Montreal dessert chain La Diperie plans four Orlando-area shops, starting with a Winter Park location this summer.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced a $1,000 reward after a 5-year-old was struck by an e-bike near Sun Splash Park; deputies released a surveillance still and seek tips.

Senators advanced "Meg’s Law," a bill to limit where flavored nitrous‑oxide canisters can be sold and to impose felony penalties on retailers who sell them. The measure now heads to final floor votes in both chambers.

A contractor has asked an Orange County court to foreclose on a construction lien tied to the famed 'Versailles' estate, alleging about $277,562 is unpaid. The filing lands fresh legal pressure on the long‑running 90,000‑sq‑ft project.

A Florida recalculation of student counts will trim about $17M from OCPS’s 2025–26 state aid, compounding budget and staffing pressures after big enrollment losses.

A person wanted on multiple warrants barricaded at the Webster Apartments on Tuesday; deputies arrested the individual and a shelter‑in‑place at Webster Elementary was lifted.

Just Salad opened a Colonial Landing outpost at 3162 E. Colonial Drive, its fifth Orlando location, and will mark the debut with weeklong $5 deals and reusable‑bowl promotions.

A sweeping Florida education bill would require HD fetal‑development videos in grades 6–12, let parents opt out and fold math, attendance and curriculum rules into one package.

A large Orange County Sheriff's Office response was reported near a Walmart on East Colonial Drive late Sunday. Officials have not released details.

Preliminary VISIT FLORIDA estimates show 143.3 million visitors in 2025, driven by domestic travel and a record fourth quarter. The tally could reshape spring travel across Orlando, Miami and the Gulf Coast.

Zayn & Co. is moving from pop‑up to a permanent booth at Digress Wine, adding a Palestinian‑American food truck and a mini coffee van to its College Park rotation.

A 48-year-old bicyclist was killed early Friday on Lakeshore Boulevard in Eustis after a driver fled the scene. Police are asking anyone with information to contact investigators.

Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against 11 alleged SMM‑24K members accused of ordering prison stabbings and smuggling meth into Florida prisons.