There’s a new grocery store near his home in St. Cloud, but Bob Turner never shops there, driving to a store farther away for one reason: To avoid the most traffic-clogged stretch of Narcoossee Road. “It’s crazy,” Turner said. “They just built a new Publix close to my home, but I never go because you…
League play starts next week in most of the Orange County football leagues. Here is a league-by-league look at which teams have asserted themselves as league championship contenders, and the dates of the bigger games in each league: Alpha League: This four-team group still has a couple more weeks of nonleague games before league action…
ORLANDO, Fla. – A long-running pop culture convention group is beaming down to Orlando this weekend for its first-ever Star Trek convention. Creation Entertainment is hosting a Trek to Orlando convention on Saturday. Aug. 23 and Sunday, Aug. 24 at the Doubletree by Hilton across from Universal Orlando. The long-running convention group has hosted conventions…
The Sunshine State has plenty of interesting things to do and see. However, some parts of Florida make for a better vacation spot than others. That’s according to U.S. News & World Report, which has unveiled its list of the best places to visit in Florida for 2025. The ranking examines factors like affordability, seasonality,…
Four Guatemalan siblings, detained as undocumented immigrants after a traffic stop, spent several days last week at the Orange County Jail before being picked up in a van and driven around for hours. Finally they reached their destination, their attorneys say: Right back at the Orange County Jail. This directionless odyssey — similar to what…
ORLANDO, Fla. – After a year-long hiatus, a one-night-only high fashion event is back stronger with a star-studded lineup of special guests, fashion designers and entertainment. Designed to empower aspiring models ages 5 to 19, the Fancy Fashion Frenzy 2025, presented by Fancy By Francesca Watson, is set to return Aug. 30 at the Omni…
A Whittier man accused of using dating apps to scam victims out of more than $2 million was arrested Thursday, July 24. Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud and one count of engaging in a monetary transaction in property derived from fraud after he allegedly lied to victims that…
Orlando could be the next target for a business venture from Elon Musk.This one involves building tunnels.Musk has already made a name for himself on the Space Coast with SpaceX.But another one of his businesses could change the way we get around I-Drive.Location Universal Epic Universe opened in May, and to handle some of the…
A look at the 2018 disappearance of Blaze Bernstein and the evidence that led to Sam Woodward‘s arrest and conviction in the hate crime murder. Jan. 2, 2018 Blaze Bernstein Bernstein family Blaze, a 19-year-old Ivy League student, was spending the holidays visiting family in Orange County, California, when he went missing the night of…
Okay, I’ll admit it. I can be a little … shall we say bossy? On a recent visit to my son, Brad, in Northern California, we spent a day cooking together. His kitchen, his recipes, his ingredients. His comment to me as we enjoyed the fruits of our labor was, “You sure don’t like being…