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Orchestra program offers stroke patients a musical approach to healing at AdventHealth
After three strokes, Jenni Moore is still keeping a beat and a smile. In an AdventHealth Central Florida neurology wing, Moore was jamming away on a xylophone with the hospital’s developing program “Strokestra,” an ensemble of musicians and stroke patients making music to encourage positive healing. “It's...
Orange County Sheriff investigating July 4 killing of girl, 13
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the Thursday killing of a 13-year-old girl on the 4400 block of South Rio Grande Avenue. Rose Dieujuste was found by deputies responding to the scene around 2:30 p.m., according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. Deputies transported her to a hospital, where she died from her injuries. Rose’s death is being investigated as a ...
Deputies: Man fatally shot 2 in east Orange over likely narcotics dispute; victims ID’d
The man suspected of killing two people in east Orange County is believed to have shot them over a narcotics dispute but details of what led to the shootings remain scant, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Leandro Correa, 48, faces murder charges as Orange deputies investigate the killings of two men shot Thursday in different neighborhoods about three miles apart. The victims were identified ...
17 people displaced after apartment fire in Orlando
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Seventeen people were displaced after Orange County Fire Department crews battled an apartment fire in Orlando on Friday afternoon. Chopper 2 was at the scene of the incident and showed a portion of the apartment's roof engulfed in flames. The fire was located at an...
Orange County deputies launch murder investigation after death of 13-year-old girl
ORLANDO, Fla. — Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office have launched a homicide investigation after a 13-year-old girl died on Thursday. According to OCSO, deputies responded to South Rio Grande Avenue in Orlando around 2:30 p.m. after reports that a young teen was found unresponsive. Upon arrival, deputies...
Ahead of new Florida homelessness law, Orlando area weighs more shelters
With just three months until a law kicks in rewriting how Florida deals with its homeless, local governments across Central Florida are confronting an urgent need to shelter more of the fast-growing number of people sleeping outside. On Oct. 1, cities and counties will be required to enforce bans on...
Orlando Man Charged with Attempted Murder Following Stabbing Incident in Shadow Bay Park
Michael Zaccardo, a 20-year-old Orlando man, was taken into custody in Seattle on Tuesday following an allegation of a stabbing at Shadow Bay Park in Orange County, as per the Sheriff's Office. The alleged incident, which took place last Saturday, saw a man in his 20s stabbed while winding his visit at the park, the victim had approached Zaccardo querying about park operating hours shortly before receiving what he thought was a punch to his back, later identified as a stab wound, according to AOL News.
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