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Orlando nonprofit offering free showers, other services to homeless avoids shutdown but still may face cuts
An Orlando nonprofit that provides free showers, laundry and other assistance to the area’s growing homeless population came within days of having to discontinue key services last week. A last-minute donation has kept Service and Love Together, or SALT, running for now, but it must still raise another $200,000 to continue operating at full capacity through the end of the year, and it may need ...
UCF opponent previews: Sam Houston seeks bounceback season after rough FBS debut
Nickname: BearkatsLocation: Huntsville, TexasEnrollment: 19,376Home field: Bowers Stadium (Capacity: 14,000)Conference: Conference USA2023 record: 3-9, 2-6 CUSAAll-time series record vs. UCF: 0-0Last meeting: This will be the first meeting between the schools. Editor's note: This is the second installment in a 12-part series highlighting UCF's 2024 football opponents. ...
Photos: TOOTSIE at Titusville Playhouse
From July 26-August 18, Tootsie runs at the Titusville Playhouse. Check out all new photos from the show below!. Get your tickets online at www.TitusvillePlayhouse.com or by calling our box office at 321-268-1125. Michael Dorsey will go to any length for his career in this award-winning musical. Based on the...
VIDEO: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Mike Hoctor Literally Wrote the Book On Coaching Tennis
ABOVE VIDEO: Mike Hoctor is such a great coach that he wrote the book, literally, on coaching tennis. He is co-author of the USTA nationally-published book, “Coaching Tennis Successfully.” Even though the book was first published in 1994, it is still in print. 2016 COACHING INDUCTEE: Florida Coaches...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UCF Knights Recieve $2.5 Million Pledge Commitment to Football Program
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – When UCF’s football team returns to the practice field later this month, the Knights will be playing on the newly named Wayne Densch Practice Complex. The complex’s new name recognizes a new $2.5 million pledge commitment from the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust in support of the Hagle Football Gateway project on UCF’s campus.
By the dawn’s early light: Morning at Orlando Wetlands
There’s something special about the light in the morning when taking bird photos. There’s such a soft, golden hue that it makes the subjects of photos appear almost magical. This was apparent to me during a recent morning visit to the Orlando Wetlands, arriving there shortly after the...
Two people suffer smoke inhalation after lightning strike in The Villages
Two people suffered smoke inhalation after a lightning strike sparked a blaze at a home in The Villages. The Villages Public Safety Department responded at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday to a structure fire at 2269 at Foggy Brook Loop in the Village of St. Charles. Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy...
TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK
This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s downtown “bungalow neighborhoods.”. Have you picked up our July print issue yet? Check out the online version so you can see what you’re missing – it has a new advice column from Brenda from Bithlo, a heritage recipe for Hurricane Stew from Orange County Regional History Center, and more.
Villager avoids stalking prosecution after neighbors forced to sell and leave The Villages
A Villager who had been accused of tormenting her neighbors will avoid prosecution in a stalking case after her neighbors were forced to sell their home and leave The Villages. Suza Barr, 77, of the Village of Santo Domingo, earlier this month in Sumter County Court agreed to enter into...
Man sentenced to 15 years in prison for attacking deputies in Lake County
An Orlando man was given a guilty verdict and sentenced Tuesday in a 2020 case in which he battered deputies and resisted arrest. In the courtroom of the Honorable Judge Cary F. Rada, jurors found 53-year-old Kenlin Anthony Bougouneau guilty on all three counts and sentenced him to 15 years in the Florida Department of Corrections.
New thrift store opens in southwest Ocala shopping center
A new thrift stop that sells vintage graphic tees, shoes, vinyl records, and a variety of other secondhand merchandise just opened in southwest Ocala. The ATTIC Thrift Store celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, July 20 at 184 Marion Oaks Boulevard, in the Marion Oaks Shopping Center. Owned by Ed...
Jazz great Maurice Brown headlines Orlando Jazz Series at Dr. Phillips Center
Grammy-Award winning jazz trumpeter Maurice “Mobetta” Brown is set to perform in Orlando next month as part of a highly anticipated three-part jazz series presented by The Orlando Jazz Collective.
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