Henry Pierson Curtis

Journey brings home special places in Osceola County

August 23, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

KISSIMMEE – Steven Descoteaux grinned as hamburgers cooked over charcoal next to one of Central Florida's busiest roads. Traffic passed almost unheard beyond a barrier of pines and cypress trees...

Mistakenly-released inmates had lengthy criminal careers

June 18, 2018 at 9:40 p.m.

Here's a look at the two escapees. The manhunt is being led by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, along with the state Department of Corrections, the Orange County Sheriff's...

Judge Perry: Mistakenly-released killers ‘had some help’ in forging paperwork

June 18, 2018 at 9:39 p.m.

Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry's signature was forged on a pair of fraudulent orders that freed two Orlando-area killers — both lifers —in an elaborate paperwork prison break that has...

Gun enthusiasts start defense fund for George Zimmerman

August 23, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

A firearms website created by some Tampa gun enthusiasts announced today it is collecting money to help pay for George Zimmerman's legal defense. Christopher Kossmann, 23, and three friends founded...

‘Stand Your Ground’ law: What’s legal?

June 17, 2018 at 11:47 p.m.

At the center of the controversy surrounding the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is a Florida law that changed America's definition of self-defense. The "Stand Your Ground" law, which...

Tiger Woods’ wife used golf club to free him from SUV

August 18, 2019 at 8:43 p.m.

The wife of the world's No.1 golfer Tiger Woods used one of his tools -- a golf club -- to smash open a window of his crashed SUV and then...

Shuttle astronaut jailed in alleged attack on rival

August 21, 2021 at 6:28 p.m.

A NASA astronaut is being held without bail after police say she attacked her rival for another astronaut's attention at Orlando International Airport on Monday. Lisa Nowak drove more than...

Boy dies after ride on coaster at Disney

August 21, 2021 at 2:40 p.m.

A boy from Kentucky riding Walt Disney World's Rock `n' Roller Coaster slumped over during the ride Thursday and later died even though his Army Green Beret father tried to...

Man killed on flight may have been scared

August 22, 2021 at 3:15 p.m.

Rigoberto Alpizar may have just been scared. As more details emerged about Wednesday's anxious moments aboard American Airlines Flight 924 in Miami, it became increasingly apparent that the man killed...

Rules bent to give Disney no-fly zone

August 19, 2021 at 11:35 p.m.

Walt Disney Co. won a rare prize on the eve of the Iraq war when federal officials ordered the long-term closing of the airspace above its theme parks in Florida...

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