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• A powerful cold front is expected to arrive tomorrow. Florida Public Radio Emergency Network Meteorologist Jeff Huffman says it could trigger numerous severe thunderstorms when it arrives.
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• One of the biggest barriers to learning to read as an adult is shame. The Adult Literacy League works to overcome that barrier, through courses ranging from English literacy to G-E-D, math and computer skills.
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• When it came to population growth last year, cities in central Florida grew by stadiums. Metro Orlando grew by 60,000 residents last year, almost as large as the number of people who can fit into the city’s Camping World Stadium, where college football bowl teams face off each winter.
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• The “Horse Stable Fire” is located in the Golf View and Flora Vista area.
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• Chairman and CEO Bob Iger said the cathedral is a beacon of hope and beauty that has inspired quote “awe and reverence for its art and architecture and for its enduring place in human history.”
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• A permanent museum and memorial is inching closer to becoming a reality nearly three years after the Pulse shooting left 49 people dead at at the downtown Orlando nightclub.
The onePULSE foundation recently began accepting designs for the memorial, and plans to reveal some of these designs to the public in the next few months.
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• The Orlando Police Department is sending supplies to fellow officers in Puerto Rico. The items will help security forces respond to emergencies on the island.
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• Efforts to get more funding for land conservation is stalling as the legislative session is winding down.
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• The voices, lives and memories of residents of the historically black Winter Park neighborhood Hannibal Square will be on display beginning Friday night. The art exhibition will be at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center through August 31.
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• The wife of a comatose Orlando police officer is suing the estate of the gunman who shot him. The owner of the apartment complex where the gunman lived also faces litigation.
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