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County Commissioner Nicole Wilson called for local government to scrutinize an Orland warehouse in a corporate park to be used as a potential detention center. 

Volunteers gathered at the Orange County Convention Center on Jan. 19 to pack one million healthy meals for distribution across the Central Florida region. The event will continue until 3 p.m., with open spots for volunteers. 

Following the death of a 70-year-old woman who died in the hospital after riding Universal Studio's Revenge of the Mummy, Matthew Miller, from Innovated Studios, said all of the parks are safe, it's just the volume of guests that are attending -- which could make the number of injuries appear skewed. 

19-year-old University of Central Florida student Antonio Constantino Pizza, a graduate of Haggerty High School in Seminole County, says he wants more students learning in person in schools, rather than students being allowed to drop classes and enroll online.  

With the weather in the low 40s in DeLand on Jan. 19, experts at Blue Spring State Park discussed its manatee count and what brings the animals to Central Florida this time of year. 

Does it snow in Florida? It can – and it did. Believe it or not, snow flurries are falling in northern Florida. Traffic cameras in northern Florida showed snow actively falling, as well as a light dusting on the freeways.

Interim Osceola County Sheriff Chris Blackmon gives an update on a triple shooting in Kissimmee, Florida. The shooting happened Saturday at a rental home. Deputies received 911 calls about shots fired. When deputies arrived, three men were dead outside the home. A suspect was arrested and has been booked into jail. Sheriff Blackmon said the shooting appears random, but said the suspect's actions were cold blooded and premeditated. He said the suspect is known to the sheriff's office. 

Deputies with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office are investigating after a shooting left three men dead on Saturday, according to officials. Officials were initially notified about a shooting in the Indian Hill Subdivision near Kissimmee around 12:13 p.m., according to a release. Deputies arrived at the location to find three males dead from gunshot wounds in front of the residence, officials said.