Oviedo council sends four-year term proposal back to voters
Oviedo council agreed this week to let voters decide if they want to make council member terms four years long instead of two and align city elections with even-year, big-draw…
Winter Park plastic surgery center settles complaints by patients with HIV, Crohn’s
Azad Plastic Surgery to pay $20,000 each to 2 complainants who said they were refused services because of their health conditions
Osceola paves way for Canoe Creek, Sunbridge road projects totaling $412M
Osceola County is moving forward with two projects to widen Canoe Creek Road and begin the Sunbridge Parkway Extension project, both of which aim to ease traffic in the county's…
Big Dog Ranch Rescue says animal research lab to close, remaining beagles to be freed
Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee Groves and the Center for a Humane Economy announced on Monday that 475 beagles remaining at a Wisconsin research lab are about to be…
It’s been 10 years since Disney World alligator tragedy that killed 2-year-old Lane Graves
Ten years ago, Orlando was already reeling from a weekend of horror, the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 49 dead, which happened one night after the shooting death…
1 dead, 3 injured after crash in Lake County, FHP says
A 24-year-old man died and three other men were seriously injured after a crash on State Road 33 in Lake County early Sunday, Florida Highway Patrol said.
Pulse 10th anniversary remembrance ceremony: ‘We remain Orlando United’
A Friday evening ceremony marked the 10th anniversary of the Pulse massacre, honoring the 49 victims who died when a lone gunman shot up the gay nightclub.
Mayor Demings will reconvene tourist-tax task force
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings will reconvene a tourist tax task force to guide how to spend the tax bounty generated by record-setting numbers of visitors to Central Florida.
Pulse anniversary: Police chief was stoic but later realized ‘this is huge’
Orlando Police Chief John Mina woke up early June 11 to a tragedy. Singer Christina Grimmie had been fatally shot hours before while signing autographs outside The Plaza Live in…
Pulse anniversary: A memorial, long controversial, should be done in 2027
The long-sought — and long overdue, some say — permanent memorial to the Pulse tragedy is expected to begin its year-long construction timetable this September, pursuing an ambitious goal set…