Orange County

Some parents thought their children would be exempt from mask requirements due to the exceptional student education waivers.

Orange County schools begin face-to-face instruction next week. Doctors on an advisory board have voiced concerns about all students attending on the same date and recommend younger students should be the first to participant in classroom instruction.

An order by the Marion County sheriff banning masks at the Sheriff's Office is gaining national attention. It's the latest in the debate over mask mandate policy in the county, as Ocala's mayor clashes with the council over the issue.

Miami Beach police officers have issued thousands of dollars in fines for coronavirus mask policy violations. In Central Florida, it's a different story as more warnings have been issued.

The Florida Department of Health says a Miami lab delivered a backlog of coronavirus test data dating back to late June.

FOX 35 Chief Meteorologist Glenn Richards is tracking a tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean that is expected to strengthen Wednesday evening into Thursday morning.

The sting will reportedly be repeated in the future to catch more predators.

Early voting is now officially underway and according to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections, record numbers have voted by mail in a primary election.

Regal Theaters plans to plans to reopen cinemas next Friday, more than four months after closing due to the pandemic. However, Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, in Winter Garden, has already reopened its doors.

Second Harvest Food Bank is receiving a helping hand from the Darden Foundation in the form of a financial donation.

A teenager had to be rescued after getting stuck inside a gun safe. It happened at Shooter's World in Orlando.

Three Downtown Orlando bars had their alcohol licenses suspended over coronavirus safety violations.

A big name actor is using his charity to feed firefighters in Orlando.

A former police officer who threatened suicide was talked out of harms way. He had barricaded himself inside a vehicle at AdventHealth in DeLand.

The state has suspended the alcohol license for a company that operates three bars in Downtown Orlando.

Austin Coppock captured the lightning strike on video while at the park on Monday.

The man was in a standoff with law enforcement for hours at a DeLand hospital

The Governor held the roundtable at Florida State University.