Send us your tips about Florida property insurance companies, claims and issues

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 5:15A Orlando Sentinel

The Orlando Sentinel is seeking news tips from the public on concerns related to property insurance in Florida — including policies, practices and claims issues. You can send confidential tips to our reporters in various ways, including using...

First look: Epcot arts fest’s big lamp, flurry of Figment

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 4:30A Dewayne Bevil

The Epcot International Festival of the Arts has burst back onto the scene at Walt Disney World . The event has many of the same artsy attractions as in previous years, but on opening weekend we...

2 Central Florida restaurants in Orange County shut down last week

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 1:23A Garfield Hylton

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation shut down two Central Florida dining venues for health code violations during the week from Jan. 11-17. Orange King Buffet at 2157 E Semoran Blvd. in Apopka shut down on Jan. 12. Inspectors...

Wednesday brings warmer temperatures but cold coming back soon

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/21 12:15A Garfield Hylton

Warmer temperatures are on the way, but Central Florida isn t out of the cold just yet. Wednesday has partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 70s, according to NWS Melbourne. The temperature increase to the 70s and 80s is expected to last...

History center spotlights animation process, Disney productions

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/20 11:06P Dewayne Bevil

The latest exhibit at Orange County Regional History Center may get creative juices flowing and prompt waves of nostalgia. “Animationland” provides hands-on artistic activities, and its companion...

Bankruptcy court approves Sun Terra purchase of planned Whispering Hills site in Leesburg

Orlando Sentinel (Brinkmann On Business) 1/20 12:31A James Wilkins

Oviedo-based developer Sun Terra Communities is moving to purchase the proposed site of the huge, 1,088-acre Whispering Hills community in Leesburg out of bankruptcy court for $62 million. According...

Central Florida leaders condemn possible new ICE facility

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/19 8:53A Natalia Jaramillo

Central Florida officials and immigrant advocates on Monday criticized a possible new ICE detention facility here as the region sees a surge in undocumented immigrants arrests. At a press conference...

Pictures: Ocoee’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Parade

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/19 7:42A Rich Pope

The City of Ocoee celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during the Unity Parade on Monday, January 19, 2026, as community officials, charities, clubs and youth organizations from Orange...

Multiple hazards in effect across Central Florida as cold weather continues

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/19 1:38A Garfield Hylton

Monday is off to a cold start, with below normal highs across the region. There is a cold weather advisory in effect for all of east Central Florida, except coastal Martin County, according to NWS Melbourne. Low temperatures are 30-40 degrees...

Snow in Orlando? It did 49 years ago today

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/19 1:23A Richard Tribou

So it snowed in the Florida Panhandle on Sunday, but those flurries couldn t muster the staying power to make it down to Central Florida. That wasn t the case 49 years ago today in 1977 when Orlando...

Orlando Sentinel 150: Remembering MLK’s only visit to Orlando in 1964

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/18 11:19P Compiled by Orlando Sentinel Sta

As part of our 150th birthday, the Orlando Sentinel will reprint articles from our archives as part of our Monday Memory feature. Here’s one from nearly 62 years ago, March 7, 1964, about Dr. Martin...

Charter school audit showed no crisis before sudden closure, OCPS says

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/18 11:00P Steven Walker

A month before its surprise, mid-year shutdown that blindsided parents, Legends Academy s financial reports showed no hint of a pending crisis, school district officials say. The charter school, which served about 200 students in west Orlando,...

New exhibit frames Holocaust through survivors’ eyes, previews future museum

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/18 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Orlando s new Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity will take a decidedly personal approach, telling stories of courage and resilience in the face of hate through the words of Central Floridians who...

DeSantis agency’s order to election supervisors could damage Florida marijuana referendum effort

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/18 12:00A Anthony Man, Martin E. Comas

A state agency under control of Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued 11th-hour instructions to local officials that could hamper efforts to get a referendum to legalize recreational marijuana on the 2026...

Fort Gatlin site set to become a public park thanks to mystery buyer

Local News : Orlando Sentinel 1/18 12:00A Camila Gomez

The site of what is thought to be Orlando’s first settlement was for decades used as a Navy sonar lab, then housed school administration offices and could soon get new life thanks to a mystery buyer...