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Published August 31Holocaust Center Condemns Nazi Display at Kia Center as Questions Turn to City Promotion
The Holocaust Center of Florida is condemning a Nazi flag and Nazi salutes displayed during a combat sports event at downtown Orlando’s Kia Center Saturday night, while calling on organizers to take accountability. The display occurred during Duel: Arena 1 on Aug. 29, which…
Bungalower
Published August 31Orlando Tried to Become “Hollywood East.” This Time, It’s Trying Something Different.
Orlando has been here before. In the late 1980s and early ’90s, Central Florida was being talked about as a potential “Hollywood East.” Disney and Universal were investing heavily in production facilities, Nickelodeon was bringing hundreds of hours of television production to…
Bungalower
Published August 31As Homelessness Rises in Orlando, Goodwill Brings Services Directly to Families
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida hosted a resource fair at Orlando Union Rescue Mission on Aug. 28, bringing employment, legal, education, banking and health services directly to families staying at the shelter. Guests, many of them single parents, were able to meet with…
Central Florida Public Media
Published August 31At 75 and 76, they’re back in the classroom
Linda and Scott Ebner are back in the classroom at UCF, taking a history course alongside students decades younger.
The Apopka Voice
Published August 31In case you missed it: Housing, homelessness and Apopka’s budget take center stage
Apopka's housing challenges led this week's coverage as Southwick Commons opened after years of legal battles and The Apopka Voice examined whether tiny-home villages could help address homelessness. Other major stories included Mike Crabb taking office, the CRA adopting a $7.8…
The Apopka Voice
Published August 31Apopka honors Pastor James Doggette with Key to the City
Apopka Mayor Nick Nesta presented Pastor James R. Doggette Sr. with the Key to the City as Doggette concluded a decade of leadership at Patmos Chapel Seventh-day Adventist Church. Doggette will return to Oakwood University in Alabama after 44 years of pastoral ministry and…
The Apopka Voice
Published August 31At Matthew’s Hope, service comes without conditions
After being challenged to exclude and denounce members of the LGBTQ+ community, Matthew's Hope founder Scott Billue reaffirmed the ministry's commitment to serving everyone without discrimination. He believes that Christian faith is demonstrated not through judgment, but through…
The Apopka Voice
Published August 30Duke tariff tests Florida data center ratepayer protections
Florida regulators are considering Duke Energy Florida's proposed tariff for large data centers and other high-demand customers under a new state law intended to protect residential ratepayers. Consumer advocates say the proposal falls short of the law, while Duke says its…
The Apopka Voice
Published August 30Everything coming to Netflix in September
Netflix's September lineup includes the second season of The Gentlemen, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story and a new generation of students in A Different World. The schedule also features dozens of licensed movies, international series, documentaries, comedy specials, family…
VoxPopuli
Published August 30Winter Garden offers optimistic 2027 budget in workshop | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
City seeks to maintain current millage rate, hire staff, invest in capital projects and build out reserve funds.
Central Florida Public Media
Published August 30NASA launches its newest space telescope on the hunt for mysterious dark matter
The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.
Central Florida Public Media
Published August 30NASA launches its newest space telescope on the hunt for mysterious dark matter
The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.