Orlando News

Mar. 6, 2014 - ORLANDO, Fla. -- For the first time ever, Central Florida's Got Talent - The Dream Big Benefit Award Show is hitting the stage at the Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando on Saturday, September 13, 2014.

Here's what's going on in Orlando the weekend of March 7. Want to be in this calendar? Send details of your event, including a brief description, time, day, address, cost and contact phone number to tgif@floridatoday.com.

As you're reading this, the Spanish-language version of The Voice is being filmed at Universal Orlando.

Brett Favre was spotted at a conference in Orlando, Fla., over the weekend, looking more mountain man than NFL quarterback.

Four men, armed with rifles and a handgun, made one woman get out of her car and into her trunk during a carjacking on Feb. 23, Orlando police said.

Brooke Dawkins, a 19-year-old University of Central Florida student who was struck by a pickup truck last week, is brain dead, her brother says.

A Florida man claims he was showing a friend how to clean a gun when he discharged the weapon and struck a 12-year-old girl in a passing car, then accidentally shot himself.

Move over Lorde. A 16-year-old Turangi boy could be the next New Zealand musician to find international stardom.

"I'm sorry your shipment has been delayed. I was jumping trains, and I got caught by yard police.

Tinker Field has front-row seats to the dismantling of the Florida Citrus Bowl - and maybe the baseball stadium's own demise.

This screen capture from a WFTV.COM newscast shows rescuers approaching a minivan that was driven into the surf at Daytona Beach Monday.

Mark your calendars for the Fourth Annual Taste of Windermere , an evening of food and fine wine presented by the Central Florida Women's League.

Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards in Clermont recently hosted a food and wine pairing to celebrate their recent awards, Florida's wine history and toast to future.

Sisters Tayla and Aurelia Collins of St. Augustine, Fla., share a moment with friend, Mariah Pielstick also of St. Augustine during the Time Out for Women event in Florida the first weekend in March.

WHERE SHE WAS LAST SEEN GOOD EVENING. I'M LAUREN ROWE. GOOD EVENING. I'M MATT AUSTIN.

COST OF PROPOSED MAY 27 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ORANGE COUNTY THAT WOULD, AMONG OTHER THINGS, EXPAND THE NUMBER OF COMMISSION DISTRICTS FROM SIX TO EIGHT, ELIMINATE THE ELECTED TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AND RESTRICT CITIZEN PETITION INITIATIVES NUMBER OF CITIZENS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN ORANGE COUNTY, WITH 697,830 REGISTERED TO VOTE: 295,506 DEMOCRATIC, ... (more)

Colorado-based Noodles & Co. has opened their first Florida location in Lake Buena Vista.

Rep. Alan Grayson's wife says he assaulted her on firstcoastnews.com: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/04/alan-grayson-wife-/6041439/ U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, from Florida's 8th congressional district, answers questions during an interview with the Orlando Sentinel editorial board, Tuesday, October 12, 2010, in Orlando, ... (more)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman You ever dream up casting for a project that's so perfect it makes it impossible for you to enjoy what Hollywood actually goes with? That's what happened to me last year, when I realized that the ideal voice re-interpreters of Jay Ward's animated heroes Peabody and Sherman were, respectively, Jared Harris and Michael Cera.

MEMBERS AND FRIENDS SAYING ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN 30 MINUTES. DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT, A WOMAN SMELLS SMOKE AND MOMENTS LATER HER HOUSE LOOKS LIKE THIS.