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Family force boy to sleep with dog in laundry room, spend his time in garage

A Tavares couple, Mikelann Renwick, 47, and Steven Renwick, 55, face charges of child neglect and aggravated child abuse. Mikelann Renwick took the boy to Florida Hospital Waterman on Wednesday because he was vomiting. Hospital staffers observed that the boy had several injuries to his head, legs Read More

Judge accused of sexual harassment once helped women sue

Circuit Judge N. James Turner hasn’t worked since April because several women have accused him of sexually harassing them at the Osceola County Courthouse. It’s an issue with which he’s extremely familiar: He spent much of his career suing companies on behalf of women who made Read More

Tampa Yankees to move to Orlando?

Orange County is engaging in talks to bring a New York Yankees minor league team from Tampa to Orlando, several media outlets have reported.

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Cops: Carjackers forced man to strip

A man and a woman face multiple charges, including armed carjacking, following a high-speed chase through the streets of Daytona Beach early Tuesday. Darshawn A. Broadwater and Jerrica Nicole Myles, both 19, are accused of armed carjacking, armed robbery and resisting arrest without violence, Read More

Trial date for man accused of killing his wife: Valentine’s Day

James Robert “Bob” Ward, is accused of fatally shooting his wife Diane Ward in the bedroom at their Isleworth mansion in Orlando on Sept. 21. Isleworth is the place Tiger Woods and his ex-wife called home. And Ward’s house was once owned by legendary golfer Arnold Palmer. Bob Read More

Democratic governor candidate Alex Sink lands endorsement from leading Palm Beach County Republican

Kimberly Mitchell, president of the West Palm Beach City commission and a prominent Palm Beach County Republican, is supporting Democratic candidate for governor Alex Sink. “Alex Sink has the experience and problem-solving approach that we need in our next governor,” Mitchell said in Read More

Scott hiring McCollum’s insider fundraising team

TALLAHASSEE — In the final weeks of his successful gubernatorial primary, Republican Ri ck Scott spared no opportunity to lambaste primary foe Bill McCollum for taking big checks from “Tallahassee insiders” and “special interests” — including U.S. Sugar, Publix Read More

Cops: Man shot wife while training for robbery scenarios

Brevard County authorities said a man accidentally shot his wife in the chest in Cocoa on Sunday morning while the couple was training for robbery scenarios, reports WKMG News in Orlando. Arnold Morris pulled his small-caliber handgun out of his pocket during the drill and it accidentally Read More