Updating Breaking News: APD looking for missing and endangered Apopka man
The Apopka Police Department released the following statement about a missing Apopka man:. "On December 31, 2025, at approximately 2:00 pm, Carlos Zigrovic (76-year-old Caucasian male) drove to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive located at 2850 Lust Road in Apopka, FL 32712. When Carlos arrived, he began walking the...
Explore Orlando’s First Historic Home On Lake Cherokee
FEW HOMES IN ORLANDO STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS, BUT ALONG THE CURVE OF LAKE CHEROKEE, just before the skyline rises behind the trees, there stands one that feels as though it was lifted straight from the pages of a storybook. With its Queen Anne lines, pastel hues, lakefront lawn, and gentle parade of ducks that...
Nonprofit calls for clothing donations as cold snap hits Central Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — It might sound obvious and simple, but with the colder weather in Central Florida, SALT Outreach says one of the best ways people can help those in need is to grab old clothes and drop them off at SALT’s administrative offices. SALT founder Eric Camarillo...
With no dedicated warming center in east Orange County, nonprofit opens temporary location
BITHLO, Fla. — Central Florida is ringing in the new year with cold weather and biting windchills. Warming centers are open again across Central Florida, but in the Bithlo area of east Orange County, the government does not have a dedicated shelter where people can escape the cold. What...
House fire displaces 4 in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Four people were displaced Thursday morning when a fire broke out at an Orange County home. Orange County Fire Rescue said firefighters responded just after 6 a.m. at a home along Sweetwater Country Club Place. According to firefighters, the fire started outside, extended up the...
As Thornton Park thrives, downtown Orlando struggles with empty storefronts
Orlando's New Year's Eve tradition shifts to Thornton Park's Orange Ball Drop for 2025 as downtown struggles with bar closures like Tanqueray's and city regulations post-shootings
Apopka City offices to close for New Year’s Day; Orange County begins new collection...
Apopka officials announced that city offices will close on January 1 for New Year’s Day and on January 2 for a floating holiday, reopening on January 5. Police, fire, EMS, and refuse collection services will continue without changes. Unincorporated Orange County residents will also transition to a new, more efficient...
Sprinkles Cupcakes Abruptly Closes All Locations, Including Disney Springs
When you live close to East End Market, you don’t usually make the drive to Disney Springs just to stand in the always long line for Gideon’s Bakehouse. But you would if you want a red velvet cupcake from the Sprinkles ATM. That little pink machine dispensing cupcakes...
‘Not as high as we thought:’ Officials probe cause of 11 bird deaths at...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando city officials confirmed Wednesday that 11 birds, including nine swans, an anhinga and an ibis, have died at Lake Eola, though the cause of death remains unknown. City Commissioner Patty Sheehan told News 6 that the total number of deceased birds was lower than previously...
Out-of-staters allegedly skip-scan $97 in merchandise at Walmart
Two out-of-staters were arrested for theft after skip-scanning 25 items in a Walmart. An asset proctection associate of Walmart, located at 550 U.S. Hwy. 27, Clermont, caught 42-year-old Quintorius Flynn of Texas and 40-year-old Jacqueline Denise Mack of Alabama skip-scanning around 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to...

















