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Animals Evacuated After Altamonte Springs Storage Unit Fire

Early today in Altamonte Springs, a tense moment at a neighborhood pet daycare ended about as well as anyone could hope. Seminole County fire crews rushed to a storage-unit fire at 1320 E Altamonte Drive, and a worker next door moved quickly to evacuate five animals from the building. The four dogs, one cat, and the...
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Apopka Historical Society spotlights Linda Lee in Black History Month podcast

The Apopka Historical Society is continuing its Black History Month programming with Episode #5 of its podcast “Tater Talk,” featuring longtime advocate Linda Lee. A former Lake Apopka farmworker, Lee has spent years raising awareness about the human toll of pesticide contamination that affected predominantly Black...
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PHOTOS: ‘Sprawling’ 4-alarm blaze sparked by brush fire rips through Osceola County business

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A ‘sprawling’ four-alarm fire ripped through an Osceola County business in an industrial area west of Kissimmee on Sunday, according to fire officials. Officials from the St. Cloud Fire Department said they were part part of a multi-agency mutual aid response to a...
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Deputies arrest man accused of shooting two brothers in Kissimmee after argument

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A man accused of shooting two brothers in Kissimmee after an argument has been arrested, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Marlon Zetino, 55, faces two counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm in public, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies responded to Carter...
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Florida Lotto for Saturday, Feb. 14, $1.75 million Valentine’s Day prize

Will a $2 Florida Lottery ticket make someone a millionaire on Valentine's Day? As they say in the lottery business, " it could happen to you " − even on a holiday. After one lucky ticket from a BJ's Wholesale Club Liquors in Clermont, Florida, matched all six numbers in the Wednesday, Feb. 4, Florida Lotto drawing...
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Juvenile arrested after homes, vehicles shot up in Summerwell Avian Pointe subdivision in Apopka,...

APOPKA, Fla. – A juvenile was arrested after gunshots were fired in an Apopka subdivision, police said. Officers responded around 11 a.m. Friday to a report of a shooting without injuries in the Summerwell Avian Pointe subdivision, Apopka police said. When they arrived, officers said they found bullet holes...
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Fire reported near off-campus student housing complex closes SR-408

A fire was reported inside greenery near an off-campus student housing complex, The Hub On Campus Orlando, on Friday evening, prompting a response from local fire crews. The scene was labeled a vegetation fire according to the Orange County Fire Department's active incident information site, Watch Duty. Student...
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Ernest Joe Manzanares Found After Disappearance Forty Years Ago

After nearly four decades of waiting and wondering, a local family finally has answers to a missing loved one that disappeared on the evening of July 28, 1988. Ernest Joe Manzanares travelled from his home in Colorado to assist his family that was living in Ocoee at the time. Ernest arrived safe in Ocoee but soon...
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Apopka High students walk out to protest ICE

Students at Apopka High School left campus during seventh period on Friday to stage a peaceful protest against ICE along Martin Street. Orange County Public Schools officials acknowledged students’ right to express their views while emphasizing attendance policies under the district’s Code of Student Conduct. The...
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Lake Howell AP Teacher Benched After ‘Genderbread’ Lesson Ignites Parent Firestorm

An AP literature teacher at Lake Howell High School has been pulled from the classroom and placed on administrative leave after parents complained about the use of a “Genderbread” infographic in a recent lesson. The complaints triggered a formal review by Seminole County Public Schools into whether the material ran...

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