Osceola County

Cold overnight temperatures continue across Central Florida this week.

Last year’s Point-in-Time Count data revealed more than 2,700 homeless people in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell said she’s "grateful" for help from law enforcement and extra state prosecutors.

As cold weather moves in, Central Florida counties are preparing to house residents in warm shelters starting Thursday.

Acting against legal advice, commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday to challenge the highway authority’s move to use eminent domain to take conservation land for a future toll road.

The six-lane, 15-mile toll road through Osceola County would lessen traffic congestion for Poinciana, improve connectivity and encourage growth.

A private, 670-acre property in Seminole County is one area the state could choose to acquire and set aside for conservation.

Central Florida leaders are working to help organize supply drives after Hurricane Melissa impacted Jamaica, Cuba and other Caribbean nations.

By the year 2045, demand for water in the region will be up 41%, according to the Central Florida Water Initiative.

The expressway authority’s governing board approved a resolution declaring some 44 acres of Orange County land as necessary for a planned toll road, including part of Eagles Roost.