Multiple advisories for a cold, rainy and gusty Wednesday morning

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/22 1:51A Garfield Hylton

It feels a lot like winter across Central Florida. Wednesday morning began cold and rainy with temperatures in the upper-20s to lower-30s, according to NWS Melbourne. There is a cold weather advisory for Lake, Volusia, Seminole and Orange...

DNA proves wrong man held in 1975 Winter Garden murders, lawyers say

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/22 12:59A Leonora Lapeter Anton

A trail of blood at the murder scene and the absence of it on the accused killer s clothes show it is impossible for Florida death row inmate Tommy Zeigler to have killed his wife and in-laws on...

Winter Park Playhouse will move to Shakespeare Center for ’25-26 season

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

The Winter Park Playhouse will take up residence in the Lowndes Shakespeare Center for its 2025-26 season as its regular theater receives a major overhaul. The unique arrangement will see the Winter...

Tuesday is cold, windy and rainy

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 12:45A Garfield Hylton

There is an 80% chance of rain throughout the day. Highs in Central Florida will be near 59 degrees, according to NWS Melbourne. Those temps increase to a high of 69 headed further south from Orlando. Winds are blowing north-northeast at 15 to 20...

Seminole balks at bike-trail tunnels with $40 million price tag

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 10:30P Martin E. Comas

A years-old plan by Seminole County to build a pair of tunnels along a popular trail near Altamonte Springs giving bicyclists and pedestrians an easy way to cross under two of the busiest highways in...

Aaron De Groft, whose ‘Basquiat’ exhibit triggered a scandal at Orlando museum, dies at 59

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Aaron De Groft, who came to Central Florida to raise the profile of Orlando Museum of Art — but then embroiled the institution in an FBI fraud investigation over purported Basquiat paintings — has...

Final FestN4 in Fringe ArtSpace finishes strong

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Orlando Fringe s final FestN4 at its downtown ArtSpace showed growth over last year — perhaps a welcome harbinger of a rebound for the nonprofit s large May festival, which saw its attendance decline...

New bill targets start times for Florida middle schools, high schools

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 12:58A Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — With Florida school districts facing a 2026 deadline, a Senate Republican  filed a proposal that would repeal requirements aimed at later start times for many high schools. The proposal (SB 296), filed Friday by Sen. Jennifer...

Man arrested for DUI after hitting and killing a 6-year-old in Orange County

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/19 3:05A Elainie Barraza

A 53-year-old man was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail for a DUI after hitting and killing a 6-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle on Saturday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The man, identified as Francisco Rosillo...

How an Orlando manatee star departed EPCOT for new home

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/19 12:00A Kevin Spear

Lil Joe, perhaps the most traveled and best known manatee ever, was bid farewell from Disney’s EPCOT on a shivery, drizzly night this past week. The event unfolded as an iconic tribute for an esteemed...

Illegal Florida gambling network disrupted with raids and arrests

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/18 12:47A David Fleshler

An illegal gambling network that ran from strip-mall casinos to a warehouse in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was taken down this week by state and local law enforcement agencies. Authorities raided slot-machine parlors in suburban West Palm Beach,...

Inspections lead to 4 Central Florida restaurant shutdowns last week

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/16 4:04A Garfield Hylton

Four Central Florida restaurants shut down the week of Jan. 5-11, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Orange The Madras Cafe at 7730 W. Sand Lake Road in Orlando shut down on Jan. 7. The...

Report: Coasters linked to injuries at Universal, Disney, SeaWorld

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/15 11:06P Dewayne Bevil

Central Florida theme parks reported 14 injuries at their attractions in the final three months of 2024, and the bulk of those incidents were related to roller coasters. The state’s major theme parks self-report about visitors who are injured on...

Beatles history: May Pang’s personal photos of John Lennon come to Central Florida

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/15 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

May Pang sighs as she considers the world s problems and the political divide here in America. You know how many people come up to me and say, I wish John was here. He d be looking for an answer,' she...

Insurers seek to deny millions in claim over Basquiat ‘fakes’

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/14 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

The owners of art dramatically seized by the FBI from a Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition at Orlando Museum of Art in 2022 now face a legal battle to collect their nearly $20 million insurance claim....