Police searching for missing 15-year-old in Florida
FLORIDA — Authorities are searching for a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since last week in Seminole County. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert for Jade Toth on Thursday. Deputies say she was last seen on Feb. 5 in the 2800 block of Spring Heather Place in Oviedo. Officials...
100 years of Black history in education through the lens of Jones High School
ORLANDO, Fla. — For a century, Black educators across Central Florida have broken barriers, opened doors and shaped generations of students. At Jones High School, the region’s first historically Black high school, that legacy isn’t just remembered — it’s lived every single day through the teachers, leaders and...
3 generations of business: Nikki’s Place remains an Orlando staple for years
ORLANDO, Fla. — Three generations of entrepreneurs and cooks in Orlando are keeping their family’s history alive, one plate at a time. Nikki’s Place in downtown Orlando is celebrating years of service and family history. Nikki’s Place has become a generational staple for families in downtown Orlando,...
The Love/Hate Issue: What we all love (and hate) about the City Beautiful
In our Love/Hate Issue, we’re sharing a handful of Valentines (and anti-Valentines) — Cupid’s darts aimed at Orlando by Orlando Weekly's editors, writers and readers. The post The Love/Hate Issue: What we all love (and hate) about the City Beautiful appeared first on Orlando Weekly .
FAMU Says Barring ‘Black’ From Black History Month Flyers Was A ‘Staff-Level’ Error
On Monday, Feb. 9, NewsOne reported that FAMU College of Law student Aaliyah Steward said she was told by FAMU that she had to abbreviate Black History Month so that the word “Black” wasn’t visible. on flyers. Now, the HBCU has released a statement calling the entire thing a “staff-level error.” The mandate was...
Brother and sister dead at convenience store in apparent murder-suicide: Police
APOPKA, Fla. (TCN) -- A brother fatally shot his sister before killing himself at the convenience store where she worked, authorities say. The Apopka Chief reports police responded to a service call on Feb. 6 at Griffin’s General Store, where they found two deceased individuals. The Apopka Police Department...
Toll camera falls onto SR-408 after Orange County crash; dump truck driver sought
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A toll camera fell onto State Road 408 near Pine Hills on Wednesday during a crash involving a dump truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred just before 7 a.m. in the westbound lanes near mile marker 6. People were seen attending to the object, and the rightmost lane...
Apopka man arrested for fatal threat toward Nelson
An Apopka man was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly threatening in social media messages to murder Mayor Bryan Nelson. Police arrested Hector Raul Cartagena, 64, early Wednesday after 24 to 30 hours of monitoring, finding him with a knife around his neck during a home confrontation. Nelson linked the...
‘Deleted’ doesn’t mean destroyed: FBI recovers ‘inaccessible’ surveillance video from backend servers
Home surveillance cameras without active cloud plans still transmit "heartbeat" signals and low-resolution thumbnails to servers to maintain device health and readiness. Federal investigators will bypass the standard user interface (the app) to extract raw data directly from the provider's server storage, where...
Ocoee moves forward with a clearer code enforcement structure
The Ocoee City Commission supported updates to the city’s code enforcement and foreclosure policies for residential properties during the Tuesday, Feb. 3, meeting. Ocoee Police Chief Vincent Ogburn presented a proposed framework that would strengthen enforcement, establish clearer timelines for foreclosure and reduce...
