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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County deputies arrested a Palm Bay Universal theme park employee they say tried to meet a 14-year-old for sex after contacting the “teen” online — but investigators say the child was actually an undercover deputy. Deputies arrested 30-year-old Tyler Exline Tuesday at...

I once walked into a discount grocery for a single can of tomatoes and walked out wondering how the trunk would ever close. Florida is full of plain little stores selling dented cans, overstock produce, and closeout freezer meat at prices that make a regular supermarket receipt look silly. The...

Gabbi Redding paid $250 in March as a refundable security deposit while applying for an apartment at Timberlake Apartment Homes in Altamonte Springs. The application was not approved, and Redding says the refund did not arrive as expected. “I never received a refund or reimbursement or anything,” she said.

An 11-year-old boy in Oviedo will likely have to miss school to attend a mandatory court date after he was pulled over and arrested by Oviedo police for riding his electric powered dirt bike. Officials said under Florida law, the boy's e-bike is considered a motorcycle, and at 11-years-old, he does not have a driver li

A Florida driver who was arrested at gunpoint in his own driveway after police accused him of fleeing a traffic stop was acquitted nearly two years later, after video automatically recorded by his Tesla showed a far different picture of what happened on the road.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A 50% chance of scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms are on the way for today. The timing will be very typical for a late-summer setup, with a few downpours bubbling up at around midday, and highest chances taking place between 2 and 9 p.m. However, a few showers and storms may try to get

Orlando starts Wednesday, September 23, with mostly clear skies and temperatures in the upper 70s, but the calm morning is on borrowed time. The city is headed for a hot, humid afternoon near 89 degrees before showers and thunderstorms become likely after noon. Afternoon Storms Could Bring Heavy Rain. The...

Orange County Booking and Release Center — Site of Credential Discrepancy. A Longwood personal injury lawyer has been disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court after he tried to help his father — a Central Florida attorney whose law license had just been stripped away — sneak into a jail meeting room reserved for attorney

Attorney Ben Crump will join forensic investigator’s Andrew Garrett and his team of digital forensic experts at a news conference Thursday to reveal findings from the examination of Nolan Wells cell phone. Garrett Discovery, the digital forensics team retained by Nolan’s family, conducted a examination of Nolan’s phone

The results leave UCF fifth among the eight ranked Florida public universities, behind UF, FSU, FIU and USF and ahead of FAMU, FAU and UNF. The post UCF drops in national rankings along with most Florida universities appeared first on Orlando Weekly .