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Orange County Public Schools cuts $8.5 million amid enrollment drop
13+ hour, 31+ min ago (609+ words) Orange County Public Schools will cut $8.5 million from its budget this fall because almost 8,000 fewer students are enrolled now compared to the end of the last academic year, according to a memo sent to staff and families Wednesday. The cuts…...
Blue Bamboo will get $900,994 from Orange County
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (135+ words) The Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts will receive $900,994 from Orange County — down from an original $1 million grant — after the Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory Council unanimously approved a... Seminole school district budget crisis prompts cuts to staff, field trips Maxwell:…...
Orange County Public Schools to cut 200 district-level administrators
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (545+ words) Orange County Public Schools will cut more than 200 district-level administrators as it grapples with the impacts of declining enrollment, an OCPS deputy superintendent said in a sobering email recently sent to staff. The district lost thousands of students this school…...
High school football live Week 10: Oviedo-Evans, West Orange-Ocoee in dramatic style
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (1985+ words) The final Friday night for district football games promises to deliver some drama. We have reporters providing live updates on key games as they unfold (below) and will be looking for news from other contests. Check back frequently to see…...
Accused burglar of man killed by Orange deputies to face murder trial
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (543+ words) Eight months after Jose Luis Lopez was killed in his home by Orange County deputies responding to a burglary, the person who broke in will face trial for second-degree murder. The trial against 25-year-old Cristian Duran-Contreras, who is accused of…...
Not just blowing smoke: Orange County takes aim at vape shops
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (636+ words) The smoke shop bearing the name of a Star Wars’ hero may soon find it needs to be, if not far, far away, at least farther away. Orange County commissioner Nicole Wilson, who represents the west Orange County district where…...
Orange County opposes ‘incompatible’ ICE detention warehouse in Orlando
5+ mon, 3+ week 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
8+ mon, 2+ 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
8+ mon, 3+ 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
8+ mon, 3+ week 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…...