An Orlando ticket matched a 2025 Cash4Life drawing; the winner claimed a $1M lump‑sum payout at Florida Lottery headquarters. The ticket was sold at a Lake Nona Publix.

Apopka police and a licensed trapper removed a large alligator from a residential neighborhood Tuesday. Officials remind residents to keep pets leashed and call FWC’s nuisance hotline.

Central Florida’s Cuban community is on edge after federal repatriations and local deportation notices. Lawyers and advocates warn longstanding protections are fraying.

Thousands showed up at a Central Florida job fair even as employers pause hiring and national payrolls fell. Local workforce centers point to training and targeted follow-ups as ways to compete.

Alex Birchenall is Windermere Prep’s new permanent head and is pushing a plan for a two‑story K‑5 campus in Horizon West as the private school runs at capacity.

Orange County approved about $39M in federal grants to build a new family shelter and replace a storm‑damaged food pantry in Orlando’s SoDo district.

Pet Alliance will cut the ribbon on a 25,000‑sq‑ft Orlando shelter on March 28, adding a large clinic, quarantine rooms and expanded adoption space.

A Port Orange wife says her husband fell seven times at a memory‑care center before he died; she has filed a lawsuit alleging failures in his supervision and care.

Matthew's Hope says missing mail at the Winter Garden post office cost a $4,000 donation and left guests without IDs and EBT cards.

A North Palm Beach man claimed a $1 million Holiday Ca$h scratch-off and accepted a $606,700 lump-sum payout after buying the $20 ticket at Village Grocery in Lake Park.

After state crews painted over the Pulse rainbow crosswalk, Se7enBites owner Trina Gregory opened 49 parking spots to artists as a lasting protest and memorial. The privately painted stalls are meant to be permanent.

A condemned Indialantic hoarder house is blamed for a growing rat infestation; a judge set a 30-day cleanup deadline while neighbors struggle to contain the pests.

Milestone Reporting plans to cut about 80 jobs at its downtown Orlando Robinson Street office, with court reporters and administrative staff among those affected.