Tag Archives: Orlando

Orlando Arena Sheds DeVos Family “Scamway” Name

The Orlando Sentinel reports: After a year in the market for a naming rights partner, the Magic’s home arena has a new name: Kia Center. The Magic announced the sale of its arena naming rights to Kia America on Wednesday, replacing Amway Center as the new name for the tax-payer funded venue in Orlando. The partnership will include new indoor …

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College Football Bowl Game To Feature Edible Mascot

Sports Illustrated reports: College football fans might have thought that food celebrations at bowl games reached their zenith at the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, where the winning coach gets a tub of mayonnaise dumped over his head. However, the bar has now been raised. (Or lowered, depending on your opinion.) The new Pop-Tarts Bowl won’t just have a mascot that interacts …

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FL Pastor Accused Of Beating Third Graders With Belt

Click Orlando reports: Orlando police responded to a preparatory school in Orlando on Thursday following reports of a pastor “whipping” students with a belt during class. News 6 found police outside the school near 1960 Bruton Blvd. responding to a call about a “general disturbance.” A parent told News 6 that his son was one of eight students struck by …

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200,000 Turn Out To Celebrate Orlando Pride [VIDEO]

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: Thousands of people packed downtown Orlando Saturday for the “Come Out With Pride” festival and parade. Two hundred thousand attendees came together to celebrate LGBTQ+ life and culture. Throughout the day, festival grounds at Lake Eola were filled with multiple vendors, live entertainment and family-friendly activities. A sea of people lined the streets around the lake …

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Orlando To Purchase Pulse Nightclub For Memorial

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: Pulse nightclub, where 49 people were killed in 2016, has been sold. WESH 2 has confirmed with multiple sources that the city of Orlando is purchasing the property from owners Barbara and Rosario Poma and Mike Panaggio. The deal was struck about two weeks ago and will go before the Orlando City Council on Monday for …

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Orlando To Miami High-Speed Rail Service Launches

Click Orlando reports: Travelers can officially ride a high-speed train from Orlando to Miami. After years in the making, Brightline on Friday launched its first trains from Orlando and Miami on the grand opening of its new connecting service. The rail system provides service between Miami and Orlando International Airport, with stops throughout South Florida. The high-speed train travels up …

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Arrest Made In Defacement Of Orlando LGBTQ Murals

Orlando’s Fox affiliate reports: An arrest has been made in the defacing of two LGBTQ+ murals in Orlando that occurred in August, police said. Matthew Michael Robinson, 34, was arrested on Sept. 13 and charged with three counts of criminal mischief. Two murals, one belonging to The Center Orlando and the other to Zebra Youth, were vandalized on the evening …

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Dozens Of Nazis Sieg Heil On Orlando Area Overpass

The Daily Mail reports: Multiple groups of professed neo-Nazis were spotted marching through parks in the Orlando area Saturday. Social media videos showed the groups – known as ‘Blood Tribe’ and ‘The Goyim Defense League’ – taking to the streets in Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Spring. The marchers, caught on video by State Representative Anna V. Eskamani, were raising …

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Nazis Deface Murals At Orlando’s LGBTQ Center

Brody Levesque reports at the Los Angeles Blade: On Saturday, the LGBTQ Center of Orlando’s Zebra Youth murals were defaced with Nazi and white Christian nationalist symbols and anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech. A spokesperson for the Orlando Police Department confirmed that an investigation is underway. The Center has been targeted before with incidents stretching back over a decade. In May of …

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FL Baby Dies In Hot Car While Pastor Mother Preaches

Click Orlando reports: A Florida woman was arrested on Thursday after her child died after being left in a hot car earlier this week, according to the Palm Bay Police Department. Police said that on May 28, first responders arrived at Mount of Olives Evangelical Church after receiving reports about an unresponsive 11-month-old girl. Responders discovered that the girl had …

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“Kill All Gays” Sign Greets Orlando Motorists [VIDEO]

ClickOrlando reports: Orlando police said they’re investigating and confirming a homophobic threat that was posted on a digital traffic sign in Lake Nona that read “Kill all gays.” Police say the threat was posted on a sign at Lake Nona Blvd. and Nemours Pkwy. around 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday and that the sign appeared to have been tampered with. News …

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Orlando’s $130M Christian Theme Park Is Demolished

The Roys Report reports: The Holy Land Experience, one of America’s largest biblical theme parks, lies in ruins, after Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) spent more than $130 million on the project. AdventHealth purchased the Orlando, Fla., property from TBN in 2021 for $32 million. According to Orlando TV station WESH, AdventHealth submitted plans to build a hospital on the site. …

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Police: Employee Vandalized Orlando LGBTQ Venues

Orlando’s Fox affiliate reports: Orlando police detectives say acts of vandalism at two Orlando LGBTQ businesses earlier this year were not motivated by prejudice or hate. Martin Narvaez, 49, has been charged with felony criminal mischief and throwing a deadly missile after police said he confessed to damaging windows of the District Dive bar and adjacent Southern Craft cocktail lounge. …

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Feds: Man Checked Explosives Onto Orlando Flight

CNN reports: Federal agents arrested a Pennsylvania man this week after he allegedly tried to bring explosives in his suitcase on a flight from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Florida. According to court documents, an alarm alerted that the baggage belonging to Marc Muffley contained explosives. TSA agents paged Muffley over the airport intercom system and asked him to report …

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Orlando Paper Roasts “Spiteful” DeSantis On Disney Special District Takeover: He’s “Created A Giant Mess”

From the Orlando Sentinel editorial board: Like many Floridians, including representatives of the Walt Disney Company itself, we’ve watched Gov. Ron DeSantis drive his legislative acolytes over the edge of a precipitous cliff as they pondered the fate of the special taxing district set up for Disney more than 50 years ago. By the end of the brutish and pointless …

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Man Smashes Windows At Two Orlando Gay Bars

Click Orlando reports: A pair of Orlando businesses that cater to the LGBTQ community were targeted by a vandal who shattered several windows before running away. According to police, a man was caught on surveillance video outside District Dive and Southern Craft in the 2400 block of South St. around 3:41 a.m. on Wednesday. Both businesses are located in the …

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REPORT: Jair Bolsonaro Hospitalized Near Orlando

Bloomberg News reports: Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a US hospital with abdominal pain a day after his supporters stormed Brasilia demanding military intervention against his loss in the October election, according to a former aide. The conservative leader, who traveled to the US on Dec. 30 to skip the inauguration of his successor Luiz Inacio Lula …

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Antisemitic Slogan Projected In Downtown Orlando

Click Orlando reports: More hateful words targeting the Jewish community showed up on the side of a building on New Year’s Eve, this time in downtown Orlando. Cell phone video showed the words “vax the Jews” scrolling across the top of an office building on Orange Avenue at Washington Street. The owner of a restaurant on the bottom floor of …

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Bolsonaro Rents FL Home, Awaits Possible Prosecution

The New York Times reports: Mr. Bolsonaro’s decision to spend at least the first weeks of Mr. Lula’s presidency in Florida shows his unease about his future in Brazil. Mr. Bolsonaro, 67, is linked to five separate inquiries, including one into his release of documents related to a classified investigation, another on his attacks on Brazil’s voting machines and another …

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FL Drag Queen Story Hour Canceled Over Nazi Threats

Florida Politics reports: Threats from neo-Nazi groups prompted the cancellation of a drag queen story hour in Orlando. The LGBT+ Center Orlando announced it would nix the event, scheduled for Oct. 29, out of caution. “Due to several threats from hate groups aimed at The Center and to those participating in Drag Queen Story Hour, we have decided to cancel …

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