Thunderstorms, tornadoes rattle across Central Florida
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes battered the region Sunday night, blowing down branches and leaving thousands across Central Florida without power late in the evening.
View ArticleCrump: Don't unseal the $1 million-plus settlement Trayvon's parents received
Benjamin Crump has formally asked Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson to make sure the specific amount of the $1 million-plus settlement Trayvon Martin's parents reached with George Zimmerman's home owners'...
View ArticleAccused witness killer Bessman Okafor moved to Seminole jail
Okafor case sparked scandal in Orange County Corrections Department.The suspect in the killing of a home-invasion witness — whose case sparked scandal in the Orange County Corrections Department — was...
View ArticleLake Mary pain doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison
Ronald Lynch was arrested in 2011, accused of trafficking in pain pills.SANFORD – A judge Monday sentenced a Lake Mary pain doctor to 25 years in prison for trafficking in morphine and two popular...
View ArticleOrlando home prices up 22 percent in a year
The Orlando area's 2-year-old climb up from the depths of the nationwide housing slump has been accelerating lately, with the median home price in the core market rising 22 percent in the past year...
View ArticleOnline-travel tax fight may go to Florida's high court
TALLAHASSEE — After years of debate in state courthouses and the Capitol, a high-stakes tax battle between counties and online-travel companies could wind up in the Florida Supreme Court.
View ArticleWinter Springs at a stalemate over curbside parking
WINTER SPRINGS – Residents are at odds over a controversial curbside parking ban in Winter Springs, and the City Commission remains undecided whether to revoke the decades-old prohibition on parking...
View ArticleReport: Photo shows boy killed in Boston Marathon attack commemorating...
An already-iconic photo of 8-year-old Martin Richard — the boy killed in Monday's terror attack at the Boston Marathon — shows the child commemorating Trayvon Martin with a sign promoting peace,...
View ArticleSeminole rezones east area elementary schools affecting 950 students
SANFORD – Changes in attendance zones that will force about 950 students at a dozen East Seminole County elementary schools to switch campuses in the fall were approved Tuesday by the School Board.
View ArticleOviedo man's death deemed suicide
A day after a man was found dead in the master bedroom of his Oviedo home, police are calling the death a suicide.
View ArticleNaked, drunk man found wandering in Altamonte Springs apartment complex,...
A 42-year-old Altamonte Springs man was released from jail and ordered not to drink alcohol after he was accused of walking around his apartment complex drunk while naked below the waist, authorities...
View ArticleSeminole ends six-month rezoning effort affecting 3,000 students
SANFORD — Rezoning of Seminole County elementary schools was completed Wednesday when the School Board gave final approval to changes in attendance zones for five schools in the Wekiva Springs area.
View ArticleMan arrested in Polk accused of shooting woman, baby in New Jersey
Raymond A. Finch, 34, faces murder and other charges.Federal and local authorities on Wednesday in Polk County apprehended a man who was wanted in the New Jersey cold-case shooting of a woman and her...
View ArticleWWE says new Orlando center will train 'next generation' of wrestlers
Performance Center will serve as regional headquarters, replace training facility in TampaAlmost every aspiring World Wrestling Entertainment star will train in east Orange County at a new boot camp...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman witness list tops 200 as settlement dispute continues
SANFORD — Attorneys for George Zimmerman have filed their final witness list, and it's grown to 210 people.
View ArticleAuthorities identify gun range shooting victim
Authorities today released the name of the man who shot himself in the head at the Oak Ridge Gun Range in Orange County last week.
View ArticleProsecutors add George Zimmerman's wife, mom, brother to witness list
Prosecutors have added George Zimmerman's wife, mother and brother to their witness list in the Trayvon Martin second-degree murder case, according to paperwork made public today.
View ArticleNew Ocoee logo looks like a 'purple turkey,' mayor complains
City Commission adopts new passion-flower logo over Scott Vandergrift's objectionsOcoee's new logo is meant to depict a passion flower and herald a new era of prosperity, but longtime Mayor S. Scott...
View ArticleObama visits relative of Rollins pastor in Boston hospital
Bill White, brother-in-law of Rollins College campus pastor Pat Powers, was lying in a hospital bed in a Boston hospital Thursday when President Barack Obama walked in.
View ArticleLake Mary approves $600K in incentives for Digital Risk
Lake Mary commissioners on Thursday approved the city's share of a $600,000 incentives package designed to help a Maitland-based company create 600 professional jobs in Lake Mary.
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