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Breakdancing debuts as new Olympic sport in Paris this Summer
ORLANDO, Fla. — Breakdancing is the newest Olympic sport that will be making its debut in Paris this summer. Breakdancing originated in New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Breakers would battle dancing instead of fighting. Breaking is back for the first time in Orange County...
The WOCC Adds Central Florida Expressway Authority as a Community Trustee
WINTER GARDEN, FLA. – The West Orange Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) as its newest Community Trustee. The Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) is an independent agency of the State of Florida that operates and maintains a regional network of expressways for 3 million residents of Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties and more than 75 million annual visitors to Central Florida. CFX’s 125-centerline mile, user- funded system includes 73 interchanges, 14 mainline toll plazas, 5 mainline gantries, 76 ramp toll plazas and 343 bridges. On average, more than 1.3 million toll transactions are recorded daily, nearly 90 percent of them electronically. CFX operates E-PASS, the first electronic toll collection system in Florida, with more than one million E-PASS accounts. For more information, visit CFXway.com.
Orange County man holding his baby hostage in home killed in armed standoff with deputies, Mina says
An Orange County man who took his own baby hostage after shooting and stabbing the baby’s mother was killed in an armed standoff with deputies Friday night, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said during a news conference early Saturday morning. Deputies responded to reports of a domestic disturbance on Colony Oaks Lane around 5 p.m. Friday and found a woman who had been shot and stabbed by the ...
Metal rod-wielding man shot by deputies at Orlando gas station after 'confusing' crash: sheriff
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A man wielding a metal rod was shot by deputies during an incident involving two traffic crashes, an attempted carjacking, and a random battery at an Orlando gas station on Tuesday afternoon, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina. The Orange County Sheriff's Office received calls...
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