Orange County

New technology is making solar panels more efficient, even on cloudy days. Orlando Utilities Commission is going to double solar power over the next year and will be one of the first utility companies in the country to convert that power to hydrogen.

Rising rent is forcing a Vietnam veteran out of his Orlando apartment. Steve Wickersham says affordable spots in the city all have waiting lists. In the meantime, he is living in a Salvation Army shelter.

Local elected leaders and law enforcement officials joined representatives from the Harbor House of Central Florida on Wednesday, to raise awareness about domestic violence in Central Florida and launch the organization?s new ?I am? campaign, related to supporting victims in life after domestic violence.

Some residents in Gotha, Florida are expressing their frustrations over flooding. Now, they are asking county leaders for solutions to a decades-old problem.

The City of Orlando has enacted its ban on plastic cups, plates, straws, and utensils in an effort to be more environmentally friends; however, the changes come at a higher cost.

Delta Airlines says a woman was able to board one of its planes at a Florida airport without a ticket and was removed, delaying the flight.

The City of Orlando has acquired The Plaza Live concert and event venue on N. Bumby Avenue from the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The property will be leased back to the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation for $1 per year for a term of 25 years with the option to extend.

Walt Disney World park-goers were stuck for hours aboard the Florida resort's newly launched aerial cable car system Saturday night, prompting firefighters to lift people from the gondolas to bring them back to the ground. There were no reported injuries.

Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase Florida?s minimum wage have submitted more than 750,000 valid petition signatures to the state and are nearing a key threshold to get on the November 2020 ballot.

Freedom High School Senior Kaitlyn Reynolds is the only girl on the boys football team. She joined Good Day Extra host Danielle Knox in studio, along with her coach, to discuss her journey to the gridiron.

A Universal Orlando actor who was dressed as movie character ?Gru? has been fired for making an ?OK? hand gesture that has been designated a hate symbol used by white supremacists in a photo with a biracial girl.

A service was held on Thursday to pay respects to a fallen trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol. Tracy Vickers, described as a "trooper's trooper," was posthumously promoted to the position of sergeant, during a funeral service at First Baptist Church of Orlando. Vickers was killed earlier this week in a two-vehicle crash on State Road 408.