an order on the company's website. The response time was part of the logistics that Amazon showed off in...
View ArticleWinter Park is paradise for those looking to buy homes
Winter Park is a buyer's paradise right now. Compared to Orlando as a whole, Zillow considers the buyer's market in Winter Park to currently be more powerful than the seller's market, ranking the city...
View ArticleUniversal: Say hello to Hello Kitty
Visitors to Universal Studios theme park can now get an audience with Hello Kitty, the popular Japanese character. The big cat, which debuted in the 1970s, is available in the park's new Hello Kitty...
View ArticleLegoland Florida Resort partners with Autism Speaks
To make Legoland Florida Resort more autism-friendly, park leaders are partnering with Autism Speaks to create experiences and spaces for children with autism and their families. A large panel of...
View ArticleThe $149 question: Who wants late-night Disney?
Ever since Walt Disney World announced a new late-night ticket offering to Magic Kingdom, a question has been tumbling around in my brain: Who amongst us would spend $149 on Disney After Hours? This...
View ArticleDeLand 8th-grader Tae Williams excited about Gators offer
Avantae "Tae" Williams wasn't quite sure how to react Wednesday when he learned the news that he was about to be offered a college football scholarship by the Florida Gators. The eighth-grader at...
View ArticleFlorida panther surprises woman at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
A Wisconsin woman visiting Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary north of Naples got the surprise of a lifetime when a she encountered a Florida panther. Tina Dorschel was stopped on a wooden boardwalk path when...
View ArticleHuge satellite company OneWeb is hiring in Central Florida
Satellite company OneWeb, which plans to launch up to 900 new satellites starting in 2017, is hiring for senior level engineers on Florida’s Space Coast. OneWeb has been scouting a possible location...
View ArticleAirlines' battle for Cuba flights turns to 'mudslinging'
Airlines looking to connect Orlando to Havana are trying to look better than the competition as the battle for 30 daily commercial flights from the U.S. to Cuba intensifies. When JetBlue, Southwest...
View ArticleLive @ Noon: Satellite company hiring, and women soccer players sue over wage...
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View ArticleDowntown Orlando's first dog park planned for Constitution Green
Constitution Green could soon be home to downtown Orlando's first dog park, the city's Downtown Development Board said Wednesday. The city plans to add a fenced, off-leash play area to the northeast...
View ArticleOne accused of possessing hoax bomb in Hunters Creek complex
One person was arrested and accused of possessing a hoax bomb after Orange County officials spent Thursday afternoon searching an apartment complex for explosives.Orange County deputies got a call...
View ArticleSeminole judge who jailed domestic violence victim agrees to reprimand
Seminole County Judge Jerri Collins, who ordered a crying domestic violence victim to jail in July because the woman refused to testify against her accused abuser, has agreed she behaved badly and...
View ArticleVirginia trooper killed after questioning man at Greyhound bus station
A Virginia State Police trooper on a training exercise for a criminal interdiction squad was killed and two civilians were wounded when a man the officer had just begun to question opened fire...
View ArticleVictims ID'd in I-4 crash near Longwood
One person died and another was injured after a vehicle flipped on eastbound Interstate 4 in Seminole County Thursday night.The Florida Highway Patrol on Friday morning identified the fatality victim...
View ArticleLow-frequency air carriers come with cheap seats, some risks
Travelers looking to save a couple bucks may opt to book flights with low-cost air carriers, but that means they also run the risk of flying on airlines that don't provide daily service to their...
View ArticleVeteran Miami officer named police chief in Ferguson
A veteran Miami police officer with two decades of experience dealing with the media and community leaders will take over as police chief in Ferguson, hoping to help the St. Louis suburb heal as it...
View ArticleWoman who burned down giant tree going to prison
A Sanford judge today ordered Sara Barnes, the drug abuser who unintentionally set fire to The Senator, one of the world's oldest and biggest bald cypress trees, to prison. Barnes, 30, of Maitland,...
View ArticleUCF partners with MIT in major federal high-tech research
The University of Central Florida and the new high-tech manufacturing center in Osceola County scored a major federal research contract victory, landing a role in a new $75 million deal to develop...
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