37+ min ago   (125+ words) Three people were hospitalized after nearly colliding head-on early Sunday morning on Interstate 75 in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 22-year-old Ocala man, driving a Toyota Tacoma, was traveling southbound the wrong way in the northbound lanes…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (348+ words) A Broward County school bus driver has died after he was hit by another school bus driver early Wednesday morning at the district’s bus lot in Pompano Beach, officials said. Just before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, someone reported a crash between a…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (553+ words) The man and woman who were discovered dead in a luxury high-rise apartment in Fort Lauderdale have been identified, and police are investigating their deaths as a murder-suicide. Just after 1:30 p.m. Sept. 5, Fort Lauderdale Police officers found Justin James Gelato, 38, and…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (989+ words) More than 80 years since the end of World War II, one small but mighty tugboat has a story that has come full circle, beginning in DeLand and returning for its final chapter. The U.S. Army ST-479 “Tiger” now sits on the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1255+ words) In 2020, a Central Florida foster family was able to adopt eight children who had been removed from their homes by the state’s Department of Children and Families — despite the fact the foster parents had been investigated 18 times by that department,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (619+ words) Vivoli Il Gelato‘s world-famous affogato is made with a custard, Silvana Vivoli tells me. “It has three ingredients: milk, sugar and egg.” Simplicity, she says, is part of what has kept her family’s business successful since 1929, when Serafino Vivoli…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (131+ words) Orlando Sentinel Trump posts Space Force uniforms derived from fascist-inspired ‘Starship Troopers’ outfits OCPS slashes budget as enrollment falls and schools plan for cuts Bianchi: Yes, Mike Norvell should be on the hot seat, but FSU fans shouldn’t be pouring…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (172+ words) Hurricanes running back Jordan Lyle was arrested in August on charges of fleeing police and reckless driving. On Wednesday, the state attorney’s office chose to not charge Lyle with fleeing police, according to Broward County court records. Lyle is now…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (211+ words) • Our Orlando street drains used to be cleaned every season and also before and after major storms came through. Now, my neighbors and I on Riverside Park Road, Meadowglen Drive and Plantation Drive are lucky to get a cleaning yearly....

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (869+ words) The Orange County School Board approved its annual budget Tuesday evening, a spending package that is $400 million smaller than last year’s and could mean layoffs are coming as the district grapples with the impacts of declining enrollment. Though Florida hiked…...