Nick Papantonis
Reporter at WFTV-TV (Orlando, FL)
Reporting for @WFTV in Orlando. @SyracuseU 🍊 alum. Encrypted messages via Signal app: 405-970-0090, [email protected].
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2 days ago |
wftv.com | Nick Papantonis
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s race to replace Ron DeSantis as governor in 2026 heated up Thursday when attorney and ex-Florida Congressman David Jolly announced he was throwing his hat into the ring. Jolly represented the Tampa area as a Republican from 2014 to 2017. He gained a reputation for being one of Washington’s most bipartisan representatives during his tenure, frequently clashing with his own party.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Nick Papantonis
Florida’s attorney general responded to concerns by some counties and sheriffs that the high number of immigration arrests were overburdening their jails. Last month, 9 Investigates first reported the concerns by Orange and Pinellas counties, which represent two of the nine jails ICE uses to consolidate immigration inmates before moving them to federal facilities.
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4 days ago |
wftv.com | Nick Papantonis
EUSTIS, Fla. — An undocumented Eustis man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he raped a 15-year-old girl inside his apartment. Police arrested Jose Gomez last July after the girl called 911 and immediately hung up. Investigators said the then-29-year-old met the girl after she was driven to Lee’s Laundromat on Orange Avenue by some “friends” she was unable to name. He paid her $100 and took her back to his apartment on N. Prescott Street.
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5 days ago |
wftv.com | Nick Papantonis
ORLANDO, Fla. — Under a new law signed by Gov. DeSantis last week, Florida parents will now have to opt in to corporal punishment at the state’s public schools. The law requires parents to consent either at the beginning of each school year or before the punishment is administered. School districts will have to review their policies every three years.
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1 week ago |
wftv.com | Nick Papantonis
ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida experienced delays and cancellations at Orlando International Airport and Sanford Airport on Saturday morning. Strong weekend storms impact flights in Orlando The line of strong storms that rolled through Central Florida Saturday morning caused delays and cancellations to stack up at Orlando International Airport and Sanford Airport before most passengers woke up.
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A undocumented man accused of touching children inappropriately died in custody Friday, sources told Channel 9. https://t.co/7gBnHsFV0D
Petition to change the black smoke to red so we can actually tell what smoke they're using.
As Washington swirls with rumors about a large-scale military parade, Orlando is facing the prospect of 1,000 jobs lost as the Army and DOGE try to cut costs. https://t.co/xekjAWOCP0