Orlando News

A vintage postcard scene depicts Henry Plant's grand Tampa Bay Hotel, which opened in 1891.

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, featuring original music and musical arrangements by Kevin Connors, is directed by Robert Cacioppo at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, running now through December 29, 2013.

An Orlando man who may have been kidnapped was last seen at a barber shop on Orange Blossom Trail Friday morning, police said.

Just about everywhere we go, "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas." The city streets are decorated, the malls are packed with shoppers, the sounds of Christmas can be heard on the radio and the old favorite holiday television programs are being watched by new generations sitting beside older generations.

Air Force Officer Jerry Hallett was promoted to the rank of Major on Dec. 1. A 1993 graduate of Cassadaga Valley Central School, Hallett entered the Air Force in September 1993.

A flurry of big-name, big-money moves over the past week have taken some of the star power out of baseball's annual Winter Meetings which begin Monday in Orlando, Fla.

Neighbors alarmed by an unexplained stench coming from an Orlando, Florida, led authorities to discover three bodies in the garage.

On Saturday, Dec. 7, the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra will once again join forces with WMKG-Channel 6 and the City of Orlando to present the fourth annual WKMG Local 6 Holiday Concert.

Around 1:13 a.m., Orange County deputies received a call about gun shots being fired in the 1300 block of 39th Street.

Smashburger's Classic Smash: American cheese, Smash sauce, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, pickles and onion on an egg bun.

Langford resident Hannah Day, 4, is back in hospital after being diagnosed with cancer for the second time in her life, this time a different form from the first.

Crowds jam downtown Mount Dora for the 35th annual Mount Dora Arts Festival, sponsored by the Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Saturday , Feb. 6, 2010.

We just got word from our friends over at Olympic 4x4 Products that due to the last minute cancellation of RPM Motorsports mega event at Disney World this weekend, a Holiday 4x4 Meet and Greet will be held instead at 14445 East Colonial Dr, Orlando, Florida 32826.

The Orlando VA Medical Center took front stage this week for Orlando Business Journal.

Central Florida theatergoers are among the first in the nation to see the most famous reindeer of all take the stage, and they're racing to see Rudolph's shiny nose.

Plans are under way at Orlando International Airport to post new signs in an effort to reduce the number of guns confiscated from travelers.

David Sushil, president of the Indienomicon group, said that market for independent developers in Orlando has grown since the start of this year.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Maglev has returned. The Florida Department of Transportation on Dec. 6 issued a notice that could set the stage for a Georgia firm to finally build the first phase of its planned $800 million magnetic-levitation passenger train in Central Florida.

VoicePlay, an Orlando a cappella group, will receive national exposure when it performs Monday on the "The Sing-Off," a singing contest on NBC .

"Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" marches down Main Street USA during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom.