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Marquis Thurton, a Sanford man wanted on an active warrant, was arrested after officers responded to a residence over a report that a person with the warrant was refusing to leave, police said. The encounter led to a hospital visit and two felony charges. According to WFTV, Sanford police officers...

If you’re planning on voting in Seminole County on election day, be sure to check your polling location online. Three more polling locations have dropped out since the August primary election, bringing the total to 14 Seminole County polling locations that have closed since the 2024 election. That means even if you voted in-person during the August primary, your location could have changed.

An Orlando man caught driving without a license on State Road 44 in Wildwood is facing deportation. Miguel Ramos-Bautista, 37, was driving a silver Ford Explorer at about 6 p.m. Tuesday heading east on State Road 44 near the intersection with County Road 44A. A Sumter County sheriff’s deputy ran the license plate, which revealed the registered owner of the vehicle did not have a driver’s license.

A caller told First Horizon's support staff on March 3 that he had a new phone and needed a new security token — and within about 80 minutes, six wire transfers totaling $4.85 million had already been requested from one of the accounts tied to Central Florida businessman Misael Rosario. By March 5, a dozen wires totaling $6.5 million had left the accounts, and more than $4.5 million of it has still not been recovered.

ORLANDO, Fla. – This month, pest-control company Orkin has released its latest ranking of the “rattiest” cities in America — and a few metros in Florida managed to make the list. Company officials said the latest ranking was determined based on new home rodent treatments between...

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida has expanded its Bring Hope Home program, increasing access to food for homebound residents across six Central Florida counties. By bringing delivery operations in-house, the food bank now reaches 1,200 people each month, up from approximately 400 before the expansion. According to an...

EATONVILLE, Fla. – A road widening project in Eatonville aims to ease congestion and improve safety along a busy stretch of Kennedy Boulevard, where some residents say traveling alongside traffic can be dangerous. Orange County is widening Kennedy Boulevard from All American Boulevard, expanding the road from two lanes...

After nearly three years of slinging pizzas through a tiny window at Whiskey Lou’s Lounge at 121 N. Bumby Avenue, Black Magic Pizza is getting ready for something new. The popular Milk District pizza operation announced on Instagram this week that its last day at the neighborhood dive bar will be Sunday, October 25.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Thousands of Floridians go missing each year. An Orlando program has been instrumental in bringing some Central Florida residents home. During a recent drill of that program, a young woman vanished without a trace in broad daylight outside Valencia College’s School of Public Safety, activating Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Allan Darcey and his K9.

Since 1986, Papa Bees has been a go-to destination for fans of chicken wings and, just as importantly, fans of the Buffalo Bills. Now the perennial Best of Orlando® challenger founded by the Burke brothers — Joe, Mike, Jerry and Kevin — and named in honor of their father, Bernard Burke, is moving out of […] The post Papa Bees, the Longwood chicken wing institution, is moving appeared first on Orlando Weekly .