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Nearly Half of OCPS Third-Graders Can’t Read
Only fifty-eight percent of Orange County Public Schools third-graders scored at grade level or…
Orlando Fashion Square Mall May Add Bowling Alley
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A $3.95 million donation can buy a lot of things, including, apparently, the name…
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DOH Launches ‘Healthy Florida Summer Series’
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) Office of Communications announced Thursday, the launch of…
IOA Corporate 5K Run/Walk Raises $74K for Community
Orlando’s corporate and fitness community raised over $70,000 from the IOA Corporate 5k held…
Is West Orlando Real Estate Market Rebounding?
Fifteen buyers purchased townhomes during the month of April at LakeSide Village Townhomes in…
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Florida Chamber of Commerce Fails Again
The Florida Chamber of Commerce released its 2013 Legislative Report Card on House and…
How Perry Thurston Rolled the Dice and Dashed the Hopes of Millions
In an incredible display of limitless arrogance, House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston demonstrated once…
Tampa Tea Party Group to Protest IRS
In the wake of last week's IRS scandal, Tampa 912 members and other tea…
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Nearly Half of OCPS Third-Graders Can’t Read
Only fifty-eight percent of Orange County Public Schools third-graders scored at grade level or…
UCF Arena Getting New Name: CFE Federal Credit Union Arena
A $3.95 million donation can buy a lot of things, including, apparently, the name…
Orange County Schools Institute Random Metal Detector Screenings
Random metal-detector screenings of students are being instituted immediately in the county's 184 public…
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Star Wars Weekend Beams Down to Disney
Star Wars Weekend returns for its yearly go-round at Disney on May 17th through…
Florida Shoppers Unite Against Abercrombie
Florida shoppers find Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries' comments that the company's clothes…
John-Paul’s Secret Recipe
“John-Paul’s Secret Recipe” teaches kids how to make and wisely use money in a…
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Nearly Half of OCPS Third-Graders Can’t Read
Only fifty-eight percent of Orange County Public Schools third-graders scored at grade level or higher on…
Florida Chamber of Commerce Fails Again
The Florida Chamber of Commerce released its 2013 Legislative Report Card on House and Senate members…
How Perry Thurston Rolled the Dice and Dashed the Hopes of Millions
In an incredible display of limitless arrogance, House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston demonstrated once and for…
Orange County Schools Institute Random Metal Detector Screenings
Random metal-detector screenings of students are being instituted immediately in the county's 184 public schools, through…
“Face” of the Future: Talking Head to Replace Texting? (Video)
A digital talking head could be the face of the future, replacing text messaging, if researchers…
“Twister” is more than a Movie to Oklahoma Natives like me
As a native of Oklahoma now living in Florida, I am flattened by the devastation, which…
Census Bureau: Florida 42nd in Nation in Per-Pupil Spending
Florida ranked near the bottom of the barrel nation-wide in how much it spent per pupil…
NFL and MLS Reject Florida after Stadium Bill Fails
After a bill to fund the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Miami Dolphins, and the creation of a…
“You Have Been Granted A Rare Privilege”
Floridians Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, along with Central Florida AFL-CIO and the Communication Workers of America…
Teens Arrested in Security Guard Killing in MetroWest
Orlando police have arrested a teen in connection with the shooting death of a uniformed…
Caryn Kelley, Accused of Killing Boyfriend, Breaks Down in Court
Caryn Kelley, 48, on trial for allegedly murdering her boyfriend Phillip Peatross, 46, in 2011,…
Woman Abandons Animals in U-Haul Outside Publix
A Pasco County woman who dumped dozens of cats and dogs in a U-Haul truck…
Free Admission to Strip Clubs? Impersonate a Cop
A Melbourne, FL man walked into Bare Assets, a strip club, waved an invalid police…
High School Teen Found with Loaded Handgun Arrested
A 17-year-old high school student was arrested Wednesday, after a loaded handgun was discovered, investigators…
Winter Garden Man Busted on Multiple Child Porn Charges
A Winter Garden man has been arrested, accused of multiple counts of child pornography, Florida…
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Teens Arrested in Security Guard Killing in …
Orlando police have arrested a teen in connection with the shooting death of a uniformed security guard at the Sabal Palm apartment in the…
Man Dies as Car Crashes into Retention Pond
A Kissimmee man was killed early on Friday morning, after the vehicle he was driving ended up in a retention pond near John Young…
Caryn Kelley, Accused of Killing Boyfriend, …
Caryn Kelley, 48, on trial for allegedly murdering her boyfriend Phillip Peatross, 46, in 2011, broke down and cried in court Thursday as she…
Woman Abandons Animals in U-Haul Outside Pub…
A Pasco County woman who dumped dozens of cats and dogs in a U-Haul truck outside a Publix Supermarket on Tuesday afternoon, has been…
Report: Killer Sinkhole Details Revealed
In late February, a sinkhole opened up under Jeffrey Bush's bedroom in Seffner and killed him, and now, government documents reveal more details on…
Beach Volleyball Comes to Tampa Riverfront
This summer, beach volleyball will be offered at the Tampa Riverfront on a white sand court that will remain open until July 31.…
Forty Animals Abandoned Inside Home
Doctor Dolittle this was not - Sheriff's deputies found 40 animals, among them dogs, cats, rabbits, a snake and a lizard, abandoned in a…
Politics View all
Florida Chamber of Commerce Fails Again
The Florida Chamber of Commerce released its 2013 Legislative Report Card on House and Senate members and not surprisingly Orlando area Republican legislators…
How Perry Thurston Rolled the Dice and Dashed the Hopes of Millions
In an incredible display of limitless arrogance, House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston demonstrated once and for all why Florida Democrats in Tallahassee are…
Tampa Tea Party Group to Protest IRS
In the wake of last week's IRS scandal, Tampa 912 members and other tea party activists will be protesting outside the Tampa IRS…
Jesus Christ Endorsed Me Says Mayoral Candidate
North Miami Mayoral candidate Anna Pierre, who formerly claimed to be a victim of voodoo tactics, now openly says that Jesus Christ endorses…
DOH Launches ‘Healthy Florida Summer Series’
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) Office of Communications announced Thursday, the launch of the "Healthy Florida Summer Series." …
IOA Corporate 5K Run/Walk Raises $74K for Community
Orlando’s corporate and fitness community raised over $70,000 from the IOA Corporate 5k held Thursday, April 18, at Lake Eola. The IOA Corporate 5k is Orlando’s largest 5k run/walk. …
Is West Orlando Real Estate Market Rebounding?
Fifteen buyers purchased townhomes during the month of April at LakeSide Village Townhomes in Windermere.…
Local Teen Honored by Steinway Society of Central Florida
Joseph Styles, the very talented 17-year-old A/B Honor Student, was honored with a Steinway piano on Sunday, by the Steinway Society of Central Florida Piano Gifting Celebration in Altamonte Springs.…
United Way Hires Two Team Members
Heart of Florida United Way (HFUW), Central Florida’s most comprehensive health and human services agency, has hired Wendy Jackson and Tammy Clelland as account executives in the resource development department.…
Protesters Say “No” to Sentinel Takeover By Kochs
As billionaire businessmen Charles and David Koch mull over purchasing the Tribune Company, protesters gathered Thursday evening at the Orlando Sentinel to protest the change.…
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Lowest of the Low: Zimmerman’s Lawyers Playing Race Card to Win (Photos)
No doubt with a view to tainting the jury pool and influencing public opinion, George Zimmerman's attorneys…
Desperate Zimmerman Lawyers Claim Trayvon Was High
In a new motion on Tuesday in the much-publicized Trayvon Martin case, George Zimmerman's defense claims that…
Zimmerman Defense Remedy to Insane press? Anonymous Jury
In the wake of the immense national interest and speculation surrounding the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case, which…
One Drop of White Blood Makes Zimmerman White
Of all of the evidence that has been released in the Trayvon Martin death case, no evidence…
Business & Local Economy View all
In addition to closing down Bath & Body Works to make way for a hotel complex, the Orlando Fashion Square Mall wants to add a bowling alley, called…
A $2.1 billion makeover is in store for I-4, and some of the largest companies in the world are striving to put their stamp on the project and…
Kennedy Space Center’s Upcoming New Jobs
Bath & Body Works at Fashion Square to Close
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James Saves the Day
While the Indiana Pacers aren't favored to win the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, they did show Wednesday night they are capable of…
Feds to Keep Closer Eye on Turkey Point Nuclear Reactors
Florida Power and Light will come under greater scrutiny and face tighter regulation, in the wake of three unplanned reactor shutdowns at Turkey Point, federal officials say.…
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Florida Chamber of Commerce Fails Again
The Florida Chamber of Commerce released its 2013 Legislative Report Card on House and Senate members and not surprisingly Orlando area Republican legislators got full marks or nearly…
Beach Volleyball Comes to Tampa Riverfront
This summer, beach volleyball will be offered at the Tampa Riverfront on a white sand court that will remain open until July 31.…
Cuban Migrants Returned to Caribbean Home
Seven Cuban migrants found off the Florida Keys were taken in by the Coast Guard, given basic medical attention, food and water, and then returned to Bahia de…
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Big Picture: Six Facts Missing from the IRS Scandal
In the scandal surrounding the IRS where applications from conservative nonprofits were flagged for further review because of their political activity, there are a number…
Study: Muslim, Hindu Immigrants on the Rise
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DOH Launches ‘Healthy Florida Summer Series’
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) Office of Communications announced Thursday, the launch of the "Healthy…
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Nearly Half of OCPS Third-Graders Can’t Read
Only fifty-eight percent of Orange County Public Schools third-graders scored at grade level or higher on…
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Whoa! Florida’s Jobless Rate is 7.2 Percent
Florida's unemployment rate declined to 7.2 percent in April from 7.5 percent the previous month, Florida…
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Woman Abandons Animals in U-Haul Outside Publix
A Pasco County woman who dumped dozens of cats and dogs in a U-Haul truck outside…
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