Orange County News

A 48-year-old Orlando man was killed late Thursday night while walking along Sunflower Trail in east Orange County.

The defense team for accused child killer Casey Anthony is pointing to the former meter reader who discovered Caylee Anthony's remains as the person who could be responsible for killing the toddler.

Eyewitnesses at the Home Depot on West Colonial Drive and Hiawassee Road say they heard several shots around 6 p.m. on Wednesday night.

The Orange County School Board chose its leader Tuesday night, the last to steer the nation's 10th-largest district before an at-large chairman is elected next year.

Orlando shooting : Jason Rodriguez , 40, was indicted by a grand jury on one count of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted first-degree murder.

A lock down of Lake Whitney Elementary School was lifted shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, three hours after a shooting in Winter Garden put schools in west Orange County on a high security alert, according to school and police officials.

The parents of a transient who was fatally stabbed in Ocoee is filing a civil suit in Orange County Circuit Court Thursday against the man charged in the July 22 attack, attorneys said.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 7:10 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 7:13 a.m. ORLANDO An Orange County toddler has died after falling from a window.

A pedestrian was hit and killed while trying to cross a busy road in Orange County early Saturday.

A bystander outside a Denny's restaurant in Orlando was shot during a dispute between gang members.

An Orlando City Council candidate whose platform includes fighting prescription drug abuse was charged with trafficking in the powerful prescription narcotic hydrocodone.

A security guard who walked into the Orange County Courthouse with a firearm this morning faces charges of possession of a concealed firearm and possession of a firearm in a restricted area, deputies said.

A police booking photograph of suspect Jason Rodriguez, issued by the Orange County, Florida Jail on November 6, 2009.

Employees of an engineering firm that was the target of a fatal office shooting last week will soon be returning to work in Orlando.

An Orange County judge sentenced 22-year-old Jerry Allen Henry Tuesday after the man pleaded no contest to second-degree. Earlier this year, 19-year-old James Hollriegel pleaded guilty to the same charge, but he hasn't been sentenced.

Share + Nov 10, 2009 1:05 pm US/Eastern ORLANDO, Fla. 1 of 1 A composite picture of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak's official NASA photo, and the booking photo released 2/5/07 by the Orange County, Florida sheriff's department, following her arrest in an alleged love-triangle attempted kidnapping A former astronaut charged with confronting a romantic ...

The Orange County Sheriffs Office is investigating the robbery of a Bank of America branch Monday morning.

At least 10 people were jailed Monday morning after police busted up an internet prostitution ring.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday.

Orange County Sheriff is investigating a body found in a lake. The dead body was found Saturday morning around 10 a.m. in a lake near Orlando's College Park neighborhood, behind a house at 8 Interlaken Rd.