New Smyrna Beach has reactivated an 11 p.m. youth curfew and added officers ahead of Spring Break under a zero-tolerance approach to crowd trouble.

A Daytona Beach retiree says scammers posing as bank staff and federal agents convinced her to wire more than $135,000, wiping out her nest egg.

Blue Origin has filed plans for an 800,000-square-foot manufacturing site at Exploration Park on Merritt Island. The proposal, dubbed Project Horizon, would deepen the company’s Space Coast footprint.

Top Chef Hung Huynh is opening Pomelo in Mills 50 — a live-fire Southeast Asian bar backed by Johnny and Jimmy Tung, targeting spring 2026.

Orlando police have referred misconduct complaints against District 5 Commissioner Shan Rose after a widely shared bodycam traffic stop; the referral could trigger an internal review.

Dr. Deborah German, founding dean of UCF’s College of Medicine, is preparing to step down after about 20 years, local reporting shows.

Rabbi Yosef Konikov of Chabad of South Orlando is stranded in Jerusalem after regional airspace closures and mass flight cancellations left Americans scrambling to get home.

An early-morning shooting at the Palms Club condos in MetroWest left one person dead and another injured. Police blocked the entrance as detectives worked the scene.

A toucan was spotted near an Orlando day spa on Wednesday; WKMG captured the sighting. Authorities ask anyone with sightings to contact animal services.

Senators Rick Scott and Tom Cotton asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to urge the DOJ to investigate Chinese-owned surrogacy centers, citing reports of dozens of agencies and national-security concerns.

A two-story restaurant and lounge from Knallhart Management opens March 11 in Downtown Winter Garden with a terrace, dining room and late-night lounge.

A lakefront corner in downtown Clermont is on the market, pitched for a high-end restaurant with a rooftop bar and sweeping Lake Minneola views.

A 25-year-old man was struck and killed Monday on Rolling Acres Road; troopers say the crash is under investigation.