Alissa Gary

In St. Cloud, one of Central Florida's fastest-growing cities, infrastructure and development are at the center of the race for mayor and a city council seat.

Three Democrats, including two who've run before, face off in the August primary, looking to challenge Republican incumbent Paula Stark for her Florida House District 47 seat in the general election.

Central Florida public school students return to school Monday as school districts debut enhanced safety rules, open new campuses and wrestle with the ongoing bus driver shortages.

Osceola County schools soon may allow religious chaplains to counsel their students, a move made possible by a new Florida law.

Loading your audio article Stephanie Vanos defeated Jeni Grieger in a race for the Orange County School Board district 6 seat, while the race for district 4 was split and will move onto runoffs in November.

Across the county, races were decided for two county commissioners and three school board members but some of the five city coun ...

Orange County Public Schools hoped to shoehorn last year's canceled sex education classes into the start of the new school year, but now those plans

Orange County Public Schools proposed installing walk-through weapons detection systems in all high schools this school year but nixed the plans when they proved too expensive given the staff needed to run them efficiently.

The new bonuses would reward drivers who take no time off and avoid crashes and, the district hopes, help combat Florida’s ongoing shortage of school bus drivers.

The Gainesville Regional Utilities administration building is seen at 301 SE 4th Ave. in Gainesville. One of this year's ballot questions for Gainesville voters asked whether to return control of the utility to the city commission instead of a governor-appointed authority. (WUFT News file photo)