Two vehicle crashes on Thursday in Orange and Volusia County are causing delays, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

A car crash with injuries is causing a roadblock in the Lake Fairview area of Orlando, FHP says. The accident happened at 6:05 a.m. at the intersection of Edgewater Drive and Lee...

A possible afternoon rainstorm on Thursday won’t provide much relief from another hot, humid day in Orlando, according to the National Weather Service office in Melbourne.

The day is expected to be mostly sunny, with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. The high temperature...

TAVARES — Plans haven’t changed to make this Lake County city the permanent home of a 9-foot-tall bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, even though City Council members voted Wednesday to oppose the relocation after appeals from more than a dozen black citizens who view the historical...

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Sheriff Jerry Demings feuded Wednesday over the sensitive issue of school safety and why there isn’t enough manpower to provide one law officer full time at every school in unincorporated parts of the county.

Tensions over filling openings for 75 deputies that...

The head of the Orange County Democratic Party filed an elections complaint this week against County Commission candidate Susan Makowski, a Republican, alleging she violated state elections code with a political mailer that includes endorsements from “Democratic and Social Justice Leaders.”

The...

With less than two weeks to go until the Florida Democratic primary for governor, Andrew Gillum is bringing in his biggest supporter for rallies in Orlando and Tampa.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, will campaign for the Tallahassee mayor at the CFE Arena at the University of Central Florida...

A woman was taken to a local hospital after suffering second-degree burns in a kitchen fire at a house in east Orange County, a Fire Rescue spokesman said.

Crews were called to the fire at a home on Water Hyacinth Drive, near Cypress Springs Elementary, about 9:10 a.m. Wednesday.

The blaze started...

A woman who police said threatened a 7-Eleven clerk with a box cutter and stole 10 Lottery tickets in July was taken into custody Monday.

Lawsonia Dehaney, 29, of Orlando, was charged with robbery with a deadly weapon and mask, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon while wearing a mask.

A...

A group funded by figures ranging from 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch to former baseball commissioner Bud Selig and Texas billionaire John Arnold is behind more than $200,000 in spending on behalf of U.S. Rep. Darren Soto in his Democratic primary against Alan Grayson.

Since July 27, a political...

Orange County Republicans selected real estate agent George Chandler as their replacement candidate for state House District 48 race against incumbent state Rep. Amy Mercado.

Chandler, 62, a U.S. Army veteran who also served in the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security, will...