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Brushfire shuts down S.R. 528 W at S.R. 417
Orange County Fire Rescue is at a 5-acre brush fire near State Road 528 and State Road 417. Three westbound toll lanes of S.R. 528 are closed due to smoke. Florida Highway Patrol said the fire is difficult to access so additional units have been requested. FHP is monitoring smoke ...
Orange Co. superintendent gives State of the Schools address
It's been five months since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary led to cries for tougher school security. Orange County school leaders are still tight-lipped about any changes, but Superintendent Barbara Jenkins gave her State of the Schools address Thursday. Channel 9's Lori Brown asked her what security measures will ...
Development could transform Eatonville school
Channel 9 got the first glimpse at some big changes that could be coming to the small town of Eatonville. Council members are looking over plans for development that would transform the area around Hungerford Preparatory High School. The school was built in the 1800s and is still used today, ...
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. Under the proposal drafted by ...
Police: Man used GPS device to track woman to Florida, tried to kill her
A North Carolina man is facing charges for attempted murder and stalking after gunfire erupted at a Melbourne shopping plaza Wednesday. Police said the man traveled to central Florida with one thing in mind -- confronting a woman he first noticed on her job back in the North Carolina. That ...
George Zimmerman's defense asks for 6-week trial delay
George Zimmerman's attorney has officially asked for a six-week delay in his client's second-degree murder trial that is set to begin June 10. The request comes on the same day Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, and his team released new evidence pulled from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone, which included dozens of ...
Alafaya Trail construction delayed until June 2014, officials say
Thousands of Orange County drivers will be dealing with a road-widening project for much longer than they thought. The dirt started turning on Alafaya Trail from Avalon Park Boulevard to Mark Twain Boulevard two years ago. In November, the project was delayed because of changes to the design. Rain and ...
Lake County sees 60 burglaries in past 5 weeks
Lake County deputies are working to figure out if a large ring of thieves is behind dozens of home burglaries. In the last five weeks, there have been 60 burglaries reported from Lady Lake to Leesburg. Corley Island Road just outside Leesburg is a quiet street, which may be why ...
New details emerge in case of man shot, killed by FBI in Orlando
Channel 9's Christopher Heath has uncovered new details about Ibragim Todashev. Todashev was shot and killed by an FBI agent Wednesday and has been linked to a Boston bombing suspect. Late Thursday, state and federal investigators were still at Todashev's Orlando apartment -- the site of Wednesday's fatal shooting. Todashev's ...
Sanford police chief suspends vacations, furloughs until Zimmerman verdict
Sanford police officers have been going through weeks of meetings and training to prepare for George Zimmerman's trial next month, Eyewitness News learned Thursday. Channel 9's Karla Ray was the first reporter to sit down with Chief Cecil Smith when he accepted the position. He told her his staff is ...
Problems plague Casselberry road project
Channel 9 Eyewitness News has uncovered a major problem with a road project in Seminole County. Last year, Channel 9 showed how work on North Winter Park Drive in Casselberry was delayed because of problems. Now Channel 9 has been told that the road had to be ripped up for ...
Sanford 4th-grader takes gun to school 2 days in a row
Channel 9 learned a Seminole County elementary school student took a gun to school two days in a row, but one staff member believes the school was trying to keep the situation under wraps. The incident happened at Hamilton Elementary School in Sanford. According to a document obtained only by ...
Oklahoma U. offers space for donations to tornado victims
It's a problem one would imagine is a good one to have -- so many donated items coming in to help tornado ravaged Moore and Oklahoma City they don't have any place to put it all. But actually, it's been a logistical nightmare, according to officials with the Red Cross ...
Simpsons' Springfield comes to life at Universal Studios
Woo Hoo! Springfield, hometown to America’s favorite animated family, The Simpsons, comes to life at Universal Orlando Resort this summer. The expansive, new area within Universal Studios will be anchored by the mega-attraction, The Simpsons Ride, and will allow guests to enter the world of The Simpsons like never before. ...
Largest captured Fla. black bear is relocated
The largest Florida black bear ever captured has been relocated. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Joy Hill says the 620-pound bear was captured on Monday. It had been getting into trash in the Ocala National Forest, even into secured garbage in a shed by pulling the aluminum ...
Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season
Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an ...
WFTV gets sneak peek of SeaWorld's Empire of the Penguin
Friday will be the grand opening of SeaWorld Orlando's Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, and Thursday, WFTV reporter Deneige Broom got a sneak peek. Broom said once she got to a certain point inside, it was cold, but it was also very colorful during the ride portion. The room was ...
Cell phone pocket dial leads to murder arrest
Scott Simon will have a long time to think about his gaffe. Simon was furious over a disagreement he had at a Waffle House restaurant when he jostled the phone in his pocket and called 911 without knowing. A recording was made as Simon went on an anger fueled rant ...
Caryn Kelley shows emotions in murder trial
The fourth day of testimony in the Caryn Kelley trial was filled with emotion on Thursday. Kelley is accused of shooting her boyfriend, Phillip Peatross, to death inside her College Park home in 2011. Jurors on Thursday watched video that was taken in an interview room at Orlando Police headquarters. ...
Four men in custody after fleeing police
Four men are in custody after fleeing police Thursday. The men were pursued by police after a pawn shop robbery in Orange County Thursday morning. Apopka police arrested Antonio Culver, Quinton Chambers, Terry Roberts and Antonio Robinson Thursday, but were unable to connect them to the robbery. Police said at ...
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