Archive for Thursday, January 28, 2016
Local Leaders Focus On Poverty
Local leaders, experts and educators are meeting in Orlando Friday morning to talk solutions to poverty.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
The Difference Between Being Sober, And Being In Recovery
Alicia Vincent explains the difference between being sober, and being in recovery.
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE
Daytona Beach Officials Take Donations for Emergency Shelter
The city of Daytona Beach is taking donations between $10 and $10,000 from the public to help pay for emergency beds and a new homeless shelter.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Juvenile Elephant Dies At Ringling’s Center In Central Florida
The youngest elephant at Ringling's Center for Elephant Conservation in Polk City has died. The two-year old Asian elephant named Mike died Monday morning.
Published in Central Florida News
Published in Central Florida News
Darryl Owens: More Should Be Done For Survivors Of FL’s Closed Dozier School
Members of the Florida cabinet have apologized to former students of a reform school for boys where abuse allegations first surfaced more than 100 years ago…and dozens of unidentified bodies were recently discovered. Lawmakers are also moving a pair of bills related to the closed school, but former Orlando Sentinel columnist and editorial writer Darryl Owens says more needs to be done.
Published in Darryl Owens Perspectives
Published in Darryl Owens Perspectives
Winter Park Passed Ban On Artists
Last month, the Winter Park City Commission voted unanimously to ban street art after receiving complaints from merchants, who said performers were blocking the street outside their shops and blasting loud music. In what seems like municipal overreach, however, the ordinance bans all kinds of art: “acting; singing; playing musical instruments; puppetry; miming; magic; dancing; juggling; the public display or creation of crafts, sculpture, artistry, writings, or compositions, including the application of brush, pastel, crayon, pencil, or other similar objects to paper, cardboard, canvas, cloth or other similar medium” — all are now forbidden acts in Winter Park’s Central Business district. It’s that last part of the ordinance, about the application of brush or pencil to paper, that has “urban ...
Published in Commentaries, From the Pages of Orlando Weekly
Published in Commentaries, From the Pages of Orlando Weekly
Bill To Expand Access To Mental Health Courts Clears Committee
More veterans could soon be able to access an alternative court system after a house panel gave its blessing Wednesday.
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE
Published in Central Florida News, Health, Health WMFE