Central Florida News

An uncommon embrace has Florida Tech professors studying new social behaviors in spider monkeys at the Brevard Zoo. Spider monkeys who didn’t come from the same family and were strangers have been spotted hugging each other in unique pro-social interactions scientists haven’t seen before.

Ormond Beach police officers are warning residents following a recent spike in stolen mail. Up to 50 people have come forward with complaints about their mail, police said.

It's official: The Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. Ronald Kiger won the $10,000 grand prize, after removing 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt.

A pilot program testing weapons detection systems at seven high schools in the district will not be expanded, at least for now.

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday carrying the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission.

Families in Orlando's College Park neighborhood are experiencing flooding. Residents are demanding the city do more to protect their homes.

Two dogs are terrorizing a neighborhood in East Orlando, according to residents. Neighbors said the dogs have been seen attacking cats.

A public school bus driver accused of putting his hands around the neck of a 12-year-old boy was granted a $5,000 bond by a Brevard County judge.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday issued an executive order that includes the statewide prosecutor overseeing an investigation into Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Palm Beach County.

Two people were found dead inside an Orlando home on Tuesday. Officers discovered the man and woman at a residence in the Storey Park community in Southeast Orlando.

An alleged sexual assault case has Flagler County making changes to its EMS rules immediately. New protocols revolve around the ambulance, such as cameras in the back of the vehicles.

Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign an executive order to assign the Office of Statewide Prosecutor in Florida to investigate the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, he announced during a news conference in West Palm Beach on Tuesday morning.

Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign an executive order to assign the Office of Statewide Prosecutor in Florida to investigate the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, he announced during a news conference in West Palm Beach on Tuesday morning.

A Florida man has been arrested after he was caught keeping alligators and several freshwater slider turtles on his property, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

A Brevard County school bus driver was arrested on Monday, accused of assaulting a 12-year-old student. Melbourne Police responded to a call from the South Alternative Learning Center about a disturbance on a school bus that was transporting students to the center.

Orlando police officers shut down roads near John Young Parkway and the East-West Expressway.

Flooding has frustrated residents in one Edgewater neighborhood and they have taken their concerns to the Monday evening city council meeting.