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Vast wilderness linking Central and South Florida was spared when the Destiny development became DeLuca Preserve. What’s next may be great environmental success. This is the forth of five chapters.

The annual Tree Lighting Celebration at Lake Eola Park in Orlando on Friday evening, December 3, 2021. The highlight of the event was the lighting of a 64-foot Christmas tree adorned with 2,000 ornaments and 200 pounds in lights that musically sync with the lights at the Lake Eola fountain. The event also included holiday performances at the Walt Disney Amphitheater, food trucks, a holiday market, and various lighted areas around the park for strollers to enjoy. (Stephen M. Dowell/ Orlando Sentinel)

Deputies found the vehicle abandoned a few miles from the scene, but the driver has not been identified or located.

Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley and Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas used to talk about moments like Friday night — when they’d be leading their own teams against each other as head coaches.

People have been engaging in strange superstitions for centuries, many of which have pagan origins. Some have evolved over time and traveled from country to country as people moved from one place to another freely. Most are done with the confidence that they will bring good luck and, more specifically, money. For similar lists visit 24/7 Wall St. .

Will the $605-million expansion of the Orange County Convention Center ever resume? Read what Mayor Jerry Demings had to say about it.

The president and CEO of the March of Dimes writes in a guest column that the state is failing to do all it can to protect the health of moms and babies.

Authorities shot and killed a man armed with a knife who was chasing students at the Florida Technology Institute in Melbourne on Friday night.

Elon Musk said SpaceX has begun construction on an orbital launch pad for its next-generation Starship rocket at Kennedy Space Center, bringing to the Space Coast the world’s most powerful spacecraft that he hopes will eventually take people to Mars.

Saturday’s weather forecast predicts a cloudy day with low chances of rain.

A judge imposed a combined $1 million bond Saturday for the parents of the Michigan teen charged with killing four students at Oxford High School, hours after police said they were caught hiding in a Detroit commercial building.

Caloosahatchee River flows are looking good at a time when algae is absent from the entire system, and other health indicators seem promising as the region transitions into the brunt of the dry season.

“Florida is our focus.” A year after a brutal Florida election for Florida Democrats — in which the ongoing crisis in Venezuela and the concerns of Venezuelans in the U.S. were used as a political weapon — activists who supported Joe Biden are mobilizing in an attempt to avoid a repeat of 2020.

The Orlando Sentinel has the perfect solution for those who need to make some extra money: Delivering newspapers in the early morning and earning extra cash.

Gemini Springs Park in Volusia County provides 210 acres of public space with double springs and a range of recreational activities.

A Brevard County family claimed they had photographic evidence that a school used a face mask to ‘abuse’ their daughter with Down Syndrome. Florida police say they lied.