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....

Lawyers behind a suit that alleges widespread contamination from Orlando’s power plants will host a public meeting Tuesday to discuss “potential health and legal impacts.”

“I have a feeling it will be very crowded,” said Theodore Leopold of Cohen Milstein, a national law firm that focuses on environmental...

Though she often worked two jobs, Lizbeth Ramos’ hope to own a home often seemed far out of reach.

“Home was always a shared room with family members, all over, in different places,” said Ramos, 31, whose dream will soon come true in Arbor Bend, a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood of 34 homes under...

One week after vowing to stay in his post, UCF President Dale Whittaker bowed Tuesday to intense pressure and offered to resign amid investigations into the misappropriation of nearly $85 million for construction projects.

Whittaker, less than eight months into his tenure, is being forced out by...

Officials Tuesday revealed a glimpse of what could one day be the future of transit in Orlando by unveiling a small driverless bus that soon will maneuver around Lake Nona.

The battery-powered vehicle, run by Beep software, is one of two that are expected to begin operating in southeast Orlando...

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A woman is dead following a crash on North Alafaya Trail and East Colonial Drive at about 8:35 p.m. Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Ayana Amos, 22 of Orlando, was driving her 2019 Chevy Camaro northbound on Alafaya in the right lane when an unidentified...