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Tribute to Pulse victims | New home insurance | Maxwell's ode to his cat | Foodies voting

Florida homeowners finally have some new insurers to consider • Maxwell: An ode to Leona. (And Furball) | Commentary
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Orlando Sentinel Evening Update

Friday, May 24, 2024

Tribute to Pulse victims | New home insurance | Maxwell's ode to his cat | Foodies voting

Inside Osceola's 49-foot-high tribute to the Pulse massacre's 49 victims

Local artist Jefrë's design will be unveiled June 12, the 8th anniversary of the tragedy. The sculpture would be the region's first tribute to the Pulse nightclub's legacy.

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Florida homeowners finally have some new insurers to consider

Ted Herbert, a retired business professor from Rollins College, said he was shocked when he got a letter last month from Progressive Insurance's home division telling him that while they valued him as a customer they would not be renewing his policy. "I checked to see why this was happening, thinking they thought my home was on the coast and subject to hurricanes or rising tide," said Herbert, whose home is less than 10 minutes away by car from the distinctive Spanish Mediterranean style campus in Winter Park. But to his surprise, not a single person made the […]

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Maxwell: An ode to Leona. (And Furball) | Commentary

Maxwell: An ode to Leona. (And Furball.) Saying a painful goodbye to a pet who made a lot of cameos in this column

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Foodie Awards: Voting round for summer quarter opens

Orlando Sentinel's Foodie Awards has undergone a makeover and will appear quarterly, focusing on a smaller roster of categories each time. Vote now on the summer quarter entries!

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2 Florida beaches make Dr. Beach annual Top 10 list

A year after one Florida beach nabbed the top spot in the annual Dr. Beach Top 10 beaches in the U.S. list, two other Sunshine State strips of sand found their way onto the annual ranking. Caladesi Island State Park near Clearwater came in at No. 4 while Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park in Naples grabbed […]

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Pictures: Disney readies Tiana's Bayou Adventure for June opening

Views of Tiana's Bayou Adventure —the reimagined former Splash Mountain ride in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World— as work continues Thursday, May 23, 2024, ahead of its planned June 28 opening in Bay Lake, Fla. The attraction's new theme is based on the Disney film "The Princess and The Frog." (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) […]

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Gilzean: I'll be a 'transparent, fair' Orange elections supervisor

Glen Gilzean pledged to be "transparent, fair, and accessible" at his swearing-in as Orange County election supervisor on Friday.

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Orlando Packing District food hall to open Friday with 9 vendors

The long-awaited Great Southern Box Co. Food Hall opens to the public Memorial Day Weekend with a roster of vendors that feature global flavors and American staple cuisine.

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Why's there an old bank vault sitting near a Seminole County highway?

Along a rural road in east Seminole County sits an old bank vault, the last remaining relic of a long-vanished town called Osceola.

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Orange schools says maintaining student laptops for all is getting too pricey

Orange County Public Schools prides itself on providing laptops to all students, an effort that started in 2013 and aimed to make sure everyone had access to technology no matter their family'…

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Judge changes mind, says immigration law won't be immediately blocked statewide

In a rare move, a federal judge on Thursday appeared to reverse his own ruling blocking the enforcement across Florida of one of Gov. Ron DeSantis' major immigration policies that criminalizes anyo…

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Crealdé School of Art completes $425,000 expansion with new studio spaces

Crealdé School of Art recently completed a nearly half-million dollar renovation project with a new studios and space for youth art classes.

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8 taken to hospital after airboat crash in Osceola County

Eight people were taken to a hospital Friday morning after an airboat crashed in Kissimmee. There were 11 people on the boat and all were in stable condition, Osceola County Fire Rescue spokesperson Joshua Holder said. The crash took place in Lake Tohopekaliga when the boat struck a sandbar in a canal by Neptune Road […]

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Woman accused in killings of Mount Dora couple found incompetent to stand trial

A Lake County judge has declared a woman accused of killing an elderly Mount Dora couple in 2022 incompetent to stand trial.

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Orlando cop killer sentenced to death appeals to US Supreme Court

A man sentenced to death for killing an Orlando police officer in 2017 has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing a prosecutor misled jurors during sentencing proceedings.

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