In a standing-room only courtroom packed with Noel Carter's family and community activists, the South Florida banker who was videotaped in a struggle with Orlando police officers evaded a felony conviction on Monday after a judge withheld adjudication and sentenced him to four years of probation.

An Orlando federal judge today sentenced a Chinese woman to nearly two years in prison for illegally shipping submarine parts to a Chinese university, including some that she tucked inside her suitcase.

Amin "Amy" Yu, 55, a former employee at the University of Central Florida, was not accused of...

Backyard chickens could soon have a permanent home to roost in Orlando.

On Monday, the City Council by a 5-1 vote gave initial approval to making permanent the city's "urban chickens" program, which allows residents to keep hens for eggs in backyard coops. It launched as a pilot in 2012 and has...

A Winter Garden pastor is facing accusations of running a gambling operation out of his garage and serving alcohol to two underage brothers, according to an arrest affidavit.

Christian Raburn, who once had a television show on a Christian network, was arrested Tuesday after the brothers gave statements...

When Noah Adelman and his wife bought a World War II-era home in Colonialtown North in 2001, the Miami transplants hoped they had left the bustle of South Florida behind for more of a small-town feel.

But in the 15 years since, other small houses like theirs have been torn down to make way for...

At the start of Sunday morning, about 100 motorcyclists got together at Osteen Diner near Sanford and kicked off a 36-mile drive around Central Florida.

The group gathered together for the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride to raise money for prostate and testicular cancer and men's suicide as part...

Well-waxed autos cram Winter Garden's parking lots during Cruz'n Car shows.

In the past, that has left downtown visitors doomed to drive in circles searching for a space. But they were in luck during the most recent quarterly car show on Sept. 17, thanks to the city's new triple-level parking garage.

John Wilchynski was unfazed when the green-winged Malachite butterfly landed on the bill of his baseball cap Saturday morning.

"They like sweat," said Wilchynski, who has spent the last eight years breeding butterflies at his Dunnellon-based Butterfly Workx company.

While Wilchynski kept his cool...

ZELLWOOD -- Amy Colyer Frogley stood on the wide portico of Orange County's newest addition to the National Register of Historic Places, a 41-room, 13-fireplace manor built over a century ago as a Pittsburgh steel tycoon's winter retreat.

"Welcome to Sydonie Mansion," she said, inviting a visitor...

It's a suitcase in the median of a busy Orlando road, a cardboard box that appeared overnight next to a clothing drop container near a high school or an odd package left on the side of a neighborhood street.

The items look different or out of place and peak the curiosity of vigilant passers-by....