Orlando has ambitions of joining cities across the globe in further relying on technology to boost the quality of life.

Under the moniker of “Smart Cities,” governments are using advanced solutions to improve traffic flow and guide drivers to available parking spots as well as trying to solve other...

Three male suspects are at large after a home invasion Sunday night, an Orlando Police Department spokesman said.

Officers arrived at the scene in the 2200 block of Metropolitan Way at about 8 p.m. and found the victim not injured, Lt. Andre Tankovich said. The suspects took property, but Tankovich...

An Orlando Fire Department deputy chief accused in an EEOC complaint of belittling a female employee was also the subject of a letter sent to city officials in 2018 claiming years of sexual abuse and harassment.

The Oct. 1 letter, released this week in response to public record requests, was sent...

Apopka will pay the legal bills for former Mayor Joe Kilsheimer who fought a state ethics complaint and won.

He was wrongly accused of misusing his elected office to steer money to a nonprofit board that ran “Apopka Begins and Ends with A,” an effort to improve performance grades in the city’s...

It’s lunchtime at Edgewater High School, and Jordan Harris takes a big swig of a free smoothie. He’s famished, and the samples being passed out by fellow students hit the spot.

“Love it!” he announces. Then he spies the ingredients lined up next to the blender — and the telltale bag of organic...

A well-regarded Orlando charter school has won permission to expand in Orange County but the discussion prior to the go-ahead vote showcased School Board members’ continuing discomfort with Florida’s charter school laws.

Orlando Science Schools — which operates two schools in Orange and one each...

Maribel Pina couldn’t leave her wheelchair at a party she had spent months planning, so she “danced with her hands” as she celebrated with 200 family members and friends in November.

Dying of breast cancer, Pina knew the occasion might be the last time she saw many of her guests, who had flown...

Supporters of a memorial and museum to be built on the site of the former Pulse nightclub praised Florida lawmakers Thursday for putting $500,000 toward the project in the state budget, but the legislator who sought the money said he’ll be back next session to ask for more.

The final allocation...

After spending the day canoeing or taking a dip in the cool water, visitors to Wekiwa Springs State Park can now kick back and enjoy a cold brew or sips of wine.

The park’s concessionaire recently started offering alcoholic beverages, along with a broader food menu — including pizza, burgers, ice...

Former Apopka chief administrator Richard Anderson, who left the city after four decades of service with a big pile of money, could get a smaller stack of taxpayer cash if he accepts the city’s counter-offer to settle an employment lawsuit filed three years ago.

The deal calls for the city to pay...