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Suspicious package shuts down Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando

A suspicious package at Orange Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Orlando is being investigated by Orlando police. (Gal Tziperman Lotan). By Gal Tziperman Lotan Orlando Sentinelcontact the reporter. Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando reopens after ... >> view original

Orlando VP: LCFC's start 'something special' - The Courier

"I would tell you, and my vantage point has changed because I'm with Orlando, it has exceeded all expectations on every front," Holt said. "…There is something very special going on here. There's a buzz, and there's an energy that we've seen a number ... >> view original

3 Reasons to Plan a Late-Summer Trip to Orlando

Getty ImagesThe boardwalk at Disney World in Orlando. Orlando overtook New York City as the country's top tourist draw last year, and summertime is the peak travel period to the world's largest collection of theme parks. However, with schools starting ... >> view original

Orlando restaurant owners behind viral wedding music video

Teresa and Robert Ly, owners of Sus Hi Eatstation, a fast casual sushi restaurant, at 4498 N Alafaya Trail in Orlando. After four decades, many of Orlando's Vietnamese restaurants and stores are undergoing a generational transformation, as children of ... >> view original

I-4 reopens in Orlando after dump truck crash

Orlando police said the dump truck turned onto its side and landed on a concrete divider. One driver was taken to Dr. Phillips Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. A hazmat team with the Orlando Fire Department cleaned up gas that ... >> view original

Possible debris found from plane that took off from Orlando Executive Airport

Officials say they lost contact with a small plane that took off from Orlando Executive Airport and aborted a landing at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville on Wednesday afternoon. lRelated Moving Southwest's Boeing 737 by crane called 'delicate ... >> view original

Tropical Storm Erika could hit Florida as hurricane early next week

Manny Soto, emergency manager for Orlando, said people have gotten less concerned about hurricanes as nearly a decade has passed without one. "After the '04 and '05 seasons — the three major hurricanes and Tropical Storm Wilma in '05 — anytime we ... >> view original

Chinese chamber opens in Orlando to lure investors

They know Disney and Universal Studios, but some of them may not know where Orlando is, or even Florida for sure," Jeng said. "We want to make sure they know us and consider Central Florida for business." China's stock-market meltdown and currency ... >> view original

Frontier Airlines to hire 200 flight attendants in Orlando

The Denver-based airline, the release said, expects to set up its Orlando crew base this fall and will have training classes starting each month. Frontier routes from Orlando include ones to Harrisburg, Pa., Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Denver, Trenton ... >> view original

Applications for US jobless aid drop to very low 271000

Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that employers remain confident in the economy and are laying off few workers. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment aid dropped by 6,000 to a ... >> view original