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A town of just 1,800 residents nearly found itself without a mayor due to a puzzling standoff over election procedures.

For a growing number of Floridians, the dream of owning a condo is turning into a financial nightmare.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers, accompanied by Texas law enforcement officers, helped locate and detain more than 1,600 undocumented immigrants near the Mexico border between mid-February and mid-August while assisting with the arrests of alleged human traffickers, drug smugglers and gang members, agency records obtained by News 6 show.

The widow of a Melbourne firefighter is fighting for benefits she says her family is owed under Florida law.

Evidence related to the 1990 rape of an 11-year-old girl was disposed by the Melbourne Police Department sometime over the past three decades, a newly released audit reveals, but the agency cannot determine when or why it was destroyed or who authorized it.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, scams originating from phone calls or texts have already cost Americans over $1 billion in 2024.

Fraud targeting older Americans continues to rise, with losses exceeding $3.4 billion last year, according to the FBI.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, scams originating from phone calls or texts have already cost Americans over $1 billion in 2024.

In 2022, President Biden introduced a plan to relieve thousands of dollars in student debt for low to middle-income borrowers. However, the plan faced several challenges, and scammers have exploited this uncertainty.

With Election Day just around the corner, AARP is urging voters to remain vigilant against potential scams and misinformation campaigns that often target voters as they head to the polls.

Renters at an Orlando apartment complex are among the first in the nation to start using solar energy to reduce their individual electric bills.

Voters in two Central Florida counties on Tuesday night said they wanted to pay a half-cent sales tax to fund repairs, renovations and maintenance costs for public schools.

With Election Day just around the corner, AARP is urging voters to remain vigilant against potential scams and misinformation campaigns that often target voters as they head to the polls.

As podcasts gain popularity, many individuals are receiving enticing invitations to appear as guests on well-known shows.

Three tax preparers accused of fraudulently helping Central Florida customers obtain large income tax refunds have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.

Voters are heading to the polls in two Central Florida counties to decide whether they want to pay a half-cent sales tax to fund repairs, renovations and maintenance costs for public schools.

October is Cyber Security Awareness month. It’s not tax season, but crooks are still after your personal information.

Names like Fearne Cotton, Rachel Hollis and even Tony Robbins can catch your attention, offering to feature you as a guest on their podcasts. They may even promise as much as $3,000 for a 45-minute interview. But, as they say, if it sounds too good to be true, it often is.