Phil Landeros

Hayden Anthis, a geometry teacher at Harmony High since 2017, was arrested after detectives with the St. Cloud Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit say he began corresponding in an online forum with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Back in June, detectives say the conversations began. On Thursday, police say Anthis offered to meet for sex — and showed up with condoms.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has filed 81 additional felony charges against a sex crimes suspect after a forensic examination of his mobile device revealed extensive child sexual abuse material — and detectives believe there are more victims who have not yet been identified.

A road rage encounter ended in a deadly shooting Tuesday morning in the parking lot of an Apopka Home Depo

Orange County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Maria F. Vazquez announced Monday she will retire at the end of the 2026–2027 school year, closing a 35-year career in education that took her from a classroom teacher to the leader of one of the largest school districts in the country.

A Georgia man is recovering after a shark bit him while he was wading in shallow water off a Volusia County beach Saturday evening.

A 29-year-old male construction worker fell roughly 20 feet Thursday morning at the Roth Tower construction site on the University of Central Florida campus, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies said a missing woman who was last seen in the early morning hours Wednesday in Dunnellon has been found safe.

Cape Canaveral’s city manager announced Tuesday the city faces a $4 million budget deficit — and that the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office will investigate whether criminal conduct or employee misconduct contributed to the financial crisis.

Two children were hurt Thursday after an Orange County sheriff’s deputy accidentally fired his personal gun while cleaning it, the sheriff’s office said.

Veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War can apply now for a free trip to Washington, D.C. through Honor Flight Central Florida.

A Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot a man Tuesday afternoon after the man threatened the deputy with a firearm, according to the sheriff’s office.

A 64-year-old Ocala boxing coach is behind bars after detectives say he sexually abused a juvenile student for months at multiple locations across Marion County, including two local boxing gyms, a hotel, his home, and inside his vehicle.