Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost gets Epstein files assist from Reddit sleuths • SpaceX Crew-12 mission lights up Space Coast on predawn launch with a sonic boom
Orlando Sentinel Evening Update Friday, February 13, 2026 | | |
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Sign up | | White Castle retreats from plan | Rep. Frost gets Epstein files assist | Crew-12 launch | Maxwell: Readers sound off | Demings threatens to cancel Orange jail agreement | OS 150 flashback | | | | The slider giant is expanding in Central Florida with three new restaurants to add to its existing O-Town West location. But the plans to put its largest outlet in the world next to Epic Universe have stalled. | | | | | Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Orlando, crowdsourced to unearth new documents in Epstein files. | | | | | The Space Coast's first human spaceflight of the year launched Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX sent up a mission to the International Space Station, and with it a rocket booster that served up a strong sonic boom. | | | | | It's the readers' turn to sound off. And boy, do they! Readers offer thoughts on Florida's attorney general, cruddy nursing schools, who should use accessible parking spaces and 'abysmal' columnists. | | | | | The county is paid $88 per day to house ICE detainees at its jail. County leaders have contended their actual costs are $180 per day. | | | | | Director Steven Spielberg had the honor of cutting the ribbon to open Universal Orlando, then called Universal Studios Florida, on June 7, 1990. | | | | | A new report also says Orlando led U.S. cities in reducing homicides. | | | | | Ilia Malinin crashed out of the Olympic figure skating podium after a disastrous free skate. | | | | | The House budget comes in at about $4 billion less than the governor's final, proposed spending plan. | | | | | Michael King, 54, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on March 17, the fourth warrant Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed this year. | | | | | The nomination round is over and the finalists in 50 categories have been decided. Now, it's time to vote to determine the Readers Picks in the 2026 Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards! | | | |
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