A mother arrested on Wednesday after her 14-year-old daughter was found dead is now facing first-degree murder charges, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A deputy stands trial after using a Taser on a man at an Orange County gas station.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez will retain his position after winning his race against challenger Donnie Martinez on Election Day.

A 24-year-old man is accused of shooting and killing another man in Osceola County, according to the sheriff.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez might have won his primary race, but now he’ll have to face down challenger Donnie Martinez to determine whether he’ll keep his coveted position.

When voters head off to the polls, there are a lot of primary races that could come down to the final votes.

Incumbent Sheriff Marcos Lopez will advance to the general election in November after defeating four challengers in the Democratic primary Tuesday in Osceola County.

The state attorney’s office accused Lopez of publicly disclosing a photograph of Soto’s body.

A 26-year-old man faces charges in the shooting deaths of two men at an apartment complex near Kissimmee on July 9, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Two people were killed in a shooting at an apartment complex near Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

This Father’s Day weekend, Kingston, Conner and Irelynn are washing cars and selling baked goods to raise money for their father’s funeral.

Four Central Florida sheriffs will continue to lead their respective law enforcement agencies after getting no opponents for their reelection races this week.

A cyclist is dead and a motorcycle rider is in custody after a shooting in Osceola County, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

A man accused of shooting and killing another man at a home outside of St. Cloud has confessed to the crime, according to the Osceola County sheriff.

After several amazing stops already throughout Central Florida, our next stop on WKMG Hits the Road is Kissimmee.

Former Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson, who is running against Lopez in the 2024 election, said that the photograph depicted the body of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, who was found dead Friday afternoon in a wooded area near St. Cloud.

The Instagram account for Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez posted a confidential crime scene photograph on Saturday morning, which the agency later said had been inadvertently shared with the public.

Monday morning, for the first time, the Osceola County Sheriff brought his senior specialists, his fraud unit and his life-saving tools to an assisted living facility in Kissimmee - Sonata Hunter’s Creek.

The Osceola County sheriff gave an update on a fatal shooting at Café Lungo on Christmas Day.

Attorneys have officially filed a federal lawsuit against Osceola County’s sheriff and two deputies for the 2022 encounter and shooting outside a Target store in Kissimmee where one person was killed and two others were hurt.

Osceola County deputies arrested a man Friday, accused of capital sexual battery on a 6-year-old girl in Kissimmee.

Crews will install news stop signs at an Osceola County intersection where a woman and her three grandchildren were killed in a crash less than two weeks ago.

Electronic signs have been posted at the intersection where four people were killed in a crash Sunday. Message boards seen in the area Friday warn drivers the intersection of San Miguel Road and Laurel Avenue will become a four-way stop in the next two weeks.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a restaurant manager accused of sexual battery on a teenage worker.

The Osceola County mother who admitted to strangling her 13-year-old son now faces a charge of first-degree premeditated murder, according to a release from the sheriff's office.

A woman faces charges after deputies said she confessed to killing her teen son at a home near St. Cloud on Monday.

A 24-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in Osceola County, accused of traveling from Davenport to a resort in Four Corners to have sex with two minors who he had been talking with on social media, according to the sheriff’s office.

The Osceola County Sheriff and Osceola Superintendent held a news conference on Wednesday to show parents how they plan to keep students, faculty and staff safe this school year.

Deputies said they received calls about the shooting around 8:19 p.m. near Tampa Avenue. Upon arrival, they found two men with gunshot wounds.

Deputies said they received calls about the shooting around 8:19 p.m. near Tampa Avenue. Upon arrival, they found two men with gunshot wounds.

A person was shot in the face Wednesday morning near an extended-stay motel in Osceola County, deputies said.

The Women on Watch Initiative is a free program that acts as a precursor to the police academy that gives women interested in a career in law enforcement a preview of the expectations of the academy and the sheriff’s office in an environment created by women, for women.

At the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez took his anti-bullying message to all elementary schools in the area for the first time ever.

An Osceola County deputy accused of helping a child sex suspect has been fired and arrested, according to the sheriff’s office.

Osceola County Deputy David Crawford is now formally charged stemming from a 2022 arrest in which the deputy is accused of starting a fire with a Taser which left a suspect badly burned across most of his body.

he Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says they plan to issue more body-worn cameras to their deputies this year. A spokesperson for Sheriff Marcos Lopez says that since taking office, he has ensured all members on patrol have body cameras, but there are other scenarios where sworn personnel are on the job without this equipment.

A security guard at an Osceola County juvenile detention facility is accusing of having sex with one of the detainees, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez

Osceola County deputies shot and killed a man in a neighborhood in the Kissimmee area Thursday after he pointed a gun at them, according to the sheriff.

A St. Cloud police officer is accused of stealing and using a dead person’s credit card information, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A parent is accused of punching an umpire in the head during a high school baseball game near Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A former Celebration High School coach arrested earlier this month, accused of sexual misconduct with students, is facing more charges, records show.

A teacher at an Osceola County elementary school faces charges of sexual battery on a minor, according to a news release.

Osceola County deputies and Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Thursday escorted a Celebration High School baseball coach to a patrol car for his arrest, accused of sexual misconduct with at least two students.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell spoke about drug trafficking Monday after Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez called out the state for its lack of prosecution of these cases last week.

Following a shooting rampage that left three people dead in Pine Hills in February, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Orange County Sheriff John Mina and Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez have spoken out against Worrell.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Thursday provided an update on the number of drug overdoses and deaths within the community in 2022.

Osceola County deputies have identified the man and woman found dead Tuesday outside a St. Cloud home in what they are now calling a murder-suicide, according to the sheriff’s office.

A man was arrested and accused of raping a 12-year-old girl several times within the past year after approaching her at a neighborhood block party, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said at a news briefing Friday.

Deputies identified two men and a woman found dead following an apparent murder-suicide near the Floridian Sandalwood mobile home park, the sheriff’s office said.

A woman is accused of stabbing two children and their father Tuesday in Osceola County, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deputies said they recovered a woman from a Kissimmee lake Wednesday night who is possibly the same person that went missing a day prior.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez is set to give details on an arrest in a homicide investigation.

Former Osceola County sheriff Russ Gibson wants his old job back.

Russ Gibson announced Thursday he had filed to run for re-election in the county’s 2024 race for the role.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez announced the arrests of five people Wednesday months after a man was shot and killed in a violent home invasion near St. Cloud.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation Wednesday after possible human remains were found in Kissimmee.

The Osceola County sheriff is expected to speak Friday night on a report about a barricaded subject.

A body found in a swampy area in Osceola County is believed to be a missing 73-year-old man who was last seen on Thanksgiving Day, Sheriff Marcos Lopez said in an update Thursday.

A man was shot in the head while driving on the southwest side of a business parking lot near Buenaventura Boulevard and Simpson Road in Osceola County on Sunday evening, according to the Osceola County Fire Rescue.

A man admits to stabbing and killing his own mother and hurting his sister during an attack at a home near Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A man was arrested after one woman was found dead and another injured at a Kissimmee home, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies are searching for a 73-year-old missing man who was last seen visiting relatives in Kissimmee on Thanksgiving.

The Osceola County Sheriff's Office will hold a news briefing on an arrest made after homes in the county were broken into while people were asleep inside.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said he has fulfilled his promise to have bilingual Spanish speakers answer the phones in his 911 dispatch center.

Deputies with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office are set to deploy Wednesday to Lee County, which is still struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the sheriff’s office said in a release.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez and Attorney General Ashley Moody will be visiting Good Samaritan Village in Kissimmee to assess flood damage in the area caused by Hurricane Ian.

After yet another police suicide in Central Florida, deputies have come up with a solution: the Osceola County Sheriff's Office has finally hired a full-time in-house mental health expert.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday it had been chosen to host a meeting of the Florida Sheriffs Association Cold Case Advisory Commission.

From Marion County to Maitland, school resource officers and deputies across Central Florida are gearing up for back to school.

Two parents are facing murder charges as of Wednesday in connection with the death of their 6-year-old child and the abuse of their five other children in Osceola County.

Annual retraining this summer for Osceola County Sheriff’s Office SROs was longer and more intensive than ever before, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

As Osceola County heads back-to-school, for the first time ever, the youngest students will be getting life lessons on how to deal with bullying directly from deputies.

In April, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez held a brief news conference to announce his deputies had been involved in a deadly shooting in the parking lot of a Target, offering almost no details about what had happened or what led to the shooting.

An ordinance was passed in Osceola County on Monday evening that is aimed to prevent crimes at hookah establishments in the early morning hours.

Sheriff Marcos Lopez said the Real-Time Crime Center and the ongoing effort to add additional school camera feeds means better protection.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left one person dead and put three people in the hospital.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is set to provide an update Thursday afternoon on the incident during which three deputies and a suspect caught fire in an attempted arrest at a gas station months ago.

Black Lives Matter Restoration Polk Inc. held a news briefing Tuesday afternoon on the deadly deputy shooting that occurred outside an Osceola Target last month.

A 3-year-old died and an 8-year-old was injured after their mother forced them to drink bleach before trying to kill herself outside a Poinciana church Sunday, Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez said in a news briefing Tuesday.

Four Osceola sheriff’s office vehicles were rammed into prior to the fatal deputy-involved shooting of a 20-year-old in a Target parking lot last week, new documents released Monday revealed.

The lawyer representing the family of the man who was killed when two Osceola County deputies opened fire in the parking lot of Target is questioning why none of the responding members of law enforcement were wearing body cameras.

In the wake of the recent deadly shooting by two Osceola County deputies at a Target on April 27, questions have loomed about the policies at the sheriff’s office.

Deputies involved in Target shooting were not wearing body cameras, according to Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

Osceola County's sheriff is continuing to not answer direct questions about why his deputies opened fire on four men outside a Target store on April 27.

Attorneys representing the family of a 20-year-old man shot and killed by Osceola County deputies in a Target parking lot are revealing new details in what led up to the shooting.

A man shot and killed by Osceola County deputies last week at an area Target was identified Tuesday by the attorney for the family.

A Florida lawmaker is now pressing the Osceola County Sheriff's Office to release more information about a deadly deputy shooting in the parking lot of a Target store five days ago.

Two men stealing a pizza and several packs of Pokémon cards from a Target lead to a deadly deputy shooting Wednesday night, records released Thursday revealed.

A man was killed and three other people were injured after two Osceola County deputies opened fire Wednesday night outside a Target store near Kissimmee, authorities said.

Every day, a group of local detectives go to work with the FBI at the FBI offices in Maitland to tackle the growing problem.

A mother is facing charges in the death of her 4-year-old daughter who was found at a resort near Celebration in January, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

An employee of an Osceola County apartment complex was booked Thursday, accused of raping a 70-year-old tenant in her own unit the day prior, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A man and woman were found dead inside an Osceola County home, according to the sheriff’s office.

A 4-year-old girl was found dead and her mother was taken to the hospital after deputies performed a well-being check at a resort, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

New images released by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office are the latest to come out of the search for Paola Miranda-Rosa, who has been missing since Dec. 18.

The Osceola County sheriff will discuss the arrest of seven people in connection with a woman’s death during a news conference Friday afternoon.

Three teens face battery charges after video surfaced of a student getting punched in the face at Liberty High School on Oct. 22.

A woman accused of killing her own mother "admitted to hitting her with a hammer" following her arrest on Saturday, according to Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

A 55-year-old man was arrested for the rape of an 18-year-old woman.