Brenda Argueta

An investigation into a 14-year-old boy’s fatal plunge from the Orlando FreeFall thrill ride determined that the boy’s death was caused by changes made to the seat’s sensors. Now, the Florida Department of Agriculture is seeking a $250,000 administrative fine against the ride’s operator, officials announced Tuesday during a news conference.

Several buildings have collapsed along the east coast of Florida due to Hurricane Nicole, which brought with it intense winds and waves.

The Orlando thrill ride where a 14-year-old boy fell to his death earlier this year is being taken down, according to a statement from the attraction’s operator, News4JAX sister station WKMG-TV reported Thursday.

The mayor of Indialantic is accused of using a rake to hit a man in the face while participating in a park cleanup for Hurricane Ian, according to the police department.

“I found him. He is in the water, and he’s moving,” Deputy Steven Jones said in the video.

A 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from an Orlando thrill ride in March was nearly 100 pounds over the weight limit of the attraction, according to an autopsy report released by the Orlando medical examiner’s office Monday.

A man died of a heart attack in South Carolina while he was burying a woman he strangled, according to the sheriff’s officials.

Legoland Florida Resort is officially designated as a certified autism center, making it the first theme park resort to receive this certification.

An independent forensic engineering firm hired in the investigation into a teen’s fatal fall from an Orlando drop tower found the operator of the thrill ride manually adjusted the sensors in the seat he was in, which made the ride unsafe.

Attorneys representing the family of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall attraction visited the ride Tuesday morning.

A forensic engineering firm has been hired to assist in the investigation into the death of a 14-year-old boy who fell from an Orlando drop tower attraction last week, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Nikki Fried said at a news conference Friday.

The man accused of stabbing to death a couple in Daytona Beach earlier this month was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury.