Orlando will be the host for a nationally televised debate between Republican gubernatorial candidates.

Fox News Channel and the Republican Party of Florida are partnering for the June 28 event, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center.

The debate will be moderated...

New Orlando resident and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham pledged to take on for-profit schools, pharmaceutical companies and President Donald Trump during a town-hall meeting in Orlando on Thursday night.

The event was the first of a series of town halls hosting all four Democratic...

Three students at Oak Ridge High School were arrested after a fight at a nearby gas station erupted into a “riot” that drew 80 to 100 students, an arrest report said.

The fight happened at the Chevron gas station on Oak Ridge Road, across Winegard Road from the high school, about 7 a.m. Wednesday.

A 21-year-old UCF student was killed Wednesday night when he was struck by a vehicle on Alafaya Trail, officials said.

The Florida Highway Patrol identified the pedestrian killed near Carrigan Avenue in Seminole County just before 9 p.m. as Reuel Buchanan, of Orlando.

The University of Central...

A school bus was involved in a crash with a car Thursday morning on State Road 417 near Landstar Boulevard, according to Orange County Fire Rescue.

No students were on the bus when the incident occurred at about 6:33 a.m., fire rescue said. The driver of a Ford Focus refused transport to the hospital,...

A former Winter Park police officer violated department policy when he kept sensitive evidence at his home and stole about $100 in cash from a dead man, according to an internal investigation released Wednesday.

Frank Cowart, 44, also faces criminal charges after he was accused of taking cash from...

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said the County Commission will vote May 8 not only to reinstate a three-day waiting period for gun purchases but also to institute universal background checks on firearms buyers.

An April 5 memo by Jacobs to commissioners instructed the county attorney to draft...

Errol Estate, Apopka’s largest community, will get a sweeping makeover under redevelopment plans approved by the City Council.

The plans call for new homes, a water park and a redesign of the Errol Estate Golf Course, which closed months ago because of mounting losses.

“For many, many years in...

A medical marijuana dispensary will be allowed to open on Orange Avenue, south of downtown, after all.

Surterra has dropped a lawsuit it filed last month challenging Orlando’s medical cannabis ordinance. It will hold a grand opening Thursday at 2 p.m. at its store near Orlando Health.

It will join...

Jurors will begin deliberating Thursday about whether Sanel Saint-Simon should be sentenced to death or to life in prison in the murder of 16-year-old Alexandria Chery, his longtime girlfriend’s daughter.

Testimony ended in the case Wednesday. Jurors heard from Saint-Simon’s ex-wife, who said he...