Mike Valente
Reporter

Mike joined WKMG-TV in January 2025.
Mike joined WKMG-TV in January 2025.
A day after a plane nearly took off from a taxiway as opposed to a runway at Orlando International Airport, a local pilot who is seasoned in aircraft training says he has many questions for the pilots of that flight.
During a three-hour commission meeting Thursday night, commissioners voted unanimously to enact a 30-day "grace period" for the payment of vacation registration fees and late fees.
A pair of Florida teens were reported missing on Monday afternoon after they were last spotted aboard a paddle board, according to the Levy County Sheriff’s Office.
As the sun set over Sand Point Park in Titusville Friday night, hundreds of people stood in respectful silence, as they listened to stories about Jessie Kirk, the beloved philanthropist whom police say was murdered last week.
Inside the auditorium at Gateway High School Thursday night, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez addressed a politically fraught topic that is of high interest to the large Hispanic community he serves: illegal immigration.
Ocala police Chief Mike Balken held a news conference to announce changes in policy and the disciplining of officers in the fatal shooting of three dogs earlier this year.
During the two-year gap between closing Daily Bread and opening apartments that will be built for homeless people on Apollo Boulevard called Providence Place, the team will serve the community through mobile outreach like food trucks.
One week after residents of Orlando's SoDo district expressed disappointment in a perceived lack of transparency about plans for a proposed homeless shelter in their neighborhood, the city commissioner who represents them fielded their tough questions.
The report includes concessions from county officials, who agreed with the assessment that there was a "significant overpayment" and that "the contracted rate was probably unreasonably high."
During a road trip to Disney World earlier this month, traffic proved to be the least of Chynna Higgins’ concerns.
Law enforcement officials said they successfully conducted a “Street Takeover Enforcement Operation” in Orlando that led to over 500 citations and four arrests, according to a news release.