Oakland News

Orlando Ballet was shut out of funding by Orange County's cultural-tourism program for the coming year because of a shortage of county grant money.

Orange County home owners are calling Property Appraiser Bill Donegan to complain that they are paying more taxes, even though their homes are worth thousands of dollars less.

Aleisha and Timothy Smith are accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution.

Police say a husband and wife kidnapped a teenager from an Orange County bus stop and forced her into prostitution.

Orange County School Board Member Jim Martin is hosting the fourth annual "Fill the Bus" event, where volunteers collect donated school supplies like backpacks, notebook paper, pencils, rulers, crayons and cash.

Sunday, Bill Criswell with Habitat says they'll kick off the project to get a home for Army Specialist Marcus Griffin, his wife and two children.

A man was on life support Saturday and his wife was in critical condition after he shot her during an argument and then turned the gun on himself, police said.

Orange County Fire Rescue units responded to a double-shooting around 7 p.m. on Friday.

Two people were shot in an Orange County home Friday night. The Orange County Sheriff's Office and Oakland police responded to the John's Landing Estate just after 8 p.m. One man is in critical condition.

'A charming little city with a juicy past." That's what Winter Garden calls itself.

Most parents spend 18 years trying to strike a balance between protecting their kids and offering independence as they grow into young adults.

Property values across Orange County plummeted a whopping 10.5 percent in one year - the first such drop in decades - putting added pressure on local governments to figure out how to continue providing basic services with dwindling tax revenues.

The Groveland mother of a 17-year-old girl is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and culpable negligence after her child's teenage friend overdosed and went into a coma when she was supposed to be under the adult's supervision.