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ORLANDO, Fla. — A new law that took effect at the beginning of this year is making it possible to track anyone who has been found guilty, or pleaded guilty or no-contest, to cruelty to animals. Dexter’s Law was named after Dexter, a dog who was adopted in Pinellas...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Two Sanford parents are facing child neglect charges after their five-month-old twins were hospitalized for malnourishment, weighing around 5.7 pounds, charging documents say. What we know:. Leroy Somersall, 24, and Madison Smith, 23, were charged with two counts of child neglect with great...

If you have ever looked at a sloth and thought, “Finally, an animal that matches my emotional pace in I-275 traffic,” Orlando is about to become your spiritual home. Sloth World is set to open on International Drive in February 2026, and it is being marketed as the world’s first “slotharium,” which sounds like...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Hernando Cortez Thompson Jr., a 39-year-old Orlando man identified by prosecutors as the leader of the Bloods-affiliated “Sex Money Murder” gang in Florida, was convicted this week on all charges following a Polk County jury trial, state officials announced. The verdict, delivered after about an...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A new U.S. Postal Service rule that took effect Dec. 24 changes when mail gets postmarked, potentially affecting bill payments and other time-sensitive documents. Under the new policy, mail is now postmarked when it reaches a sorting facility rather than when it’s first dropped off, which...

Early yesterday morning, two individuals were wounded in a shooting in Orange County. According to ClickOrlando, the incident occurred around 4 a.m. in the 5900 block of Altec Road, near the intersection of Silver Star Road and North Powers Drive. A man in his 20s and a 19-year-old woman were found by Orange County...

WINDERMERE, Fla. – Two people were injured Monday morning in a four-vehicle crash near Windermere High School, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The wreck happened around 6:20 a.m. on Summerport Village Parkway at Ficquette Road, south of the school. The FHP said the crash involved a 2019 Toyota Corolla;...

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - Police in Altamonte Springs stopped a driver after discovering a remote-controlled device designed to obscure the vehicle’s license plate. The plate cover is a violation of a Florida law that took effect late last year. The backstory:. Officers on patrol along Ronald Reagan Boulevard on...

A former Orlando police officer was fatally shot at a family barbecue on New Year’s Day, an incident that authorities say stemmed from a confrontation with his father-in-law, who has since been charged with second-degree murder.

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