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Central Florida organizations unite to empower youth, combat crime with community event
ORLANDO, Fla. — Multiple organizations joined forces on Saturday to host a family-friendly event that promoted crime prevention while providing positive activities for children. Programs like Central Florida's Credible Messenger and initiatives like 'gloves up, guns down' aim to prevent crime while giving kids an outlet. This youth crime...
Florida's back-to-school tax-free holiday is coming up. What to know
With the new school year quickly approaching, you can expect some juicy back-to-school sales to crop up soon, too. Most scholarly sales happen around one of Florida’s many tax-free holidays. The next one up on the calendar is the back-to-school tax-free holiday, which stretches across two weeks at the end of July and the beginning of August.
Florida Lottery Powerball, Lotto, Cash4Life results for July 20, 2024
The Florida Lottery offers several draw games for those hoping to win one of the available jackpots. Here’s a look at the winning numbers for games played on Saturday, July 20, 2024 Winning Powerball numbers from July 20 drawing ...
Central Florida offices affected after tech glitch closes down Social Security facilities nationwide
ORLANDO, Fla. — The impacts of a widespread tech outage on Friday reached far and wide, and that included Social Security offices nationwide, which were all closed due to the glitch. Throughout the day on Friday, people were turned away as they showed up to the Social Security office...
Families face challenges without loved one’s death certificate after Florida Department of Health hack
HUDSON, Fla. - More than two weeks after a cyberattack on the Florida Department of Health, there are still problems for families trying to deal with the death of a loved one. State lawmakers are calling for a thorough investigation into the ransomware attack, which left the department unable to issue death certificates.
FLHSMV implements legislation requiring driver licenses and identification card numbers to change
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On July 31, 2024, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) will begin implementing legislation that amends Florida Statute 322.14 (1)(a) and requires the distinguishing numbers assigned to a driver license or identification card to include at least four randomly generated numbers. This new system aims to improve security and safeguard individuals’ identities.
State Attorney Bain Launches Gun Safety Campaign to Reduce Gun Violence
This July, ten billboards are on display across Central Florida as part of State Attorney Andrew Bain’s gun safety campaign to reduce gun violence in our community. The campaign emphasizes the importance of responsible firearm storage and features Orange County Sheriff John Mina and Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.
Orlando weather: Thunderstorms to continue through the evening in Central Florida
A handful of thunderstorms will continue to pop up for the rest of the evening and start to fizzle out a little later on tonight at around 10 p.m. Main threats are heavy rain and lightning. Some of the heavy rain through the rest of this evening on top of rain that especially areas in Flagler and Volusia got yesterday may lead to a flooding advisory as we head through the rest of the evening into the early overnight.
Northeast FL Surf Report #1 Sunday 6:40 AM 07.21.2024
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