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Ransom Everglades rising 9th grader, and Pinecrest Elementary Alumnus, Patrick Keedy Brown takes a break at the National History Bee National Championship competition in Orlando, Florida on June 16-20th, to get caught up on all the news back home with his favorite newspaper. Keedy Brown went on to make the national quarterfinals, from 160 regional finalists across the country, while Ransom Everglades had a rising 8th grader win the national championship for the second consecutive year, and also won 10 national awards in total. In Spring 2020, Keedy Brown was on Pinecrest Elementary’s Countywide Championship History Bowl Team. Connect To Your Customers & Grow Your Business Click Here

The Orlando region is collaborating to land federal funding for a Brightline and SunRail corridor to theme parks. Will Disney contribute?

The 15-week ban in Florida may start Friday, though it faces a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood.

A disturbing incident occurred on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Orlando late last week.

The Orlando Museum of Art has parted ways with its CEO in the days after the FBI raided the Florida museum and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Miya’s Law, a bill named for slain Orlando college student Miya Marcano.

A man and woman were found fatally shot at a hotel resort in central Florida’s tourist corridor in what authorities are describing as a murder-suicide that started as a domestic dispute.

Rep. Val Demings and Chairman William R. Keating announced new legislation to support internet freedom technology.

The FBI raided a Florida art museum on Friday and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat following questions about their authenticity.

With the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision released Friday, reaction has been swift on social media.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has dropped a $27.5 million fine against Special Olympics over vaccine mandates, but the charity could pay in other ways.

An armed man was stopped while trying to enter Disney Springs at Walt Disney World, according to Orange County Sheriff's deputies.

An American couple's luggage - including the bride's dress - disappeared en-route to Scotland.

Health officials are recommending that men in Florida who have sex with other men get a meningococcal vaccine following one of the worst outbreaks among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history of a bacteria that causes meningitis.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fourth consecutive month in May as climbing mortgage rates and prices discouraged many would-be buyers.

The father of a Missouri teenager killed after falling from a Central Florida amusement park ride said Monday he fears his son’s death will be forgotten with tragic consequences for future ride patrons.

A state panel will soon decide whether or not they will revoke Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s law enforcement certification for omitting he was acquitted of a murder in Philadelphia in 1993 when he was 14 years old.

College basketball season ended almost three months ago, the NBA draft lottery was more than a month ago and the draft itself is later this week.

In a new campaign ad, Rep. Val Demings, better known in Orlando as Chief Demings, said defunding the police is “just crazy” and “it’s time to send a cop on the beat to the Senate.”

Officials said Joseph Furey Lusk, 47, contacted the girl less than a month after being released from state custody from 2018 Florida conviction for traveling to meet a minor.

The Walt Disney Co. has delayed for more than three years plans to move about 2,000 high-paying jobs to Orlando from California.

A seafood restaurant in Orlando, Florida, took to social media to expose a woman who hurled racist abuse at its Asian staff after reportedly being denied a refund on Monday. The woman’s tirade, which was caught on surveillance and cellphone videos, occurred at around 2:55 p.m. inside King Cajun Crawfish at 924 North Mills Avenue. The restaurant said the confrontation started after the woman finished her meal — consisting of snow crabs and fried shrimp — and demanded a refund.

Four people, including a child and the shooter, are dead after a murder-suicide in Casselberry Tuesday morning, according to police.

An autopsy says a Missouri teenager died of blunt force trauma after falling from a 430-foot Central Florida drop-tower amusement park ride.

The Orlando community honored the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre with a '49 Bell' service.

The Orlando community honored the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre with a "49 Bell" service.

Today, family and friends and our community remember the victims of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub massacre – the 49 lives lost on June 12, 2016.

Some international travelers aren’t booking vacations because of COVID testing, inflation and gun violence.

A mother bear in Spain defended herself and her cub from a vicious attack by a male bear — and then tumbled down a mountainside with the aggressor. Authorities are now trying to find the bear and her cub, which were separated during the struggle.

The owner of a Florida pet breeding business got five years' probation and must pay a $90,000 fine for illegally selling a monkey to a celebrity in Los Angeles

​She wrote a sign asking "Do you need help? OK," and held it up behind his stepfather. The 11-year-old boy acknowledged that he did need help.

The Florida Lottery says it's the easiest way to become an instant millionaire and one Florida woman has done just that.

The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest verdict against the state agency for destroying citrus trees in the 2000s during an attempt to stop the spread of costly tree diseases.

Six men who came to central Florida as part of the Haitian delegation for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games have gone missing.

Authorities do not suspect foul play.

The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest verdict against the state agency for destroying citrus trees in the 2000s during an attempt to stop the spread of costly tree diseases. A jury in Orlando last week determined the state agency had destroyed more than 160,000 citrus plants in an effort to stop citrus greening and Gary Mahon deserved the $1.2 million as compensation at fair market value. Mahon's company, Pokey’s Lake Gem Citrus Nursery, cultivates fruit trees in Zellwood, Florida.

A five-year-old told his mother and authorities his younger brother had shot their father, the sheriff says. She's being charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence.

Athletes taking part in the Special Olympics were flown in on private jets in the world's largest peacetime airlift.

The Special Olympics has dropped a coronavirus vaccine mandate for its games in Orlando after Florida moved to fine the organization $27.5 million for violating a state law against such requirements.

State officials said the vaccine rule was against the law, and it disqualified Special Olympics athletes from competing based on their vaccine status, ABC News reports.

Florida threatened to fine the Special Olympics $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants to be vaccinated against COVID.

At a time when rising gasoline and food prices are already straining Americans’ budgets, many apartment tenants are grappling with soaring rents.

Check the updated, interactive map to find out if you are in a watch or warning area for potential Tropical Storm Alex as the system approaches South Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis told him, “Nobody wants to hear from you” as security removed Maxwell Frost.

News of tragedy after tragedy can give Americans a sense of learned helplessness about gun violence.

Orlando police say a 10-year-old girl was taken into custody Monday night after she shot and killed a woman following a fight.

Authorities say a central Florida man was killed from an apparent bonfire explosion over the Memorial Day weekend. Volusia County Sheriff’s officials say investigators haven’t yet determined what caused the explosion during the outdoor party at a home near DeLand, Florida.

Orlando police said a fight between two women ended when a child shot one of them.

Organizers for March for Our Lives on Thursday announced additional demonstrations across Florida, bringing the number of planned events up to six in the state so far.

Looking for more affordable rent? New research suggests you should head to Texas, Florida or the Carolinas.

A 17-year-old gay student who was suspended for leading protests at his high school against Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay legislation says school administrators are now stopping him from running for senior class president.

“The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback — without animal acts — five years after shutting down it’s three-ring circus.

A federal judge has approved yet another sentencing delay for a former Florida tax collector who was a close associate of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell said in an order Monday that a sealed status report filed by prosecutors justifies postponing the sentencing of Joel Greenberg until August. The sentencing has been delayed twice previously.

Hatred alone is not an American phenomenon—easy access to deadly weapons is.

State and local investigators are investigating a food truck explosion during a seafood festival.

Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor & onetime confidant of Donald Trump, called out the former president over a fight regarding political endorsements.

Starting July 1, 2022, customers travelling out of Kingston, Jamaica now have more options for travel with service to Florida

Two women denied entry into Rachel's Orlando strip club plan to take their case to the Florida Supreme Court.

David Bennett Sr., 57, died two months after a groundbreaking pig heart transplant. Researchers have discovered that the organ harbored an animal virus.

SunRail may run between Orlando's airport and International Drive as Brightline and Universal are working on a "Sunshine Corridor" plan.

A 20-year-old man drove a stolen Mercedes SUV as fast as 178 mph during a chase Monday night that began in Orlando and traveled through six counties along Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 95, authorities said.

Disney says next-generation MagicBand+ will debut this summer.

A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from a 430-foot drop-tower ride in central Florida’s tourist district appeared to slip out of his seat at the halfway mark of its plunge to the ground.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the unidentified woman in her 30s had fired a shot inside the Orlando-area restaurant late Saturday and made “threatening statements.”

The main message from all three was that Democrats could not afford to lose the governor’s office again to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Legoland Florida Resort is officially designated as a certified autism center, making it the first theme park resort to receive this certification.

A lawsuit was filed Monday by the parents of Tyre Sampson in state court in Orlando.

It’s Monday, April 25, and this week political dominoes will start to fall as politicians start lining up for down-ballot races because of the now-enacted congressional map.

Tyre Sampson fell to his death from the Orlando Free Fall drop tower last month.

If you're planning to attend the Palm Beach Jerk festival with your family, there's something for the whole family to look forward to

Is anyone planning a trip to Universal or considering a vacation to this hotspot?

Miya Marcano's family was honored with the key to the city of Pembroke Pines and a national day for their daughter on what would have been her upcoming birthday, April 26.

The idea was presented to Florida lawmakers in a movie house outside Orlando 55 years ago: Let Disney form its own government and in exchange it would create a futuristic city of tomorrow.

Walt Disney World has lifted the last of its mask requirements, meaning face coverings will be optional for visitors at all locations on the central Florida Disney property.

Sensors on a Florida amusement park ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats, resulting in a 14-year-old boy not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to his death, according to an initial report released Monday by outside engineers.

Sensors on a Florida amusement park ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats, resulting in a 14-year-old boy not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to his death, according to an initial report released Monday by outside engineers. The average opening for restraints on the seats on the 430-foot (131-meter), free-fall amusement park ride located in the heart of Orlando's tourist district was 3.3 inches (8.3 centimeters). An inspection of the seats showed that sensors used to activate safety lights on the two seats, indicating the harness safety restraints were in place, had been adjusted to allow for the wider openings.

Comedy CentralFor his latest segment exposing card-carrying members of the MAGA cult, The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper ventured to this year’s CPAC in Orlando, Florida, where Trump still appeared to have conservatives in a stranglehold.At the conference, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed the election was “stolen”; MyPillow conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell had a meltdown after being asked a simple question by a reporter; and Trump called Putin a “genius” for invading Ukraine. But Klep

From the costumes to the level of detail, "Star Wars": Galaxy's Edge will prove to be Disney's most immersive land yet.

Ken Graham, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Hurricane Center, warned Tuesday that South Florida residents should not let their guard down.

A fun evening out at the Clay County Agricultural Fair took a horrifying turn Friday night in Green Cove Springs, Florida.

Engineer Matt Swanson was working in the home office of his Baldwin Park apartment a few days ago when his wife, Katelynn, came in crying. “She was hard sobbing, couldn’t catch her breath,” Swanson said. “I asked ... ‘Did someone die?’” It wasn’t that. Instead, the Swansons had received the renewal notice from their landlord. The monthly rent on their two-bedroom was going up by $703, from ...

Victor Oladipo had 40 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Heat.

Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump’s father lost.

The average rent in Orlando jumped by 21% from 2020 to 2021. Two theme parks are now devoting around 100 acres in hopes of easing the housing crisis.

The unprecedented, experimental program to feed starving manatees in Florida is ending but the greater issue is the polluted water that causes the marine mammals to run out of their natural seagrass forage

Put your knowledge of World Showcase to the test with our quiz.

The first-ever publication of 1950 census records promises to solve some family mysteries for amateur genealogists and family historians.

The Orange County Fire Rescue Department released the 911 calls made last week when a 14-year-old fell to his death from the world's tallest thrill ride.

After 20-something years, I am now able to tell you how to get to Sesame Street -- and let me tell you, it's not just for kids.

Forward Jesús Ferreira, winger Paul Arriola, midfielder Luca de la Torre and right back Shaq Moore entered the United States’ starting lineup for a World Cup qualifier against Panama as coach Gregg Berhalter made four changes.

A rising middle school football player in Missouri, only 14 but already 6 feet, 5 inches tall and well over 300 pounds, Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a towering Florida amusement ride.

A 14-year-old boy fell to his death Thursday on an attraction in the Orlando tourist district.

Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Orlando’s premier fall event, is set to return this year for a record-breaking 43 nights.

Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Wish, is promising to be one of the company’s most magical ships ever built.

Franz Wagner made three free throws with 12.2 seconds remaining and dunked on an inbounds play for the final points, leading the Orlando Magic to a 94-90 win over the Golden State Warriors.

Officials at Walt Disney World say a performance by a visiting Texas high school drill team that used American Indian stereotypes, including chants of “scalp them,” doesn’t reflect the resort’s values.

We'll bet you never thought the words "Disney" and "cheap" could go in the same sentence. Well, guess again.

Saddiq Bey scored a career-high 51 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 134-120 on Thursday night end a four-game losing streak.

Disney workers are planning walkouts during their breaks every day this week to protest CEO Bob Chapek’s slow response in publicly criticizing Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay legislation.

Turns out, March has more madness than just college basketball.