First-ever Mount Dora Area Restaurant Week begins Saturday
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce is launching the town's first-ever Restaurant Week, a summer dining promo to showcase local and encourage culinary exploration.
House votes for Department of War renaming as part of an annual defense bill
The House has passed a defense policy bill that incorporates President Donald Trump’s request for a historic $1.15 trillion in spending for the Pentagon. The bill passed Wednesday also would…
For arts groups, unexpected wins and losses in state budget
Three smaller Central Florida cultural groups receive state funding. Orlando Museum of Art gets money for renovations. But others miss out.
If your degree doesn’t pay enough, you can’t borrow. Federal loans cut for low-wage programs
About 33% of programs at for-profit schools are expected to fail.
Today in History: July 23, Kerri Strug, with torn ankle ligaments, secures Team USA gold medal
Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle to help secure the U.S. women’s gymnastics squad’s first-ever Olympic team gold medal.
Could Congress help save Lake Mead? That may require emergency cash
The combined storage of Lake Mead and Lake Powell is at its lowest since 1957.
Earnings at Musk’s car company fall as research spending cuts into profit from selling cars
Spending on research and development surged about 49% from a year earlier to $2.37 billion.
As parasite spawned chaos, Taylor Farms slow-walked its response
The company effectively delayed a recall that ultimately resulted in customer confusion.
Pep Boys to be acquired by Mavis for $700 million
The deal expands Mavis’ footprint to more than 4,400 service locations.
Florida researchers bring endangered elkhorn coral ashore to protect them
Elkhorn coral populations already were decimated by a 2023 heat wave that left them functionally extinct in Florida.