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ORLANDO, Fla. – A planned $560 million expansion of the Orange County Convention Center, scheduled to begin this month, faces a legal challenge from a developer who claims the county failed to meet a decades-old requirement intended to prevent precisely the kind of traffic congestion residents now decry. Universal...

Orlando, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - It’s National Bullying Prevention Month. A report shows one in five students say they’ve been bullied. But experts warn there’s another form of bullying, one that’s far harder to recognize. From kids on the playground, to teens in the hallway. Bullying...

Megacon Orlando will be one of just 11 cities to host An Evening with the Hobbits: In Celebration of 25 Years. The post Hobbits take over Megacon Orlando for ‘Lord of the Rings’ 25th anniversary appeared first on Orlando Weekly .

Freshman Kennedy Jackson was among the Bears’ top performers in spring of 2025

A doctor, Hao Tran, was arrested in her Winter Park home after she allegedly gave alcohol to teens at a party, Winter Park police said. A 15-year-old was rushed to the hospital after passing out at that party, police said.

The steel and concrete rose from a cleared patch of Florida soil, promising light, purpose, and television glory. Years went by, and the wind carried dust across the empty floors while drivers along I-4 watched the structure fade gray. Its mirrored skin reflected clouds, the light so sharp it caught...

FHP Traffic Homicide investigators announced Friday that they had located the suspect vehicle and a person of interest in a deadly hit-and-run crash near AdventHealth Kissimmee earlier in the morning. A 31-year-old Iowa man was killed around 7 a.m. Friday after being struck by three vehicles – including one that...

An effort is underway to rearrest a suspect who is accused of attempted murder and attempted rape stemming from an alleged attack on a woman on an Orange County trail in July.

FLORIDA — Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal crash that occurred Friday morning in Kissimmee. According to troopers, the crash happened around 6:58 a.m. at the intersection of South Orange Blossom Trail and Constitution Street. Authorities urged drivers to use caution and avoid the area due to...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo praised national advocacy group Moms for Liberty for supporting his efforts to eliminate vaccine mandates for school children. He also urged members to help push legislative changes for all vaccine mandates with lawmakers in Tallahassee. Speaking at the...