Ocoee News

Less than half of Florida's high school freshmen passed an algebra test needed to graduate.

OCOEE, Fla. - Ocoee Police say victims inside a home on Bernadino Drive were tied up and held at gun point with semi automatic weapons pointed in their face around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

Friday's 1 p.m. city workshop will be somewhat akin to a Golden Corral restaurant, with North Port City Manager Jonathan Lewis serving up a variety of choices for commissioners to pick and include in a request for proposals for city legal services.

Two men who police say tied up and robbed residents of an Ocoee home were arrested Wednesday on home-invasion, kidnapping and grand-theft charges.

Pinewood Elementary was locked down after reports of a home invasion turned standoff situation in the area of Silver Star Road and Apopka Vineland Road, according to authorities.