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36 charged in drug-smuggling probe into Orange County Jail

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/12 11:14A Silas Morgan
A six-month law enforcement operation at the Orange County Jail dubbed Operation Killing Time has swept up three dozen people on racketeering and drug charges, including two corrections officers and an attorney. The Metropolitan Bureau of...

Brightline train collision with car in Brevard leaves one dead

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/12 9:54A Silas Morgan
One person was killed Friday when a Brightline train struck a vehicle in Brevard County, according to police. The crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. at the Eyster Boulevard train crossing in Rockledge, according to a post on the city s Facebook...

Scattered showers remain for Central Florida on Friday

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/12 1:17A Richard Tribou
The wet week of Central Florida has at least one more day with scattered showers in store, but mostly south of the I-4 corridor on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Rain chances across the region are from 40%-50%, the NWS in...

U.S. Justice Department probes rejection of Orlando Torah Center expansion

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/12 12:00A Stephen Hudak
The U.S. Department of Justice informed Orange County leaders this week its civil rights division will review a county commission decision to prevent the Orlando Torah Center from building a three-story worship center in a residential...

Florida warns teachers not to post negatively about Charlie Kirk

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/11 9:56A Steven Walker
Following the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk , Florida s top education official warned teachers that anyone who posted disgusting comments about Kirk would be reprimanded. Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas wrote in a...

UCF, HBCUs nationwide receive threats against Black people on campus

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/11 9:56A Cristóbal Reyes
University of Central Florida officials are investigating an emailed threat to Black people on campus Thursday amid a wave of similar messages that forced shutdowns at Historically Black Colleges and Universities around the U.S. The racist and...

Bear advocates aim to win hunt permits, foil Florida’s bear hunt

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/11 7:50A Stephen Hudak
Betsy McClain has never shot anything but the breeze yet the Longwood animal advocate hopes to win a bear-hunting permit for Florida s first hunt in a decade. If lucky, she ll be taking aim at saving a bear by blocking a bonafide sportsman from...

Seminole gives early nod to raising taxes for first time in years

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/11 5:51A Martin E. Comas
At a budget meeting packed with residents, Seminole commissioners this week gave preliminary approval to hike the county’s overall property tax rate for the first time in 16 years. The new proposed rate of $5.38 per $1,000 of a property’s taxable...

Missing child alert issued for Orange County teen

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 9/11 2:49A Richard Tribou
A missing child alert was issued early Thursday for a 14-year-old Orange County girl. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Savannah Singer was last seen Wednesday in the area of the 2200th block of Emerald Springs Drive in Apopka. FDLE...
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