Orlando is served by Amtrak's Silver Meteor and Floridian routes. Sanford is also home to the auto train for Amtrak to Lorton, Virginia, near Washington, D.C.

Officials rushed to reschedule Mardi Gras celebrations and warned revelers as powerful storms were expected to strike Louisiana.

A man in Orlando is accused of swallowing nearly $1 million in stolen diamond Tiffany jewelry before he was arrested, an arrest affidavit says. Officers from the Orlando Police Department on Feb. 26 responded to the Tiffany & Co. at the Mall of Millenia on a robbery call.

A Sanford, Florida resident is on the road to recovery after he was hit by a truck during the New Orleans terrorist attack on New Year's Day. Jeremi Sensky was on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day when a man with ties to ISIS drove through a crowd of people.

A survivor of the New Orleans attack said he is grateful despite the severe injuries he sustained in the New Year's Day terror plot.

Greater Fort Lauderdale, the Palm Beaches, and St. Pete-Clearwater will be considered for the coveted stars, in addition to Greater Miami, Orlando, and Tampa