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Adam Ledo (left) and Andres Velandia (right) work as a team to interpret Seminole County’s press conferences for the Deaf. Velandia, who is Deaf, translates the conferences into a more gestural language, so it can be broadly understood.

Seminole County sign language interpreters work as team to relay important information

4 years 9 months ago

Anyone who has watched the Seminole County coronavirus press conferences has seen sign language interpreter Andres Velandia standing to the right of each speaker.

County clarifies rules on gatherings, going out

4 years 9 months ago

Just as Seminole County was holding its regular Wednesday coronavirus update press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive stay-at-home order for the entire state, which started Friday.

Camera footage shows the man attempting to break into one home in Deltona.

Deltona woman shoots intruder who attempted to break into multiple homes

4 years 9 months ago

A Deltona woman warned a man who broke her front door window early Tuesday morning before shooting him once in the arm, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. It was the fourth house the man tried to enter, investigators said.

Louella Ellis, an ICU nurse from Central Florida Regional Hospital, holds a pamphlet she shared with co-workers Thursday morning to protest what the nurse’s union has called a lack of proper equipment to care for patients during the coronavirus pandemic.

Central Florida nurses protest, claim hospitals are using unsafe practices during Coronavirus outbreak

4 years 9 months ago

Saying the hospital system needs to do more to protect employees during the coronavirus pandemic, two Central Florida Regional Hospital nurses handed out union pamphlets to colleagues as they arrived for work Thursday morning.