Hurricane center tracks 2 Atlantic systems that could develop

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/3 1:50A Richard Tribou

The National Hurricane Center continued Sunday to track two systems in the Atlantic with the potential to form into the season s next tropical depression or storm. As of the NHC s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, it had increased chances for a system off...

Florida warns schools of ‘divisive’ online platform used to catalog books

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/3 1:00A Steven Walker

An online reading platform used by school districts to comply with Florida book laws is now under fire by the state s top education official who accused it, without providing specifics, of trying to push an ideology and subvert parental rights....

Racketeering case illuminates how gambling persists in Lake County

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/3 1:00A Annie Martin, Cristóbal Reyes

Neon lights illuminate the faces of roughly a dozen people sitting before machines bearing names like Quick Hit as black window coverings block the afternoon sun and the gazes of passersby. This isn t...

Kind and encouraging, Joseph Reed Hayes was ‘a beacon of creative energy’ | Appreciation

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/2 11:00P Matthew J. Palm

For writer Joseph Reed Hayes , a professional collaboration was a stepping stone to a personal relationship. Rehearsals led to lunches, party invitations and, more likely than not, tea and Scottish...

Hurricane center watching disturbance near Carolinas

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/2 7:43A Pam Dowd

The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began watching a disturbance off the southeastern Atlantic coast near the Carolinas that has a chance to develop into the season s next tropical depression or storm. In the 2 p.m. advisory, forecasters...

2 dead after single-vehicle crash on Merritt Island Causeway

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/2 4:03A Elainie Barraza

Two people are dead after a single-vehicle crash on Merritt Island Causeway early Saturday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A 2011 Toyota Rav-4 was traveling west bound on Merritt Island Causeway approaching the intersection of Kiwanis...

Teen dead, 4 others injured after SR 44 crash in Lake County

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/2 3:49A Elainie Barraza

A 17-year-old girl from Leesburg is dead and 4 others are in serious condition after a fatal crash on State Road 44 early Saturday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A 43-year-old man from Deland, driving a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500, was...

To dodge federal rule, immigrants moved from Florida jails — and sometimes moved right back

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/2 1:00A Natalia Jaramillo, Ryan Gillespi

Four Guatemalan siblings, detained as undocumented immigrants after a traffic stop, spent several days last week at the Orange County Jail before being picked up in a van and driven around for hours. Finally they reached their destination, their...

Seminole residents puzzled by elections office postcard asking for address

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/2 1:00A Martin E. Comas

Hundreds of thousands of Seminole County voters — regardless of political party — received postcards in their mailboxes this week from the Supervisor of Elections Office requesting them to verify...

Orlando receives Florida DOGE letter with audit set for this month

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/1 6:59A Ryan Gillespie

Orlando became the latest local government to be targeted with an upcoming audit by Florida’s Department of Governmental Efficiency, or DOGE, joining Orange County in having the state take a closer...

OPD: Teen mother arrested after 1-week-old infant son found alone in driveway

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/1 6:32A Silas Morgan

A teenage mother was arrested Friday on a charge of child neglect after police say her one-week-old infant son was found alone in a driveway. Angelica Sanchez Bautista, 19, was booked into the Orange County Jail after being located by the Orlando...

Dr. Phillips Center set for multimillion-dollar expansion

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/1 2:45A Matthew J. Palm

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has bought two parcels of land near its downtown Orlando campus with an eye on expansion. The arts center, which opened in 2014 and is celebrating its...

Demings signs ICE transport agreement just before DeSantis, cabinet appear in Orlando

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/1 2:10A Ryan Gillespie, Steven Lemongell

Despite his fiery rhetoric this week that slammed removal threats from the “mean-spirited” Florida attorney general, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings on Friday signed a new agreement with immigration...

Rain chances have increased while intense heat continues

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 8/1 1:01A Garfield Hylton

A Heat Advisory is in place from noon until 7 p.m. across all of east Central Florida. High temperatures range from 93 to 96 degrees, with heat indices ranging from 108 to 110 degrees, according to NWS Melbourne. Greater Orlando has an extreme...

Heat advisory continues with possible reprieve from the heat coming

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 7/31 12:45A Garfield Hylton

The hot weather of the week continues on Thursday. A Heat Advisory is in effect from noon until 7 p.m. across all of east Central Florida, according to NWS Melbourne. Temperatures range from 93 to 97 degrees, with heat indices ranging from 108 to...