Monday, July 31, 2017

Mayor Dyer to honor, work Impact Wrestling in Orlando and other top stories.

  • Mayor Dyer to honor, work Impact Wrestling in Orlando

    Mayor Dyer to honor, work Impact Wrestling in Orlando
    To honor the 15-year anniversary of IMPACT Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., the City of Orlando has declared Wednesday, July 5, 2017 as “IMPACT WRESTLING DAY IN ORLANDO.” Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will present a proclamation honoring IMPACT Wrestling before taping begins July 5 for a future episode of IMPACT on Pop TV. IMPACT has filmed most of its weekly, two-hour TV show over the past 15 years on the backlot at Universal Studios Florida, dubbed The Impact Zone. T..
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  • Orlando removes one of its last vestiges of the Confederacy from the ...

    Orlando removes one of its last vestiges of the Confederacy from the ...
    The morning sky was still dark above the waters of Lake Eola as city workers quietly began dismantling the concrete embodiment of a 152-year-old myth of nobility. After lording over Orlando's downtown park for over a century, the "Johnny Reb" Confederate statue was hoisted down from its pedestal last Tuesday, without much fanfare, onto a flatbed truck. Perhaps anticipating the torch-wielding white nationalists who protested the takedown of a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia, the city set u..
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  • Legionnaire's Disease Bacteria Found At Orlando Health Club

    Legionnaire's Disease Bacteria Found At Orlando Health Club
    Originally published on June 28, 2017 8:13 am The bacteria that cause Legionnaire's disease have been found at a health club in Florida, and a second club is being tested for the bacteria. The Orlando SentinelĂ‚ reports that health officials concluded TuesdayĂ‚ that water samples from an LA Fitness club in Orlando tested positive for the Legionella bacteria, and they are awaiting test results from a second LA Fitness gym in Orlando. Two customers at each gym were diagnosed with Legionnaire's dise..
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  • Orlando's toilets get an Instagram account

    Orlando's toilets get an Instagram account
    click image Local toilets, in all their myriad colors, cleanliness, and flushing apparatuses, are getting recognition for the roles they play in Orlando establishments on a new Instagram account, according to the Bungalower. And maybe they should, since a visit to an unclean or cramped bathroom can ruin an otherwise enjoyable night out. With the tag..
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  • Two dead in two-car crash on Semoran Boulevard Tuesday night

    Two dead in two-car crash on Semoran Boulevard Tuesday night
    Two men died Tuesday night after a crash on Semoran Boulevard near Baldwin Park and a third was critically injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The crash happened about 8:05 p.m. near North Semoran Boulevard and Hanging Moss Road and involved two cars, said Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes.One of the vehicles involved — a Honda Civic — was split in two in the crash. The two people who died were in the Honda, which had its front separated from the back.The Honda had been he..
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  • Opening in Orlando: Baby Driver, The House and more

    Opening in Orlando: Baby Driver, The House and more
    OPENING THIS WEEK Baby Driver Boy, if you only read the synopsis, this thing would be a must to avoid. By count, it's the 1,537th movie released in the last five years that concerns a low-level mob employee trying to escape the life and settle down with his girlfriend. And of course, the animating incident that sets the plot in motion is a heist gone ... well, I'll let you finish it. (Native? With the wind? Baby gone? No, "bad." Other acceptable answers would include "wrong.") Yet this is no me..
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  • Shakira coming to the Amway Center in Orlando

    Shakira coming to the Amway Center in Orlando
    Don't lie, Shakira. Not your hips, not your lips, not anything. Tell us: Why won't you come back to Tampa? The Colombian singer was supposed to perform in Tampa in 2002, but canceled that date, and hasn't been back since. In the meantime, she's performed in Orlando and Miami, sure, but nothing in Tampa. That streak will continue with Shakira's just-announced concert at Orlando's Amway Center. The singer's El Dorado will hit Orlando on Jan. 9. Tickets will go on sale June 30. Click here for detai..
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  • Orlando has third-best drivers in America, study says

    Orlando has third-best drivers in America, study says
    ORLANDO - You may think I-4 is a madhouse, but according to a new study Orlando has the third-best drivers in America.The study, done by QuoteWizard, ranked the 75 major cities on a list of best and worst places to drive.The rankings were a sum of weighted means calculated by accidents, speeding tickets, DUIs and citations. Using these four factors, QuoteWizard determined that Orlando ranked third on the list of America's best drivers. "Despite droves of theme-park addicted tourists, the numbe..
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  • Missing 7-year-old found safe in California after mother killed in ...

    Missing 7-year-old found safe in California after mother killed in ...
    A missing Florida boy was found in California more than a week after his mother was found dead in an Orlando hotel, according to a report from WKMG-Ch. 6.Donovan Carruthers, 7, was found safe after his mother’s boyfriend, Joseff Rhodes, took him to a local police department, WKMG reported.Carruthers’ mother, Amber Carruthers, was found dead in a motel on Orange Blossom Trail on June 17, according to WKMG.Rhodes is cooperating with authorities and not facing charges, WKMG reported. Read the ful..
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  • Tower in downtown Orlando could get $4M in incentives

    Tower in downtown Orlando could get $4M in incentives
    Orlando leaders could soon approve more than $4 million in incentives for a tower project expected to bring 25 stories of hotel, retail and office space to the Church Street area.The tower, to be built at the northeast corner of Garland Avenue and South Street, is expected to include a 180-room AC Hotels by Marriott, 206,600 square feet of Class-A office space, 8,200 square feet of ground-floor retail and a 10-story parking garage.As part of the incentive deal, the developer, Lincoln Property C..
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