CFX board member frustrated by Orange County’s ‘frivolous’ fight over Split Oak • Legendary coach Phil Ziglar dies after brief illness at age 74
Orlando Sentinel Evening Update Thursday, February 12, 2026 | | |
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Sign up | | Sonic boom possible after predawn launch | Split Oak dispute | Coach Phil Ziglar dies | Crop damage could top $1B | State bird vote | Pickleball brawl | | | | The Space Coast's first human spaceflight of the year is on tap for early Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX aim to send up a mission to the International Space Station, and also bring back the rocket's booster that could bring with it a sonic boom across Central Florida. | | | | | Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings defended the commission's decision as the will of the people. | | | | | Former Boone and Hagerty high football coach Phil Ziglar died Wednesday. He was 74. | | | | | "There will be no normal about this season," one farmer said. | | | | | One legislator, Hope Florida critic Alex Andrade, held out for the pelican in the 112-1 anti-mockingbird vote. Lawmakers are enthusiastic about the return of the flamingo to Florida, decades after it was wiped out. | | | | | A dispute over a rule led to a brawl during a pickleball game at a Volusia County country club, authorities said, with one player hitting his opponent in the face with a paddle and punching him on the ground before as many as 20 players became involved. | | | | | "She cries, 'promise me you'll be back when I get home from school'," she said about her 14-year-old daughter. "But I can't make her that promise… and it breaks my heart but I have to be honest with her." | | | | | United Launch Alliance flew its Vulcan rocket for only the fourth time early Thursday, but suffered yet another fiery burn through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security mission. | | | | | The operation has been a flashpoint in the debate over President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts. | | | | | This weekend in Orlando, enjoy the 16th Love Your Shorts Film Festival, Indie-Folkfest and Monster Bulls event at the Silver Spurs Rodeo. | | | | | The Winter Park Institute has a new executive director, Mark Freid, who has big plans to build community through dialogue in Central Florida. | | | |
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