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Bob Hovan, 77, of Port Orange, is sharing a painful lesson after losing more than $100,000 in a complex scheme involving a fraudulent stock buyback.

The Internal Revenue Service is expanding its Direct File program to all 50 states following a successful pilot in 12 states, including Florida.

As detectives were searching for missing 13-year-old Madeline Soto last winter, Soto’s mother expressed concerns about the close relationship that had formed between her 37-year-old former boyfriend, Stephan Sterns, and her young daughter.

Two days after Madeline Soto failed to show up at school last February, Orange County Sheriff John Mina held a news conference seeking information from the public about the missing 13-year-old.

Central Florida faces a stark “math problem” when it comes to addressing homelessness. Available resources simply don’t add up to meet the demand. The challenge has been further complicated by new legislation known as the Florida Homelessness Reduction Act, which went into effect last October.

The lighted drones that fell from the sky during a holiday show in Downtown Orlando and injured a 7-year-old boy were supposed to fly above Lake Eola at a safe distance away from crowds, documents obtained by News 6 reveal.

Bob Hovan, 77, of Port Orange, is sharing a painful lesson after losing more than $100,000 in a complex scheme involving a fraudulent stock buyback.

Fraud targeting older Americans continues to rise, with losses exceeding $3.4 billion last year, according to the FBI.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, scams originating from phone calls or texts have already cost Americans over $1 billion in 2024.

In 2022, President Biden introduced a plan to relieve thousands of dollars in student debt for low to middle-income borrowers. However, the plan faced several challenges, and scammers have exploited this uncertainty.

A town of just 1,800 residents nearly found itself without a mayor due to a puzzling standoff over election procedures.

For a growing number of Floridians, the dream of owning a condo is turning into a financial nightmare.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers, accompanied by Texas law enforcement officers, helped locate and detain more than 1,600 undocumented immigrants near the Mexico border between mid-February and mid-August while assisting with the arrests of alleged human traffickers, drug smugglers and gang members, agency records obtained by News 6 show.

The widow of a Melbourne firefighter is fighting for benefits she says her family is owed under Florida law.

Evidence related to the 1990 rape of an 11-year-old girl was disposed by the Melbourne Police Department sometime over the past three decades, a newly released audit reveals, but the agency cannot determine when or why it was destroyed or who authorized it.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, scams originating from phone calls or texts have already cost Americans over $1 billion in 2024.

Cows produce your milk and beef, but what these big animals belch up is a big contributor to climate change. Researchers at the University of Florida are working to find a solution.

In 2022, President Biden introduced a plan to relieve thousands of dollars in student debt for low to middle-income borrowers. However, the plan faced several challenges, and scammers have exploited this uncertainty.