Orlando

Associated PressJuly 15, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica is holding a hearing on why federal authorities didn’t deem terrorism as a high enough threat factor in Orlando for the region to receive federal money for preventing and responding to terrorist threats. Mica has invited Orlando Police Chief John Mina and Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings to be at Friday’s hearing in Washington. Almost $590 million […]

Associated PressJuly 14, 2016

The families of the victims slain at the Pulse nightclub will get the most money from a fund established to help the victims’ families and survivors of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to a proposal released Thursday. The fund has about $20 million. The exact amount each family will get is […]

Scott PowersJuly 14, 2016

All the Pulse massacre memorabilia laid on the lawn of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando, all the expressions of grief, love and togetherness, soon will be history. Literally. People will have one more weekend to see the remaining cards, pictures, flags, art and other expressions. But by Monday, the Orange County Regional […]

Associated PressJuly 14, 2016

Firefighters at Walt Disney World were warned to stop feeding alligators at one of the resort’s fire stations two months before an alligator killed a toddler. According to emails obtained by Orlando Sentinel, Reedy Creek Emergency Services admonished firefighters for feeding at least one of two alligators at a station less than a half-mile from […]

Drew WilsonJuly 13, 2016

A Miami-based investment group agreed to purchase the Orlando Sentinel’s 19-acre complex from its owners Tuesday for $35.1 million. Midtown Opportunities VIB LLC has leased the two-block complex back to the paper with a pair of long-term, nine-year leases, the Sentinel’s Paul Brinkmann reports. The property, bordered by North Orange Avenue, North Magnolia, Colonial Drive […]

Drew WilsonJuly 13, 2016

Democrat Stephanie Murphy announced Wednesday she raised $126,346 during the first week of her campaign to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The Winter Park Democrat has not yet filed her report with the Federal Elections Commission, though she said the haul includes $11,000 in personal loans and that she […]

Scott PowersJuly 13, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy blasted her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. John Mica, Wednesday for his co-sponsorship of a bill she characterized as anti-gay rights — and then sitting silently through a hearing on the bill one month after the Orlando massacre at the popular gay nightclub Pulse. The First Amendment Defense Act, House Resolution 2802, […]

Drew WilsonJuly 13, 2016

Villages Republican David E. Gee threw another $100,000 of his own money into his Senate District 12 campaign, according to newly filed campaign finance reports, though he still lags behind GOP Reps. Dennis Baxley and Marlene O’Toole in the money race. Gee, who filed for the seat March 31, has so far loaned his campaign […]

Scott PowersJuly 13, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Val Demings has won the endorsement of the Collective PAC, which supports African-American candidates committed to the black community, in her quest to win election in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. “Chief Val Demings represents everything that the Collective PAC stands for,” Quentin James, executive director of the Collective PAC, stated in a news release issued by […]

Scott PowersJuly 13, 2016

State Sen. Geraldine Thompson is offering up her life stories to voters in Florida’s Congressional District 10 Democratic primary race, starting with a story about her mother’s struggles to raise a family. Thompson’s piece on her mother, the late Annie Fortenberry, tells of how the single mom raised a big family supported by agricultural and […]

Orlando

Post Pulse, John Mica has hearing on why Orlando didn’t get funds

Families of deceased Pulse patrons to get highest payments

Pulse memorabilia soon to be history; permanent memorial planning begins

Emails asked firefighters to stop feeding gators near Disney

Orlando Sentinel complex sells for $35M

Stephanie Murphy raises $126K in 1st week of campaign to unseat John Mica

Stephanie Murphy calls John Mica’s silence on anti-LGBT rights bill ‘unimaginable’ on Pulse’s anniversary

David Gee loans $100K to SD 12 campaign, still lags behind GOP rivals

Val Demings wins endorsement of Collective PAC

Geraldine Thompson offering life stories in CD 10 race