Orlando

Associated PressJune 20, 2016

Federal investigators promised to provide more insight as to what was happening inside the Pulse nightclub after a gunman started a deadly assault that was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The FBI was releasing on Monday a printed, partial transcript of the conversations between the gunman within the Pulse gay nightclub and […]

Associated PressJune 19, 2016

A week has passed since the Orlando nightclub shooting that killed 49 club patrons and the funeral processions are wrapping up, but survivors and victims’ families say they realize the nightmare will live on long after the world’s attention fades. Jeannette McCoy made it out of the Pulse nightclub alive on June 12 as gunman […]

Associated PressJune 19, 2016

The music was thumping and crowds were dancing at gay pride events around the U.S., with some revelers saying the partying was proof that people won’t give in to fear after last weekend’s attack at a gay nightclub in Florida. Festivals and parades went ahead Saturday under increased security in cities such as Chicago, Columbus, […]

Drew WilsonJune 18, 2016

A no-party candidate has filed to run against first-term Republican Rep. Jennifer Sullivan in House District 31. Apopka resident Robert Rightmyer filed for the seat Thursday and is currently the only candidate running against Sullivan, who entered the House without any Election Day opposition two years ago. Rightmyer is an alumnus of the University of […]

Drew WilsonJune 18, 2016

Another Democrat has filed for House District 45, setting up a five-way primary for the Orange County seat. William Jusme, who works as a Realtor, joins Kamia Brown, Kelvin Cobaris, Gregory Jackson and Peter Pham in the primary for the majority-minority district. On his campaign website, the 48-year-old Navy veteran said he is “the candidate […]

Associated PressJune 18, 2016

The largest fundraising arm for the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack reversed course Friday and will now distribute millions of dollars directly to families and survivors instead of through nonprofit agencies. The OneOrlando fund’s decision underscores the complexities of distributing huge amounts of money donated from people and businesses desperate to give some solace […]

Scott PowersJune 17, 2016

Former Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority board member Scott Batterson‘s 2014 bribery conviction has been upheld on appeal. On Friday, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals upheld the trial court conviction without comment. Batterson was convicted in a 2014 scandal in which he was seen as the linchpin of a pay-to-play deal at the expressway authority. […]

Associated PressJune 17, 2016

Experts say it’s too soon to gauge whether a week of horrific news out of Orlando will hurt tourism there. But travel agents are not seeing widespread cancellations, and many travelers say they’re committed to visiting. “I had more people worrying last year about, ‘Should I postpone my trip because of Ebola?'” than are worried […]

Phil AmmannJune 17, 2016

Verizon Wireless is giving customers an easy way to help victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre. With more than 170,000 employees worldwide, Verizon Communications Inc. released a statement Friday expressing its heartfelt sympathies to all friends and families of the victims from Sunday’s Pulse nightclub shooting. Any Verizon Wireless customer wanting to help the victims and […]

Scott PowersJune 17, 2016

A family of 16 from Mexico reluctantly came to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium Thursday seeking burial help for their beloved son, slain in Pulse Sunday night. The family members were distraught, not knowing what they needed or how even to ask. They came to Orlando’s established-on-the-fly Orlando Family Assistance Center with just one request and, and before they […]

Orlando

FBI releasing conversations between Orlando gunman and police

As Orlando funerals wrap up, survivors worry about future

Gay pride events festive but some concerned after Orlando

NPA challenger files against Jennifer Sullivan in HD 31

Fifth Democrat enters HD 45 race, vows ‘new approach’

OneOrlando fund changes course, will give money to victims

Scott Batterson bribery conviction upheld on appeal

Orlando tourism: No mass cancellations now but future unsure

Verizon offering text donations to support Orlando Pulse victims

Orlando Family Assistance Center working, shows ‘Orlando United’