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Light Orlando packs over 1 million meals for those in need
ORLANDO, Fla. – After packing up 500,000 meals last year, Light Orlando decided to double its efforts and pack over 1 million meals on Saturday. News 6 was at last year’s event where Light Orlando volunteers packed up meals for families in need. Troy Wright, program officer for...
No. 19 Men's Soccer Set for Clash with No. 23 Seattle
ORLANDO – The No. 19 UCF men’s soccer team passed its first test of the young campaign. The next awaits just three days later. With a convincing 3-1 season-opening victory over the Mercer Bears in hand, the Knights now set their sights on their second contest of the fall, when the squad will welcome the No. 23 Seattle Redhawks to Orlando for an early-season top-25 matchup Sunday, Aug. 25.
Nemours Children’s Hospital Receives National Award for Nursing Excellence
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida in Orlando has been selected as a recipient of the Emergency Nurses Association’s 2024 Lantern Award. The award recognizes Nemours Children’s for demonstrating emergency nursing excellence in leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research performance. “When entering an emergency department, patients and their families...
Orlando Encourages Post-Election Environmental Responsibility with Recycling Initiative
The City of Orlando is calling on its residents to be environmentally conscious when disposing of political paraphernalia post-election. Stepping beyond the ballot, citizens are encouraged to recycle their campaign signs and stands at designated collection sites throughout the area. This initiative, aimed at reducing landfill waste, uses recycled materials to create cleaner, alternative energy sources, as per the city's press release.
Windermere Rotary Club earns IFSR Youth Service Award
The Windermere Rotary Club has earned an International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians Youth Service Award. The Windermere organization earned the award as a result of an article published by Orange Observer on the town's 2024 Memorial Day observance event in May. The award was presented "for service exemplary of Rotary...
Out-of-State Visitor Claims $1 Million Powerball Prize in Florida
An out-of-state visitor recently claimed a $1 million Powerball prize in Florida. The Florida Lottery announced that Floyd Horner, Jr., of Tega Cay, South Carolina, claimed a $1 million prize from the Powerball drawing held on February 1, 2023, at the Lottery’s Tampa District Office. The winning Powerball ticket...
Phil Jones, former CBS News correspondent, dies at age 87
Phil Jones, a CBS News correspondent for more than 30 years, has died. He was 87.Jones died over the weekend at his home in Florida. He leaves behind a son, Paul, and a daughter, Pam. The tenacious reporter joined CBS News in 1967 — a time when Walter Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News. Jones was considered one of "Cronkite's Kids." Soon after joining CBS, Jones won an Emmy for his coverage of the war in Vietnam. Jones was best known for reporting on the political battles in Washington. He started with Watergate, then served as White House correspondent during the Ford administration. Jones also covered the impeachment trial of then-President Bill Clinton. He was a tenacious reporter, following a story wherever it led. As a "48 Hours" correspondent, Jones rode a mule through Burma in pursuit of a drug kingpin. Colleague Eric Engberg described Jones' impact when he retired in 2001 after 32 years at CBS News."Every lying, conniving, thieving, sniveling politician in Washington is going to sleep better with you gone," Engberg said at the time.
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