Recent Stories
Rental fraud hits home
Rental scams on rise
Randy Lutz, girlfriend Contance Young and their son, J.J., settled into a Winter Park-area home only to find out two weeks later that they were victims of a rental scam.
Winterbottom remembered
Core connector lost
Annie Winterbottom made a career out of connecting people, whether it was local business owners, residents, or her friends and family.
Homeless students' stories
A day-in-the-life account of homeless students
It’s 4 a.m. when across town alarms sound to awake Timber Creek seniors Keyna, 17, and Natalie, 18. They sleep at each of their respective grandparents’ houses, where both have found temporary homes.
Research Park works through cuts
Parks' plans to survive budget cuts, local economy
With historic national defense budget cuts, continued manufacturing outsourcing and an economy not yet expecting a vast recovery, 2012 will likely be a year of transition for many tenants of Research Park
Dr. Oz visits Winter Park to kick off initiative
Dr. Oz drops by Full Sail
Television host Dr. Oz makes a stop in Winter Park to help kick-off Healthy Central Florida campaign.
Hungry after school
Programs help homeless students
From sleeping in motels, shelters and cars, to living off of free school breakfasts and lunches, and donated groceries, too many East Orlando students are homeless.
East Orlando's economy in 2012
A housing, employment and economic forecast for 2012
“It gets better,” are three little words everyone needs to hear sometimes. From personal troubles to financial woes, everyone finds hope in the fact that there is, eventually, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Cities changing the food truck industry
Food on wheels evolves
From the stationary stops to fundraising nights, Winter Park and Maitland are changing the way people view, and use, food trucks
Turtle tycoon
Oviedo's world-class institute
Oviedo resident celebrates 40 years of working in turtle and tortoise research and conservation.
Magic at work
Avalon Park gets new, tiny residents
There’s a new community of residents slowly taking over downtown Avalon Park.