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The department flagged certain elements of the theater's "Nosferatu" show, and placed "condemned" signs on the building Friday. The post The Ren Theatre condemned by fire department appeared first on Orlando Weekly .

A new tenant is coming to the recently closed Pei Wei space at 3011 East Colonial Drive. Shake Shack is moving in. The popular burger chain is taking over the high-traffic spot in the parking lot of the Target, right next to the former Starbucks space where Jeff’s Bagel Run is also planning a new location, as we...

A man accused of shooting a 4-year-old boy last month in Apopka has now been arrested. Rey Campos, a convicted felon, is the boyfriend of the boy's mother. The boy is expected to survive.

A six month investigation about drugs being brought into the Orange County Jail led to 36 individuals getting arrested. The investigative work was by the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, a task force comprised of detectives from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Orlando Police Department and multiple...

OPD and U.S. Marshals arrested a suspect for a 2023 deadly hit-and-run in Orlando that killed a 5-year-old. Members of the Orlando Police Department’s Fugitive Unit and the U.S. Marshals Service Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force recently arrested Yosefi Arabu at his home near Clarcona Ocoee Road and...

A 32-year-old man who died this week from blunt impact injuries after going on a roller coaster at Universal Orlando Resort’s newest park used a wheelchair. But his family said it never stopped his unwavering spirit. The family of Kevin Rodriguez Zavala in an online post described him Friday as “one of a kind.”...

Orlando police recently increased efforts in Parramore, resulting in the seizure of illegal drugs and guns. The Orlando Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Division has intensified its efforts to address violent repeat offenders in the Parramore neighborhood. In coordination with the Parramore Bike Unit, Patrol...

The Orlando VA Healthcare System is expanding support for aging veterans through its newly launched Community Residential Care Program — a long-term care housing option for veterans who can no longer live independently.

Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $14 an hour at the end of September, as the state continues carrying out a 2020 constitutional amendment spearheaded by prominent Orlando lawyer John Morgan. Under the amendment, the minimum wage went to $10 an hour on Sept. 30, 2021, $11 on Sept. 30, 2022, $12 an hour on Sept....

Sickies Garage Burgers & Brews was forced to shut down recently after Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation inspectors found rodent droppings throughout the restaurant during a September 15, 2025, complaint-driven inspection. State records revealed that the popular hamburger spot at 7640 West Irlo...