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Eight years ago -- during the early hours of June 12 -- a gunman opened fire at Pulse nightclub near downtown Orlando, killing 49 people.

A man who was shot to death Wednesday afternoon after shooting at police during a traffic stop in downtown Orlando was wanted for shooting at his ex-girlfriend earlier this week, records indicate.

Man killed in Orlando police shooting previously shot at girlfriend earlier in the week

On Thursday, police Chief Ed Conley and fire Chief Eric Smith will host a badge ceremony to swear in new and recently promoted police officers and firefighters.

From the moment he got to the Orlando Police Department, 4-year-old Stone Hicks walked in the building and then suited up in his very own police uniform.

Firefighter Sander Schultz died Saturday at age 57, Mayor Greg Verga and fire Chief Eric Smith announced “with heavy hearts” in a joint statement Sunday.

A little more than three years after Officer Kevin Valencia’s passing, Meghan Valencia smiled tearfully as she watched Orlando police Chief Eric Smith tug at a black sheet covering a marker of her late husband’s legacy. “Officer Kevin Valencia Memorial Highway,” a stretch of South Kirkman Road between Vineland and Conroy roads, was unveiled Wednesday in honor of the Orlando police officer, who ...

Cape Ann’s fire departments are hosting an open house next week to offer information about a regional effort taking place to fight wildfires on Cape Ann.

Four new jakes were sworn in to the Gloucester Fire Department on Monday in a short ceremony in Kyrouz Auditorium at City Hall.

A two-alarm fire around 1 p.m. Thursday that brought fire crews from Gloucester, Essex and Ipswich to the Wenniger Cottage Gallery Shop on Holly Street on Goose Cove left the