Officials: 73-year-old Winter Garden woman among six killed in West Virginia helicopter crash

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A deadly crash occurred Saturday morning in Osceola County, Florida Highway Patrol says. Troopers say the crash happened on State Road 60 and Mae Bass Road around 9:21 a.m. A van was in an eastbound lane on SR-60 and a sedan headed west on that...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A man was crossing Orange Blossom Trail just north of Holden Avenue when he was struck and killed by an SUV, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened at 3:19 a.m. Saturday morning as the 62-year-old Belleview man was walking east across the northbound lanes of OBT when he was struck by the front of an SUV. The man was pronounced dead on the scene, according to FHP.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — The Seminole County Sheriff's Office says a middle school student was arrested Friday. A school resource deputy responded at Greenwood Lakes Middle School at approximately 4:09 p.m. on Lake Park Drive in Lake Mary. The dean of Greenwood Lakes Middle School asked for help with...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police in Daytona Beach are investigating after a body was found in some woods near Halifax Hospital Thursday. Police say the body is that of an adult male and because of significant composition, the medical examiner is working to determine who the person is and how he died.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Family and friends of an Orange County man found shot to death earlier this week gathered together tonight to honor his life. The vigil was held at the intersection in Pine Hills where 23-year-old Dean Mitchell was shot. "A lot of times these things happen...

SANFORD, Fla. — According to the Sanford Police Department, they responded to the scene of a shooting on Saturday. The shooting appears to be domestic, police say. A man was shot twice at a residence on the 200 block of Carina Circle. He sufferred non-life-threatening injuries and was transported...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — The Ocala Police Department says a woman is facing child neglect charges. On Wednesday, police responded to a call about an unsupervised child, and the caller, a postal worker delivering mail, told police they found the child outside without clothes and with a bloody nose.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol responded to an Orange County crash late Wednesday involving one of their vehicles. The crash happened around 2:20 a.m. Wednesday night at mile marker 17 and State Road 408, troopers say. A Nissan was headed west on SR-408 near mile marker 17...

LAKELAND, Fla. — He doesn’t want to be called a hero, but his actions were heroic. A Lakeland man pulled a woman from her car after she drove it into a swimming pool Wednesday morning. It happened in the Sand Piper Golf and Country Club subdivision. Lakeland Police...

CLERMONT, Fla. — Clermont police have released the body-worn camera footage that led up to officers shooting an elderly man who they said fired a gun at first responders. The man was identified as Wallace Wainwright, 81, of Clermont. Clermont police chief Charles Broadway said in an update Friday...

LONGWOOD, Fla. — Longwood police arrested a 15-year-old boy Friday who they say brought a gun to Lyman High School in Seminole County. At about 1:30 p.m., police were called about the student causing a disturbance. The student then tried to place a backpack out of sight. He wouldn’t...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Customers of a central Florida company that claims it will sell your unwanted timeshare units for a fee have filed complaints with the state and are fighting to get their money back. WESH 2 Investigates has been looking into this case for two months and talked...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — An emotional start to the new school year in Lake Nona. Kissimmee Police were joined by Orlando Police and the Orange County Sheriff's Office in honoring fallen officer Matthew Baxter. They walked his youngest daughter to her first day of kindergarten. Baxter died when he was...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Transportation officials in Osceola County say for the first two weeks of school, they analyze how many kids are getting on and off the buses and where. Then, they adjust accordingly. That means routes will be changing which impacts the timing of when your child’s...

ORLANDO, Fla. — ABOVE: A look at today's other top headlines. A man has taken to social media to say he was kicked off of a Frontier flight heading out of Orlando because he was holding his toddler daughter in his lap before takeoff. “What was the most awesome...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando city officials are looking to further improve safety for those going out at night downtown. City commissioners will discuss a handful of new protocols next week that look to make everything from parking lots to bars themselves safer. These proposed changes have been in the...

OVIEDO, Fla. — One point of traffic concern in Oviedo, especially during early morning and afternoon rush hours, is Mitchell Hammock Road. The mayor doesn't see widening it very likely. "There's no ethical way to take somebody's home to turn it into a road, especially on a road where...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A rabies alert has been issued in Port Orange, according to the Florida Department of Health. The alert followed a cat testing positive on Aug. 8 for rabies. Health officials want to remind pet owners that if their pets aren't vaccinated, it puts them at...

Dr. Marvin Hardy recalls working at a Central Florida pediatric office 12 years ago and feeling unfulfilled. "I love where I worked, but having grown up here, I just felt like I was driving in the wrong direction." Hardy told WESH 2 News he saw too many people in need...

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — With soaring rent prices and affordable housing hard to find, local shelters and charities are working around the clock to help those who are forced to sleep on the streets. The demand is so high that one homeless service is worried about keeping its doors...