Seminole County helps local care facilities prepare for hurricane season
As hurricane season starts to ramp up there’s a push in Seminole County to make sure a system is in place to protect our most vulnerable.
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As hurricane season starts to ramp up there’s a push in Seminole County to make sure a system is in place to protect our most vulnerable.
Action 9 is following new developments in the case of the local businessman who used the name Granite Gangster on social media. The State Attorney’s Office filed new charges in April against Charles “Chuck” Ogden for organized scheme to defraud and contracting without a license. The judge in the case also recently issued a gag order.
Parking at Epic Universe is in a different location than the parking garages for Universal CityWalk and the other Universal parks.
With central Florida buzzing about tomorrow's grand opening of Epic Universe maybe you're thinking about checking it out sometime soon. So, we wanted to look at how much it would cost and how you get your hands on tickets.
Orlando senior, Joshula Flowers, was looking forward to a tour of Washington D.C. “I thought, with it being a bus trip, that it would be good to get the insurance,” Flowers told Action 9 Consumer Investigator Jeff Deal. She booked that trip through the City of Orlando's Beardall senior center, but she got COVID shortly before the trip. So, she filed a claim with the trip insurance company, Travel Insured International. But that claim was denied. She said, “And so I really trusted them to be able to be on my side if something happened.”
All Eric Montgomery wanted was to get his car repaired. “I dropped it off, and then I flew out of town for almost four weeks,” Montgomery explained. But he claims the repair shop added miles and racked up tolls while he was out of town. He said, “So obviously, somebody was utilizing the vehicle, you know, the way they shouldn't have been.”
Moving can be a hassle and picking the wrong mover can leave customers feeling boxed in. “I was mortified. I felt stupid. I felt like I had gotten bamboozled,” said Victoria Henry after her most recent move. Complaints have been mounting against a man who appears to own and operate a number of moving companies across the state including some in central Florida.
Companies can use the information they gather about you to charge a higher price while you’re shopping online.
An 82-year-old Orange County woman claims two men scammed her out of more than $11,000 in cash.
A Brevard County woman spent thousands of dollars at Kohl's to help children in need. Belinda Bintemire said, “Because I feel like every child deserves to have, you know, good shoes and clothes.” But Bintemire turned to Action 9 for results when nearly $1000 in store rewards just disappeared from her account.