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Police: Apopka High student arrested for online school threat during livestreamed pep rally
An Apopka High School student was arrested Friday after making an online threat against the school, according to a press release from the Apopka Police Department. The 15-year-old male student made threats against the school in the chat of a livestreamed school pep rally around 7 a.m., according to the release. The student was not on campus Friday and the FBI helped with the investigation. He ...
WAR OF WORDS: Fiery exchanges during 2nd debate of Orange-Osceola state attorney hopefuls
Candidates for Orange-Osceola state attorney met Friday for a second debate, with questions of how to keep the community safe and allegations of election meddling continuing to frame the race. Moderated by WESH 2 anchor Nancy Alvarez, the debate between incumbent State Attorney Andrew Bain and Monique Worrell, his suspended predecessor, rehashed many of the themes from the Sept. 11 event. ...
Week 5 football live report: 79 points in Seminole-Lake Wales game, 9:40 to go
Week 5 of high school football features a number of matchups between state-ranked teams looking to maintain momentum in non-district games. That started Thursday with Class 4A power Jones going to Kissimmee to take on 6A Osceola (details below). We have reporters providing live updates on key games as they unfold (below) and will be looking for happenings from other contests. Check back ...
Week 5 Orlando area high school football scoreboard (live updates)
Week 5 of high school football in the Orlando area includes games Friday and Saturday. Here’s the list. Note that teams on top are at home. Check back on game nights as we update this list with scores as play progresses. Varsity content editor Buddy Collings can be contacted by email at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com. ©2024 Orlando Sentinel. Visit orlandosentinel.com. Distributed by Tribune ...
Orange County budget includes higher taxes, more money for fire and medical services
Property owners in unincorporated Orange County will pay more taxes for fire and emergency medical services — and $10 more per year to get their garbage collected — in the new fiscal year which begins October 1, but the countywide tax rate will otherwise remain unchanged for a 17th straight year. Orange County commissioners set the tax rates Thursday and a FY 2025 budget of $7.24 billion, up ...
What Brightline learned from its first year to Orlando
More to eat and drink, more baggage-handling ability and bigger trains are coming soon to Brightline’s higher-speed rail, which has established its riders’ favorite station as: Orlando. Those conclusions are top of mind for Brightline as it marks completion of its first year of service from five stations in South Florida to Orlando International Airport’s Terminal C. The Orlando Sentinel asked ...
TFA challenges FHSAA ruling; seeks assist from governor and state legislators
The First Academy has asked Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office and state legislators for support as it disputes findings by the Florida High School Athletic Association that the Royals violated rules prohibiting impermissible benefits for athletes. The decision to challenge the FHSAA put the brakes on a ruling that would make five players ineligible and suspend new TFA assistant Steven Moffett from ...
Central Florida deputy arrested for shooting death of girlfriend he claims was accident, police say
A Marion County sheriff’s deputy was arrested after he told police he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while the pair were cleaning their guns, according to a press release from the Ocala Police Department. Police responded to the shooting in the Highlands area in southeast Ocala late Thursday at 10:52 p.m. after a call from Deputy Leslie Boileau who told emergency dispatch that he ...
Oviedo Mall launches Festival of Flavors with dining passport
Visitors to the Oviedo Mall can travel around the world without leaving Central Florida, thanks to a program that highlights global cuisine in the Seminole County space. The mall’s “Festival of Flavors” takes place during the month of October with 18 diverse dining options. These include savory Italian, Mexican, Japanese, Mediterranean and more. Guests can pick up a dining passport from any of ...
Disney auctions: How Van Eaton Galleries sells memories
For three decades, Mike and Janeen Van Eaton have sold and auctioned memorabilia from movies and theme parks. Among the unusual items their Van Eaton Galleries has handled are the head of a Goofy costume, squares of wallpaper from Disney resorts and a Doom Buggy from Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion. Some of them sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. A Disneyland map that was hand-drawn by ...
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