Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to Jimmy Carter’s theme park visits
President Jimmy Carter made history during one of his visits to Central Florida.
Dr. Phillips Center, Orlando Dreamers, UCF make case for TDT money
The Dr. Phillips Center, Orlando Dreamers, and UCF, among others, made a case Wednesday for why their projects should get big chunks of Orange County's tourist tax money.
Orange County aims to slash exotic animal imports after Sloth World deaths
Orange County commissioners want to clamp down on exotic animal imports after the deaths of more than 50 sloths at a never-opened tourist attraction called Sloth World.
Winter Park golf course fully reopens months after accident destroyed greens
Inadvertent use of herbicide by employee at city-owned, public links WP9, led to months of replacement work costing about $100,000
Orange tourist tax ends record string of growth
Orange County's tourist-tax collections in June at $33.5 million fell just shy of last year's performance, halting a record run of 14 months.
Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of Orlando’s gun-toting, hero mayor
One minute Orlando Mayor Bill Frederick was paying for his breakfast at Ronnie's Restaurant. The next he was firing a warning shot to capture a man he had seen stab…
Fort Lauderdale could see new 36-story towers under Florida’s Live Local Act
A Live Local project with 765 residences could replace a closed Winn-Dixie near Southeast 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. That has residents worried about traffic gridlock – including the mayor.
Apopka commissioners finally approve tax rate, move on to budget cuts
City's new mayor says difficult decisions lie ahead of September when final spending plan is approved
Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to Orlando’s divisive traffic tower
Hailed as a great innovation when it debuted in 1925, it was later called "a menace" and "a fetish to the spirit of land boomism."
Kissimmee commissioner Martinez cleared of ethics violations
Two ethics complaints against Kissimmee City Commissioner Janette Martinez, which she said were politically motivated, have been dismissed.