Marco's Pizza will spend $1.2M on a downtown Orlando office and training kitchen as it ramps up a push to open 80+ stores this year. The facility will centralize hands‑on training for franchisees in the region.

A Wind Advisory and high surf warnings hit east‑central Florida Saturday; gusts up to 40 mph and 7–12 ft waves make beaches unsafe.

East River High was put on a secure hold Friday afternoon in Orlando; dismissal was affected and the hold was later lifted with no shooting reported.

A 65‑year‑old Orlando man has been charged with lewd or lascivious molestation after police say he molested a child during a Bradenton Beach vacation and in Orlando.

The Wharf at Sunset Walk turns dinner into a show in Kissimmee — disco balls, live bands and showy plates from snow crab to a tableside tomahawk.

After decades on the run, Patrick Lutts was sentenced to 13 years for a 1998 Orlando DUI that killed two teens. Relatives attended the hearing as prosecutors cited a high BAC.

UF/IFAS experiments in the Ichetucknee show native Elimia snails can curb algae — but low dissolved oxygen and dense mats determine whether they can do the job.

Attorneys for Tyre Sampson’s parents are preparing filings to block a Funtime‑built drop tower at Austin’s COTALAND after a $310M verdict in Orlando. The move could force a Texas hearing over the ride.

Orlando fire crews answered a mid‑morning stoppage on a Harry Potter ride at Universal Orlando; several riders were evaluated by on‑site medical staff.

Edgewater police say a man posted threats against a local church on social media; the department is investigating. Officials urge anyone with tips to contact police.

A judge sentenced Nael Abraham to 50 years after a jury convicted him of second‑degree murder in the 2020 Orange County road‑rage shooting that killed Eric Schnetzer.

An early-morning blaze destroyed a single-story Maitland home near Eatonville; two residents escaped and no one was hurt. Investigators are on scene.

A Brevard County jury awarded more than $14 million after a Palm Bay woman ate ice cream that contained metal; jurors held the franchisor liable.