Republican state Rep. Mike Miller seized on a Washington Post report that Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi would be in Central Florida this week, campaigning for Democrats, and presumably his opponent, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy.

Miller’s campaign called Pelosi’s visit a “stealth...

Both drivers have been given tickets for a crash that sent a school bus carrying children into a residential swimming pool in west Orange County last week.

The school bus, driven by 53-year-old Eddikson Pena of Winter Park, was westbound on Willowwood Street about 8 a.m. Friday when it collided...

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy has raised almost $3 million and fellow Democratic candidate Nancy Soderberg $2.5 million in their respective congressional races, according to Federal Election Commission reports, far outpacing their Republican opponents.

Murphy, of Winter Park, took in another $478,000...

LIFT Orlando, the nonprofit organization working to transform the community south of Camping World Stadium, is breaking ground Wednesday on phase two of its affordable housing project in the Communities of West Lakes.

Phase one, Orlando's Pendana at West Lakes, debuted earlier this year with 8,000...

Broadcaster Vince Sanders, who helped create a national organization for black journalists, died last week in Central Florida, where he had lived since 1997 after retiring from a long career in the news and entertainment fields.

“For a time he worked for NBC News, but his first love was being a...

Iranian-American state House candidate Anna Eskamani condemned a GOP senator who said it would be “terrible” to find out he had Iranian ancestry, calling the remarks “xenophobic” and “race-baiting.”

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, was talking about U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test...

Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting a fellow patron outside a bar in Ocoee after an argument police said was over a shot of liquor, records show.

Lathon Jeen Yee, 39, faces a second-degree murder charge.

The shooting happened Oct. 9 at Frank’s Place, a pub on North Clarke Road. Police...

A 77-foot shrimping boat out of Key West ran aground Monday night on Ormond Beach, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

The boat named the AMG was reported taking on water and ran aground just north of the Cardinal Drive beach approach about 8:23 p.m. Monday, the Volusia County Sheriff’s...

Mount Dora City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a downtown open-container district.

The ordinance, which designates an area generally south of Baker Street to Lake Dora as an “entertainment district,” would allow outdoor consumption of beer, cocktails and other alcoholic beverages in the...

Stronger, faster, more agile.

That’s how Orlando fire officials described the newest robotic addition to their arson and bomb squad.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined Orlando Fire Department Chief Roderick Williams for a demonstration of the robot Tuesday morning while the arson/bomb detection team...