'A fantastic guy': Beloved Central Florida guitarist killed in Winter Garden alligator attack
Steven Hamilton, a 71-year-old retired guitarist, is being remembered as a great guy after being killed by a nearly 12-foot alligator while fishing.
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Steven Hamilton, a 71-year-old retired guitarist, is being remembered as a great guy after being killed by a nearly 12-foot alligator while fishing.
'The alligator was approximately 12-feet long and has been dispatched by FWC trappers,' Capt. Michael Mason of the Winter Garden Police Department said.
All of the southbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike are shut down before SR-50 in Winter Garden.
James Ernest Hitchcock, convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago in Central Florida, is set to be executed Th...
A Central Florida baby suffered a 'catastrophic' broken leg in August, but how it happened remains a mystery and now is the subject of a lawsuit.
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Breast cancer in younger women is on the rise. A South Florida survivor found a lump at 29
Shawna Gramkow, of Sanford, FL, was issued a summons for a charge of unlawful wiretapping after a complaint from Lindsay Clancy's ex-father-in-law, according...
The November 2026 midterm elections are just four days away. Candidates in key races — and President Trump — are making their closing arguments to voters.
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Windermere is in Orange County, Florida.
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Breast cancer in younger women is on the rise. A South Florida survivor found a lump at 29
Shawna Gramkow, of Sanford, FL, was issued a summons for a charge of unlawful wiretapping after a complaint from Lindsay Clancy's ex-father-in-law, according...
The November 2026 midterm elections are just four days away. Candidates in key races — and President Trump — are making their closing arguments to voters.
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