WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Halloween season has settled in at Legoland Florida. Its Brick-or-Treat event, much like the theme park itself, is geared to the 2-to-12-year-old crowd, but there’s ample lighthearted spooky stuff to entertain the adult crowd, too,…
Residents at Florida retirement community struggle with massive flooding
ORLANDO, Fla. — Residents at Hacienda Village, a 55-plus manufactured housing community in Winter Springs, have not had power for days and are struggling to live in the heat with a boil water notice. Winter Springs issued a citywide precautionary boil-…
Central Florida struggles with Ian’s ongoing sewage crisis
ORLANDO, Fla. — Days after Ian’s last gusts, the Orlando region’s sewage systems are fighting to recover and losing ground in many cases, swamping homes with wastewater, sending streams across roads without warning and pouring untold thousands of gallo…
UCF football preparing for SMU while tracking Hurricane Ian
With Hurricane Ian on track to target the west-central coast of Florida ahead of the weekend, UCF football coach Gus Malzahn said Monday his team is preparing as usual for Saturday’s home game vs. SMU. “We’re just taking it day by day,” Malzahn told re…
Magic’s Markelle Fultz fractures big left toe, won’t require surgery
Orlando Magic guard Markelle Fultz suffered a fracture in his big left toe, a league source told the Orlando Sentinel Sunday. The Magic confirmed Fultz’s injury. Fultz broke the toe during a preseason workout before returning to Orlando and imaging con…
Editorial: The best path to justice in DeSantis’ migrant-flight scandal
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will have to answer for the dubious legality of his cruel stunt that dropped two state-funded planeloads of migrants on the Massachusetts resort community of Martha’s Vineyard. At the very…
Path shifts north on growing Tropical Storm Ian, still could strike Florida as hurricane
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian grew overnight in the Caribbean, still with a path that could bring it to Florida next week as a hurricane, prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency across the Sunshine State. The National Hurricane…
Path shifts north on growing Tropical Storm Ian, still could strike Florida as hurricane
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian grew overnight in the Caribbean still with a path that could bring it to Florida next week as a hurricane, prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency in 24 counties. The National Hurricane Center’s 11…
NASA stands down from Tuesday launch for Artemis I, might roll back
ORLANDO, Fla. — With the approaching threat of what is forecast to be Hurricane Ian, NASA finally threw in the towel for a launch attempt Tuesday of its Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center. But it held off a decision to roll the mas…
Major Hurricane Ian forecast to hit Florida as DeSantis declares state of emergency
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Caribbean on Friday with a path that could bring it to Florida next week as a major Category 3 hurricane prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency in 24 counties. “This storm has …