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....

Fatal drug overdoses dipped in Central Florida, statewide in 2023

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/13 8:53A Cristóbal Reyes

Signaling hope in the battle against opioids, Central Florida saw a nearly 7% drop in deadly drug overdoses between 2021 and 2023, part of a trend of declines seen throughout the U.S. after the frightening surges of the preceding decade. Data...

‘Escape Denied’: A look at Anne Frank’s family’s story — before the diary

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/13 3:00A Matthew J. Palm

The story of how Anne Frank hid from the Nazis is well-known, thanks to publication of her diary, which in turn inspired plays and movies. But before the German and Jewish teen spent two years hiding...

Fired Disney employee pleads guilty to hacking menus to falsely show foods as peanut-free

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/13 2:52A Silas Morgan

A fired Disney World employee pleaded guilty Friday to hacking into menu-creation software used by the company’s restaurants to falsely show certain food items didn’t contain peanuts and other allergens. Michael Scheuer, of Winter Garden, pleaded...

Monday will be cloudy with a few showers across Central Florida

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/13 12:15A Garfield Hylton

A cloudy and wet day for Central Florida residents to start the week. Rain chances begin at 15% in Melbourne, according to NWS Melbourne. The further north of Melbourne, the higher the chances of rain, peaking around 75% just north of Daytona...

Orlando working on project to get more Parramore residents connected to internet

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/12 10:00P Ryan Gillespie

Orlando officials are considering a free public network to create connectivity in a neighborhood where more than half the residents lack internet access. The city is in the early planning stage of a roughly yearlong process to create a web of...

Parkinson’s tremors disappear with use of machine that sends heat waves to the brain

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/12 8:56P Cindy Krischer Goodman

Delray Medical Center cut the ribbon on its newest high-tech machine last week that targets brain areas to treat movement disorders such as essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease....

Elections supervisor to Florida lawmakers: Keep guns away from polling places

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/12 8:53P Anthony Man

If Florida ever allows the open carrying of firearms in the state, Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott wants to make sure guns won’t be allowed in or near polling places. Legalization to allow open carry appears unlikely in Florida to...

Electric car owners don’t pay gas tax. Concerned cities facing deficits for road care want that...

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/12 8:47P gqlshare

As electric cars get more popular, South Florida cities say they ll be the ones paying the price. Westlake Mayor JohnPaul O Connor has urged the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation to push for a...