Central Florida News

Firefighters battled an early morning fire at an apartment in Altamonte Springs on Wednesday.

Daytona Beach officials presented early design concepts Tuesday for a major overhaul of Main Street aimed at making the area more walkable and active.

A Volusia County woman is facing battery charges after she threw coffee on a mother and her baby during a dispute over a dog leash, according to deputies. According to the arrest affidavit, deputies also contacted ICE, determining the woman is in the country illegally. She is now subject to deportation, and a detainer has been placed on her.

Newly filed court documents indicate that one of the children of Anna Kepner’s stepmother may be the focus of a potential criminal investigation into the teen’s death aboard a Carnival cruise ship.

A paramedic from North Carolina, Mary Jolly, was struck and killed while trying to help a driver after a multi-car crash in Florida.

SpaceX's deployed 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Nov. 18.

Newly released court documents indicate the FBI may open a criminal investigation into the death of 16-year-old Anna Kepner, the Titusville teen who died earlier this month aboard a Carnival cruise ship. Kepner’s cause of death has remained a mystery since she died Nov. 7 while sailing with her family, and the FBI has not commented publicly on the case.

A long-planned pedestrian walkway at one of Florida’s most dangerous intersections may be a step closer to reality after a local developer offered to help pay for it.

Orange County school board members say a state plan allowing “Schools of Hope” charter operators to take over unused classrooms in public schools could financially harm the district and its students.

Kroger confirmed it is closing its fulfillment center in Groveland, Florida, one of three fulfillment center closures nationwide.

Residents who live along Sykes Creek on Merritt Island are concerned about water quality and a potential sewage spill.

Amid an ongoing lawsuit against the game Roblox for safety features, the Roblox team instituted age checks -- saying users will only be allowed to chat with other users in similar age groups or "age bins." Roblox said it will also require age checks to access social media links on users’ profiles starting next year.

Detectives in Marion County are uncovering what they describe as the most bizarre murder case they have ever encountered after a woman allegedly traveled from the United Kingdom to Florida to be tortured and killed — a plot investigators say she arranged herself.

The FDLE says the victim posted on a fetish website looking for someone to abuse and kill her. Dwayne Hall from Ocala took her up on the offer, officials said. Hall is now facing charges for homicide and kidnaping in a case of former detective called "bizarre" and "unthinkable."

After a small plane crashed in Palm Bay Nov. 17, the Brevard County Fire Department said the teen pilot was able to walk away from the crash without any injury to himself or to others. No property was damaged, but the biggest hassle was that the road was blocked, fire officials said.

Self-driving cars are coming to Orlando. Waymo announced Tuesday its plans to service customers in Orlando next year, in addition to other cities in Florida and Texas.

A missing persons case that began in the United Kingdom is now a Florida homicide case. FDLE arrested Dwain Hall on charges of first-degree murder & kidnapping in connection of the death of a woman from the UK. The victim reported missing after she didn’t get on her flight back to England on October 13. Her remains were discovered four days later in the Marion Oaks area. Hall linked to the death after investigators say they found him using her credit cards. Hall was already in jail on unrelated fraud and communication device charges.

Grocery chain Kroger has announced it is closing some of its automated facilities, including one in Groveland, as part of a strategy to improve the customer experience

Volusia County Schools will be one of three districts in Florida to test a new high-tech security program that uses fleets of drones to respond to potential school shootings. District officials say the number of drones deployed at each campus will vary based on size and layout. Most schools would have 20 to 30 drones, while larger campuses could have as many as 90.