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Orange County opposes ‘incompatible’ ICE detention warehouse in Orlando
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (806+ words) Orange County leaders voted to oppose a planned ICE facility in east Orlando Tuesday, taking a "principled stand" against the agency's goal of converting a warehouse into a processing center for detainees. The unanimous vote by the Board of County…...
Orange County remembers its 136 homeless who died in 2025
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (925+ words) This story is part of the News Collaborative of Central Florida, an initiative of independent local news outlets working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida. It was originally published WKMG-News 6. Among the tall palms of Downtown Orlando's Heritage…...
Save our ‘beloved’ schools: Orange parents protest campus closures
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (974+ words) Amanda Weber met her husband in the halls of Bonneville Elementary School when they were in fourth grade. Now her son is a second grader on the same campus. The east Orange County school, which opened in 1961, is a nostalgic…...
Orange prosecutor under ‘review’ after plea deal in College Park attack leads to no conviction
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (606+ words) The Orlando man accused of attempting to rape a jogger in College Park in April is out of jail after he was offered a plea deal that allowed him to escape a formal conviction, a prosecutorial decision the Orange-Osceola State…...
Orange school district may close 7 campuses as enrollment declines
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (656+ words) Seven public schools in Orange County could be shuttered at the end of this academic year as the school district grapples with a sharp drop in student enrollment. The schools are: Union Park Middle School and Bonneville, Chickasaw, Eccleston, Meadow…...
Bus providing overnight refuge to western Orange’s homeless could hit roads by April
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (751+ words) A bus that will offer an overnight refuge for homeless residents of western Orange County could hit the roads by April now that nonprofit Matthew's Hope has secured funding and one location where it can park " although more are needed....
Attorney general questions legality of rural boundaries in Orange, Seminole
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1007+ words) TALLAHASSEE " The Florida Attorney General's Office argued in a recent letter that rural boundaries in Seminole and Orange counties are "likely" unconstitutional'and violate property owners' rights, seeming to side with developers who want the protections nullified. The opinion, issued two…...
Pedestrian struck, killed crossing Orange County road, FHP says
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (115+ words) A 53-year-old Winter Springs woman was struck and killed by a car while crossing Lee Road in Orange County on Sunday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The FHP crash report stated the woman was crossing the stretch of…...
Orange received 53 ‘Schools of Hope’ notices this week. Very few are valid.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (636+ words) Orange County Public Schools received a flood of 53 notices this week from charter schools to move into underused public schools " but very few are expected to stick. Documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel show the notices came from just two…...
Blue Bamboo will get $900,000 from Orange County
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (30+ words) A grant for Blue Bamboo was revised by Orange County after a change in plans for the former Winter Park Library that houses the nonprofit. More in Things To Do...