Ocoee News

Diplomat Tower isn't the only medical office building in the works in Ocoee. In fact, several developers want to build a combined 332,000 square feet of medical office space in the small, one-hospital city on the western edge of Orange County.

N ikki Barnes' oldest son started kindergarten last fall before he had all the vaccines Florida requires.

A driver died Thursday when her truck rolled down an embankment near Plant Street in Ocoee and crashed into a tree.

Investigators said James Hataway was the last person to see missing Ocoee resident Tracy Ocasio last week.

A man that police have called a person of interest for weeks in the disappearance of Orange County woman Tracy Ocasio is facing serious charges Tuesday, according to the Seminole County State Attorney.

Pasco County commissioners on Tuesday recognized two teenage brothers who last month rescued a married couple stranded in the Gulf of Mexico.

Several law-enforcement agencies suspect that Johnicia Albury , Cynthia Teague and Lovetta Teague are behind a series of violent purse snatching incidents.

Thu, Jun 25, 2009 TMZ said Wednesday night Fawcett is "reportedly close to death" and her family members are gathering to say their final goodbyes.

Academy award-winner Billy Bob Thornton. OCOEE, Florida The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was babysitting in central Florida.

The daughter of Oscar Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton is in the Orange County Jail Thursday morning, facing first degree murder charges.

Amanda Brumfield was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of her 1-year-old god-daughter. The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton was indicted today on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child in the death of a 1-year-old Ocoee girl she was baby sitting.

A Central Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a baby she was watching in October 2008.

A small house occupied by sex offenders burned to the ground in Orlando Tuesday.

Police said they learned on Thursday that the only person of interest in the case of missing woman Tracy Ocasio has expressed interest in things like serial murders, vampires and cannibalism.

But state officials said Thursday that the schools continue to fall short when it comes to the federal government's No Child Left Behind program.

A woman who police say was part of a group that tried to rob two Orange County residents was shot in the back of the head and is recovering at a hospital.

The search for a missing Ocoee woman continues Thursday morning and now investigators want to know if the prime suspect in her case is connected to other crimes nationwide.

The Department of Education wants to know if the Orange County School District violated laws by deciding to keep Evans High School in Pine Hills instead of moving it to Ocoee.

About 120 people turned out this morning to help search for Tracy Ocasio, the 27-year-old Ocoee woman who disappeared after watching an Orlando Magic game at a bar on May 27.

An Ocoee police sergeant who was arrested last summer after he spanked a woman at a party has pleaded guilty to battery and lost his law-enforcement certification, officials said this week.