Central Florida News

A sequestered jury will return to the courtroom on Monday, as convicted killer Markeith Loyd will face sentencing for the murder of his ex-girlfriend and their unborn child.

A Lake County deputy shot and killed a man after being called to his home for a domestic disturbance Sunday afternoon.

A woman is in custody after deputies say she led them on a car chase, then shot a deputy’s patrol car.

Nestor soaked Central Florida as it passed over the panhandle Friday night through Saturday. The rainy weather worried residents in Gotha who have already dealt with flooding for months.

Tropical Storm Nestor's rain kept bikers away from the festivities on Saturday.

In Pinellas County, there were reports of a tornado touching down over the weekend.

Residents in the Tampa area are reporting damage to homes after a tornado from Tropical Storm Nestor.

A tractor-trailer overturned near Lakeland, Florida, late on October 18 as storms prompted tornado warnings in several areas, including parts of Polk County.

Tropical Storm Nestor prompts tornado watches across Central Florida.

A little girl is in desperate need of a bone marrow donor. Chloe Bella Carvalho has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). She has been at Winnie Palmer Hospital undergoing chemotherapy and needs to find a perfectly matched donor.

The bikers are out in full force in Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest, and they say Tropical Storm Nestor isn’t stopping them.

Mainland High School in Daytona Beach was placed on lockdown over an e-cigarette Friday. A student spotted a "suspicious" device believed to be a bomb, but upon investigation, it was an e-cigarette device.

Don't be fooled by their fuzzy wuzzy appearance: those seemingly harmless caterpillars could poison you! The venomous puss caterpillars have made their seasonal return to several states, including Florida.

A Florida man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is accused of having sex with multiple partners without informing them of his infection. At least two of the man's past partners have tested positive for the virus, investigators say.

A crash victim met two good Samaritans who helped pull her from the wreckage. "I was so thankful they drove by," said Katie Mannebach. "It could have been hours before somebody found me."

We get a rare look inside NASA Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Inside is a critical component of the planned Space Launch System (SLS), the pathfinder rocket. Weighing in at 228,000 pounds, the pathfinder is a full-scale mock-up of the rocket’s core stage and will provide the power necessary to send NASA’s Orion spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit and to the Moon.

A guest at Walt Disney World Resort was arrested on Wednesday and faces accusations that he inappropriately touched a child during a visit to the Magic Kingdom. James Anthony Jones, 50, of Orlando, is charged with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under the age of 18. Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office say they have reason to believe Jones may have been involved in a second incident in which there was inappropriate contact with a minor at the park on the same day.

A police officer in the Seminole County community of Lake Mary is accused of making multiple traffic stops in Lake County.

A crash victim met two good Samaritans who helped pull her from the wreckage. "I was so thankful they drove by," said Katie Mannebach. "It could have been hours before somebody found me."

A Brevard County sheriff's deputy has been given an all-expense-paid cruise by a non-profit organization for his display of courage when responding to a call earlier this year that left him wounded. Deputy Paul Phillips was shot and severely wounded after attempting to diffuse a fight between two neighbors in Indialantic back in June. The suspect in that shooting was killed.