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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Dense fog and thick black smoke from a controlled burn were major causes of a horrific series of crashes overnight Thursday on both sides of I-95 between Edgewater and New Smyrna Beach resulting in three fatalities and numerous injuries, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

ORLANDO. Fla. -- A 29-year-old Orange County Sheriff's deputy arrested on a DUI charge over the weekend in Brevard County has been relieved of all law enforcement duties and reassigned to administrative duties while the criminal case is underway, an Orland0-based PIO with the OCSO confirmed.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida Highway Patrol traffic homicide investigators have arrested 20-year-old Osbaldo Patino Vazquez of Ocoee on five counts of vehicular homicide following a lengthy investigation into a fatal crash that occurred on March 11, 2021, at Claracona Ocoee Road and Gaymar Drive.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Citing steady declines in the past month in COVID-related cases and deaths in the Sunshine State, including here in Central Florida, Orange County Public Schools is loosening its mask-wearing mandates for adults at its Orlando-area campuses starting today.

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Two men were shot and killed this morning in an apparent drive-by shooting at the Sunrise Pointe Apartments on Richel Drive, cops said.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A South Daytona resident on his motorcycle in Daytona for Bike Week suffered catastrophic injuries in a collision with a school bus back in March during Bike Week that resulted in his passing eight days later in the hospital.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Circuit Judge Steven C. Henderson was among several local prominent public figures who died of complications from COVID-19 back in August.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 20-year-old student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was arrested Thursday on 28 felony counts of possessing child pornography, Daytona Beach cops said.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- State Sen. Jason Brodeur sponsored Dr. Margaret Crossman, chief medical officer at Halifax Health Hospital in Daytona Beach, as the "Doctor of the Day" Thursday in the Florida Legislature.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The sunny skies and seasonably warm temperatures in the low 80s will continue through Sunday along the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.