Orange County firefighters have gotten a boost in their rescue efforts from a growing number of robotic eyes in the sky — as well as in the water.

Orange County Fire Rescue’s aerial and aquatic drone program boasts one of the largest fleets of unmanned vehicles among U.S. public safety agencies,...

Two months after launching dockless Lime bikes, Orlando officials soon will begin installing bicycle parking spaces, pads and racks.

The spaces will be made in the right-of-way throughout downtown, as well as on International Drive, spokeswoman Karyn Barber said.

Some residents have bristled at...

Four high-ranking UCF administrators will be terminated after an outside investigation found they were involved in the decision to use money from an improper source to replace an aging academic building.

A “broken culture” led the employees to use $38 million in leftover operating dollars to build...

The Orlando Museum of Art is exploring the possibility of relocating to Lake Nona, which would move one of the city’s oldest arts facilities from its home of five-plus decades, the museum’s director said in a statement.

The museum first discussed a move from Loch Haven Cultural Park in 2015 after...

WINTER PARK — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday gave state legislators a mid-March deadline to repeal a law that prohibits smokable forms of medical marijuana.

If they don’t, he said he would drop an appeal filed under his predecessor, Rick Scott, that has kept the ban in place.

The Republican governor,...

Orange County Jail officials are working to vaccinate all 2,600 inmates after four tested positive for hepatitis A, jail spokeswoman Tracy Zampaglione said.

“The jail and medical staff are taking necessary precautions and following all protocols, and we are taking direction from the Health Department,”...

For about 15 years, black police officers in Orlando only patrolled the city’s black neighborhoods. They also were never assigned white partners.

Until Charlie Ings.

Ings, the father of Orlando City Commissioner Sam Ings, died Saturday. He was 85.

He retired from OPD in 1991 after a 25-year career...

Grace Medical Home, one of the main care providers for Orange County’s uninsured population, is getting a new home.

By early summer, the nonprofit clinic will move from its current location on Pennsylvania Street to a 19,000-square-foot building on East Concord Street, tripling its space and increasing...

A new Orange County firefighter had barely started his first shift when his crew gave him a surprise from his father and his new Fire Rescue family Monday night.

Firefighter Greg Ferone was among the 41 new OCFR’s recruits who graduated Friday at Valencia College. As part of the ceremony, members...

A Maitland police officer fatally shot a rabid otter last week, days after multiple people — including a startled Swedish transplant to Central Florida — reported being bitten near Lake Maitland.

On Jan. 7, a visitor at John Hudson Park was attacked in the evening. The next morning, Ann-Christine...