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.

Developer Harry Mirpuri has opened a call for partners to restart the stalled Compass Landing by Margaritaville development in Melbourne. Submissions are due March 6, 2026.

A 50,966-square-foot shopping center is proposed for St. Cloud and could bring Publix or Winn‑Dixie, plus a liquor store, gas station and space for online pickup. The project remains at the planning stage and will need county approvals before construction.

Clear, cold Tuesday morning in Orlando with a Freeze Warning through 9 a.m. Sunny and brisk today; warming into the 70s midweek. Rain likely Friday into Saturday.

Florida's public counsel says FPL customers are already paying into a multiyear settlement and that his office is appealing the commission's approval.

A federal jury found an Orlando man guilty Monday in a sextortion ring that investigators say forced more than 50 children to send explicit images. The case was investigated with FBI assistance.

UCF rolled out a $3.5 billion 'Go For Launch' fundraising campaign aimed at scholarships, faculty and research across its Orlando campus.

A traffic stop on I‑4 near Davenport led to felony charges and a jail scuffle after deputies measured illegally dark front-window tint. The driver remains jailed in Polk County.

Orlando firefighters are battling a large outdoor blaze on the 5500 block of Arnold Palmer Drive. The department says the fire was about 100 by 300 feet on arrival.

SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday that will carry 29 Starlink satellites; the first stage will try for a sea landing aboard Just Read the Instructions.

City Council will consider converting more than 300 vacant lots into single-family homes capped at $375,000 — officials call it a path to ownership, advocates question the cap.

A movers’ ranking unexpectedly lists The Villages’ 34762 ZIP among top Gen Z destinations; new hospitals, apartments and a big home expansion are changing the town’s labor market.

New bills in Tallahassee would send bail refunds back to defendants, critics say, starving nonprofit bail funds and increasing pretrial jail time and taxpayer costs.