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PrideFest returns to Kissimmee this weekend to celebrate LGBTQ community
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – It’s a celebration of love— now a tradition in Kissimmee. Hundreds are set to fill the Kissimmee Civic Center this weekend with music, colorful performances and flowers, all for PrideFest. “Lotuses represent rebirth and change and growth. We thought it would be a really...
Seeing signs: Life could soon return to shuttered Orlando food hall
In just over a month’s time, there’s a sign that life could soon return to the space that recently housed a now-defunct food hall in Orlando. And that sign is literally strung across the top of a large metal and brick building. It’s at Virginia Drive and Alden Road, and it reads: “Coming Soon: City Food Hall.” It appears as though the Destin-based dining and entertainment concept will soon be setting up shop in Ivanhoe Village.
Community cleans up historic Eatonville and prepares for hurricane season
EATONVILLE, Fla. — Hurricane season is officially here. The town of Eatonville is getting a head start with cleaning up its parks, gutters, and storm drains. Residents in Eatonville say they want to make their community a greener, brighter place. “I know there is trash everywhere, but we are...
Long lines at Mexican Consulate ahead historic presidential election
It’s been a busy day for Mexican citizens Sunday. They are headed to the polls to decide who will be their next commander in chief. In Orlando, the line stretched for couple of miles outside of the country’s Consulate near West Colonial Drive. This year’s presidential election is particularly relevant as it could end with the first female president in the country’s history: Climate scientist and former Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum is racing against former senator Xóchitl Gálvez, who’s backed by an opposition coalition of Mexico’s PRI, PAN and PRD parties.
Advocates push heat relief for Central Florida’s most vulnerable
Many Central Floridians hid out from the scorching heat this week, but Vickie Evans, who is homeless, had no easy access to AC, shade or water. Feeling lethargic, she went to the on-site clinic at the Christian Service Center, where an alarmed doctor called an ambulance to treat her for a heat-related illness. “I went to the doctor and one of the machines said I was dead, the other said I was ...
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