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Austin’s Coffee smash-and-grab comes at a bad time for Winter Park performing-arts hub
Things are already looking rough for the café — now this.
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Orlando Area News reports on politics, community issues, crime, and local stories shaping daily life across Central Florida.
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Five ways community organizations in Orlando picked up the slack to help others in 2024
At the beginning of a new year, we want to uplift those who helped others through the tough one that just ended
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Disney costumes, wage theft, vasectomies: Orlando’s most under-the-radar stories of 2024
Year in Review
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You take the good, you take the bad: Orlando’s biggest wins and losses of 2024
2024 Year in Review
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FAA opens investigation into crashing drones at weekend Lake Eola holiday show
A 7-year-old boy had emergency heart surgery after malfunction at show by ‘America’s Got Talent’ contestants
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Teamsters picket outside Amazon facility in Orlando as part of national solidarity action
Teamsters here in Orlando aren’t on strike, but are showing support for fellow Teamsters in other states who are.
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Orlando announces new paid parking spaces downtown
After eliminating 900 downtown parking spaces in 2015, several hundred may return, with construction starting next year.
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Thornton Park dignitary Lulu immortalized again as star of 2025 calendar
Proceeds go toward local cat rescues
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Thieves steal $107,625 from UCF in sophisticated hacking scheme
By the time the university noticed 12 days later that it had been victimized, nearly all the money had vanished
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Orange County aims to ‘resurrect’ film industry with new film incentive program
A proposal is expected to come before the Orange County Commission in February or March for approval.
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Eskamani files to run for Orlando mayor
State Rep. Anna Eskamani is term-limited from seeking re-election to the Florida House in 2026, and wants to return to a local focus in the city she grew up in.
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‘Extremely stressful’: Former Teak restaurant staff abruptly laid off ahead of the holidays
A general manager emailed staff Monday announcing Jaspers Bar and Grill in Maitland, formerly Teak, would close ‘immediately.’
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Zebra Youth brings more transitional housing for homeless LGBTQ+ young adults to Orlando
The temporary, no-cost housing aims to build stability for young adults with nowhere to go.
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Orlando City Council extends $200K grant agreement with anti-abortion charity for affordable housing
The Catholic Charities of Central Florida, which also uses government money to play landlord, recently celebrated the defeat of Florida’s abortion rights measure.
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Family of Tyre Sampson awarded $310 million in Orlando Free Fall death lawsuit
The sum will be paid by the ride’s Austria-based manufacturer, Funtime-Handels.
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Orlando remains one of the most cost-burdened metros in the U.S.
A majority of renters spend more than 30 percent of their total monthly income on housing costs alone.
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Five downtown Orlando clubs close, including Ember, Chillers and Irish Shannon’s
Four of the five venues were located in the same multi-floor building on Church Street
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Orlando police charge dozens for drug sales, permit violations in ‘Operation Night Cap’
Operation ran from July to November and was spurred by perceived rise of illegal activity downtown.
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Orlando actress-turned-entrepreneur Janine Klein bridges the gap between art and the military
Her company, Eii, uses acting techniques and CGI to teach officer trainees how to handle emotionally sensitive scenarios
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Planned Parenthood to offer vasectomies at Orlando health clinic
With Florida’s six-week abortion ban likely to stay put, it might be time for smart men to get the (reversible) snip.