CENTRAL FLORIDA NEWS

Mark Vangroff, managing partner of One Stop Housing, plans to address the housing crisis in Orlando.

The Central Florida Urban League — a group that promotes educational training and entrepreneurship in Central Florida — announced it will be partnering with Central Florida Community Arts to put together free summer camps for local youth in grades K - 8.

An 18-month-old boy died after being found in a retention pond Monday afternoon, Winter Garden Police Department Captain Scott Allen said.

Months after three men were arrested and accused of attacking a Jewish victim during a Nazi rally in Orange County, the sheriff’s office released video interviews with one of the suspects claiming he did not commit a hate crime.

The quick-service, chicken wing chain Wingstop is giving a new menu item a trial run in select markets, including Orlando.

A Central Florida man says an identity thief used a fraudulent deed to take possession of his vacant land and then tried to sell the property to an unsuspecting buyer.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for an Osceola County girl after she was reported as missing, deputies said.

The Osceola School District will hold a job fair to hire 40 more bus drivers and 140 additional bus attendants for the upcoming 2022-23 school year.

A woman was found critically injured after a hit-and-run crash in Osceola County early Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Leaders in one tourism-dependent Florida county battered by the pandemic are giving graduating high school seniors free tuition at either the local community college or the county technical school.

Everett Miller was convicted in 2019 for the murders of Sgt. Sam Howard and Officer Matthew Baxter.

The plan calls for approximately $13 million in restoration and maintenance of 1,550 acres of Split Oak Forest for a 30-year period.

Two Davenport parents were arrested Wednesday after their 2-year-old daughter was starved to death, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a news conference Thursday.

In the wake of the recent deadly shooting by two Osceola County deputies at a Target on April 27, questions have loomed about the policies at the sheriff’s office.

42-year-old Robert Simmons was arrested after an 18-hour manhunt, deputies say.

One man was killed and another was injured in a shooting at a bar near Haines City, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A volunteer with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was arrested for selling his monthly prescription of Oxycodone pills from a marked vehicle, the sheriff said.

A 19-year-old Lake Wales man was arrested Thursday in the shooting death of his own mother, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

A Central Florida man says an identity thief used a fraudulent deed to take possession of his vacant land and then tried to sell the property to an unsuspecting buyer.

In a newly filed court order, U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell indicated that the year-long delay in sentencing Joel Greenberg has been “in the interest of justice.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Sanford.

Traveling between Sanford and Mt. Dora just got easier.

The Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Café in Sanford is setting up for the release of its murder-mystery dinner theatre with performances by Lake County’s Something New Studio.

The Oviedo Fire Department got a new tower truck which city leaders said will help firefighters respond to the area's booming growth.

A child riding in a van died Saturday evening in a crash on Florida’s Turnpike near Wildwood that left two others with serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A four-vehicle crash on County Road 48 in Sumter County Friday evening left two people dead and two others seriously injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

In the wake of the recent deadly shooting by two Osceola County deputies at a Target on April 27, questions have loomed about the policies at the sheriff’s office.

We asked the county shelters in Central Florida to tell us about their longest shelter residents. All of these cats and dogs are looking for homes.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in The Villages.

Two residents of The Villages now admit they voted twice during the 2020 election, court records show.

A teen was hospitalized with critical injuries Monday afternoon after being hit by a train in Edgewater, police said.

An 18-wheel tractor-trailer in Deltona was stolen and soon crashed on I-4, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

City commissioners in DeLand have been searching for ways to help residents get affordable housing. During their next meeting, they will vote on a proposed ordinance to loosen developing regulations to hopefully bring in more housing options.

A 67-year-old Deltona man using a motorized wheelchair accidentally fell into the pool at his home and apparently drowned, deputies say.

A motorcyclist was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Friday afternoon after a crash in Port Orange, police said.

Hate incidents targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are on the rise across the nation and across Florida, according to data from several watchdog groups.