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Winter Park group pushed to make SR- 426 safer Local organizers have started the Fix-426 campaign to raise awareness and try to find solutions to state Road 426, an area prone to crashes. WINTER PARK, Fla. – Photos and videos show the dangerous, sometimes deadly, traffic crashes along State Road 426 in Winter Park. Ahmid Idris lives on lives along the road near downtown Winter Park and says he worries for his children’s safety. “You’re prone to accidents, especially when you try to turn left and traffic is jamming up, and also when you want to turn this way, and […]

Orlando police investigating deadly shooting inside Denny’s restaurant One person is dead and another is hurt after a shooting inside a Denny’s restaurant in Orlando early Monday, according to police. ORLANDO, Fla. – One person is dead and another is hurt after a shooting inside a Denny’s restaurant in Orlando early Monday, according to police. The Orlando Police Department said the incident happened around 3:04 a.m. at the location on T.G. Lee Boulevard, just north of the Orlando International Airport. Orlando police said an argument between two people led to a physical altercation. During the incident, the suspect allegedly shot […]

PINE HILLS, Fla. – A reward is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest in a shooting that left a man dead and injured a woman early Sunday in Pine Hills, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. outside a home on Perrine Drive off Indian Hill Road. Two victims, 35-year-old Maurice “Floyd” Jones Sr. and a woman in her 30s were both taken to a local hospital, where Jones died of his injuries. The woman is expected to be OK.  Victim: Maurice Jones Sr. (Photo via Crimeline) Homicide detectives are […]

Family speaks about heartbreaking loss of East River High School quarterback killed in crash The family of an East River High School student and quarterback Nick Miner speaks with FOX 35 about the loss of their loved one ORLANDO, Fla. – Nick Miner, a high school quarterback, was killed in a crash over the weekend. His dad and brother were on the scene when he was trapped under a truck. Derek Miner, Nick’s dad, can’t get that tragic and horrific vision out of his head of his son trapped under his truck. His son the starting quarterback at East River […]

article ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Update (10/25): The Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Tuesday that a 16-year-old girl was found dead outside a home Monday night in Hiawassee. The girl was identified as Deshayla Sanaa Ferguson. Original story A woman has died after a shooting Monday night in Orange County, according to authorities. Deputies responded to a neighborhood in Hiawassee late Monday and found a woman dead outside the home. Deputies said the woman had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. Details on the circumstances of the shooting nor potential suspect information was not immediately released, […]