ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is observing a Caribbean system it expects to develop into the next tropical depression or storm sometime this week. The system, which was first identified Sunday evening, has a 30% chance of developing int…
3 barkeeps get fresh with summery watermelon cocktails
ORLANDO, Fla. — Lil’ Indies bartender Jeremy Kazmier used to spend summers at his grandfather’s little farm out in Apopka, Florida, when he was a kid. It wasn’t all that big, but there were goats and a field where he and his cousins would play basebal…
Keepers of Pulse history offer help to other communities reeling from mass shootings
ORLANDO, Fla. — Since the killings at Pulse, archivists and curators with the Orange County Regional History Center have collected, catalogued and cared for thousands of touching memorials left in tribute to the Orlando night club, its patrons and the…
LGBTQ community remembers Pulse with solemn, spirited events
Pulse survivor Amanda Grau, shot four times at the nightclub six years ago, fought fear to chase a dream. Addressing an audience gathered for a Pulse memorial ceremony, she recalled her struggle to recover physically and mentally. “For almost a year af…
Another missing person case linked to Haitian Special Olympics delegation
ORLANDO, Fla. — Another person with ties to the Haitian delegation to the Special Olympics has been reported missing, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, bringing the number of disappearances to seven. Louis Jacques Wilguens, 25, was last…
Astra Space fails to deliver NASA’s hurricane-tracking satellites to orbit
ORLANDO, Fla. — Astra Space suffered another failure in its attempt to perform a successful launch from the Space Coast on Sunday when its second stage could not put two NASA satellites into proper orbit. While the Alameda, California-based company was…
Gators sweep NCAA track & field championships in span of 24 hours
Florida’s dominance in track and field under coach Mike Holloway took another step — a historic one for the Gators — the past couple of days. Holloway’s program swept the men’s and women’s NCAA championships during the span of 24 hours to become the fi…
Astra Space launches from Canaveral on mission to serve up real-time hurricane data
ORLANDO, Fla. — Starting this hurricane season scientists will be able to look at storms in a way they’ve never been able to before. On Sunday, NASA in a partnership with Astra Space launched the first two of a six-part constellation of weather satelli…
Florida deputies search for missing Haitian Special Olympics soccer team members
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of several members of the Haitian Special Olympics soccer team participating in this year’s USA Games. Antione Joseph Mithon, Nicholson Fontilus, Peter Mianovich Ber…
Florida deputies search for missing Haitian Special Olympics soccer team members
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of several members of the Haitian Special Olympics soccer team participating in this year’s USA Games. Antione Joseph Mithon, Nicholson Fontilus, Peter Mianovich Ber…