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Driftwood Market, a gift boutique, has moved to a new location, and now is open at 49 S. Main St., Winter Garden. In February, the boutique announced the building in which it resided was sold to a new owner. As a result, Driftwood Market could not renew its lease. In...

A chicken wings restaurant in Orange County was temporarily shut down last month after state inspectors found rodent droppings, live roaches, flying insects, and evidence of persons living in the dining room, among nearly 40 violations.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Two Seminole County teenagers are facing charges after investigators say they drove around and shot pedestrians with a gel blaster gun. Bryant Otero Villegas, 18, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested after investigators connected them to two separate shooting incidents in the Winter Springs and O

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Seminole County nonprofit that supports youth athletes is calling on the community to help find a new place to store and distribute sports equipment. Sports 4 the Kids (S4TK) provides free donated athletic gear and raises funds to help pay league registration fees for...

More than 75 years after four young Black men were wrongly accused in one of Florida’s most notorious racial injustice cases, state lawmakers have approved $4 million in compensation for their descendants as part of the state’s 2026-27 budget. The funding, included in the final budget agreement reached...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Nearly a year after a crash that left a man dead, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest. Amanda Babcock, 37, of Geneva, was taken into custody on Thursday. According to an arrest report, Babcock was driving recklessly and cutting into oncoming traffic...

Orlando, Fla. — The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) has announced the full Knowledge College education program for The Landscape Show 2026, featuring more than 30 expert-led sessions and a brand-new Irrigation Track. The event takes place Wednesday, August 19 – Friday, August 21 at the Orange

After a long wait, 156 new affordable apartment units are now open within walking distance of Orange County’s Barnett Park. The site first went under contract 10 years ago, according to Jeff Kiss, co-founder of the Orlando-based Banyan Development Group. Getting the project financed and built from there was challenging

The Orange County Public School Board voted earlier this year to move forward with the proposal of transforming the now-closed Cherokee School into a magnet high school called the School of Arts & Entertainment at Cherokee. OCPS Board Member Stephanie Vanos responded to several questions asked by The Community Paper.

ORLANDO, Fla. – As Orlando marks 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting, trauma surgeons with Orlando Health are reflecting on the blood donors and community support that helped save lives in the hours and days after the tragedy. For some survivors, the scale of the medical response is...