Hundreds of pages from a legislative investigation into misspending at the University of Central Florida were released Thursday, revealing testimony from current and former UCF employees who said President Dale Whittaker was more involved in financial decisions than he had let on in public comments....

An Orange County deputy is facing a felony, accused of filing a $2,230 fraudulent insurance claim after he hit a deer in his personal vehicle last year.

Wadih Ojeil, 26, was arrested Feb. 15 on a charge of filing a false and fraudulent insurance claim. If convicted, the deputy faces up to five...

Thad Seymour Jr. followed his father’s footsteps into academia and now, like his dad, he’ll move into the president’s office — in his case, at UCF.

Seymour’s selection as acting president of the University of Central Florida came Thursday after the school’s Board of Trustees accepted Dale Whittaker’s...

An Orange County man was arrested on child-pornography charges Wednesday, accused of having videos of toddler-age children being subjected to sexual abuse.

Robert Sword, 45, faces 10 counts of possession of obscene material.

According to an arrest affidavit, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement...

The tinted glass doors on the cozy electric shuttle slid open quietly.

“Welcome aboard,” said Aaron Foster, a solutions engineer for Navya, the French maker of the 15-passenger, battery-powered vehicle that attracted a curious crowd in Lake Nona eager for a quarter-mile ride on the ballyhooed bus...

Lawyers alleging that Orlando’s utility has contaminated east Orange County with hazardous pollutants said neighborhoods south of the city’s coal-powered electric plants may be added to a lawsuit.

Notice of the potential broadening of the lawsuit filed in December in state court came Tuesday night...

With UCF President Dale Whittaker engulfed in a far-reaching spending scandal and offering to his resign his post, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who expressed interest in the university job years ago, said Wednesday he plans to continue serving as mayor.

In his 2015 re-election campaign, Dyer said...

UCF President Dale Whittaker is asking leaders in Tallahassee to remove “punitive measures” against the state’s largest university and restore key initiatives for the school that have been suspended during the investigation into the misappropriation of funds.

Whittaker on Wednesday sent a letter...

Support grew Wednesday for UCF President Dale Whittaker after he offered to resign amid investigations of improper spending on construction projects, with reactions ranging from outrage to reluctant acceptance.

The university’s Board of Trustees will meet Thursday to decide whether to accept Whittaker’s...

Prosecutors have decided not to pursue charges against West Orange High School head football coach Bob Head, who was accused by Winter Garden police last month of striking his wife in the head during an argument.

Assistant State Attorney Jenniza Rosado notified Circuit Judge John E. Jordan Feb....