Mike Valente
Community Correspondent
Mike joined WKMG-TV in January 2025. He's a Community Correspondent serving Orlando in Orange County.
Mike joined WKMG-TV in January 2025. He's a Community Correspondent serving Orlando in Orange County.
Members of the Orange County School Board will meet Tuesday to discuss proposed rules and restrictions for student use of e-bikes and e-scooters. Under the new rules, elementary school students would be prohibited from bringing motorized micromobility devices to schools.
The father of a 13-year-old girl is suing the Orange County apartment complex where authorities say his daughter was raped and killed July 4, 2024.
A 34-year-old man charged earlier this year with defrauding investors out of at least $250 million pleaded guilty Tuesday to running a “Ponzi scheme.” Christopher Delgado could face up to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering Tuesday.
Orange County commissioners are expected to discuss a proposal that would establish a 1,000-foot buffer between smoke shops and schools.
The woman accused of luring Lake County deputies to her home in a deadly ambush in 2024 sat quietly in a courtroom for six hours Friday, as three psychologists testified about her ability to stand trial. Julie Sulpizio is the only living suspect in the ambush that left Master Deputy Bradley Link dead. Two other deputies survived their injuries.
The owners of the Vanity Room sat down with News 6 Friday to discuss the arrest of an unlicensed injector, who had erroneously claimed to have ties to the popular Orlando medical spa.
An Orlando attorney who specializes in the First Amendment cast doubt on Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's chances of bringing a successful case against Major League Baseball.
The Orange County man accused of shooting and killing his toddlers before killing himself was scheduled to go on trial later this month on a misdemeanor battery charge.
The head of Orlando's Carnival Festival is defending police officers who were disciplined by the department after they were captured in a video in which young women in bikinis are dancing on them.
Carey Schreier planned to speak at Thursday night’s Eustis commission meeting, two weeks after she sat down with News 6 about the loaded shotgun she received from police.
Gray Powell, 20, is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl who he picked up from a group home in Deland after meeting via a dating app, according to Orlando Police.
The Florida House and Senate passed a tweaked version of a major proposal to cut local property taxes on Tuesday. The bill increases the current $50,000 exemption on homestead property taxes to $150,000 for 2027, and to $250,000 in 2028. The exemption will not apply to school district taxes.