Ocoee

The Ocoee Police Department is searching for a person who struck and killed a person walking across the street early Friday morning. 

Rumors about how Orange County Public Schools plans to handle new law changes had people speaking out at Tuesdays school board meeting.

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a busy Ocoee intersection on Wednesday evening after a suspected car thief exchanged gunfire with an Orlando police officer.

Orlando Police say four juveniles hit a marked patrol vehicle overnight following an armed carjacking.

Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said a driver was going more than 80 miles an hour – double the speed limit – on Clarcona Ocoee Road, when he crashed into a car with six people inside, killing five of them.

UPDATE: Ocoee Police say 16-year-old Alexis Je'miah Amstrong has been located and is safe.

Ocoee Police say dramatic video shows the moment a hit-and-run driver smashed into 13-year-old Rontavius Newman. 

Detectives say the vehicle is a mid-2000's Blue Toyota Corolla with a faded roof and could possibly have damage to the right front passenger side.

As Thanksgiving approaches and some families wonder where their next meal will come from, the Southeastern Food Bank is ramping up its efforts to provide for those in need.

"Due to a lack of practice time for Ocoee High School football players that resulted from COVID-19 cases and ordered quarantines last week, the football game scheduled for Friday, September 24 against West Orange High School has been canceled."

On August 26, an Islamic State suicide attack at an airport gate killed at least 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.

The Orlando Police Department is investigating after a body was found inside of a missing man's vehicle.

One of the Central Florida winners won $2 million off a scratch-off ticket, while the other won $1 million. Both claimed their prizes in Orlando.

State Senator Randolph Bracy announced that he has secured reparations in the new state budget for descendants of the Ocoee Massacre and other black Ocoee residents.

Police said that 14-year-old Lyzsandra Lopez was last seen around 9 a.m. Sunday.

The family of an Ocoee man is suing the city after his death. The lawsuit claims Jean Samuel Celestin was having a mental health crisis when he was tasered by Ocoee police officers several times.

Four Orange County municipalities held elections on Tuesday. Former Winter Park commissioner Phil Anderson defeated Sarah Sprinkel with 53% of the vote.