Do you think your furry little friend is just the cutest thing ever? ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Well, get out your camera and click away! Pet Alliance kicked off Orlando’s cutest pet photo contest earlier this week. In partnership with Quantum Leap Winery, the photo contest gives proud pet parents the chance to […]
The race to be the interim District 5 commissioner in Orlando is heating up. With the contest winnowed to Shaniqua “Shan” Rose and Travaris McCurdy, questions have surfaced surrounding Rose’s forced exit from a job at Orlando City Hall, along with others about McCurdy’s arrest history, which were highlighted in a mailer sent by a […]
They’re baaack. Universal Orlando Resort is bringing back some familiar scares for Halloween Horror Nights 33. Both Major Sweets from HHN31 and Slaughter Sinema from HHN28 will return this year, among 10 new haunted houses at the Florida resort. So far Universal Orlando has only revealed four house themes, all involving original stories. The Museum: […]
An engaged and knowledgeable field of candidates has emerged in Orlando’s District 5, each making the case they’re the best choice to be interim City Commissioner. The seven hopefuls emerged quickly after the downtown and West Orlando-area seat opened up following the indictment of Commissioner Regina Hill. District residents can begin casting ballots on Monday, […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. A Georgia developer has unveiled plans to build 314 apartments on a property near Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The master plan request was filed March 25 with the city […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Many Central Florida businesses are feeling good about the economy, despite the looming threat of a slowdown or recession. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Sean Snaith, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Winter Garden and Windermere were the most popular places to buy a home last year with 1,199 and 663 houses sold, respectively. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS But other Central Florida areas — like […]
An influx of federal dollars will help guide safety improvements to some of Orlando’s most dangerous roads, as the city strives toward the lofty goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2040. The city won a federal grant of $606,000 to examine stretches of Kirkman Road, Colonial Drive, Orange Blossom Trail, Orange Avenue, Rosalind Avenue and […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. John Tyler sees the final completion of the $1.6 billion, 25-mile Wekiva Parkway/State Road 429 as a career-defining moment for himself and many other Florida Department of Transportation employees. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS […]
Anne Linkletter has slept on the streets of Orlando for months as she awaits housing, finding a place on sidewalks, under overpasses and anywhere she feels safe. She said she and others who live similarly worry an ordinance under consideration by Orlando’s city council could be used to deny unsheltered people this small bit of […]
All year long, 2023 looked like a contender for Orlando’s warmest year in history but that’s a hotly contested mark. Now, with 2023 not quite finished, it has been declared a co-champion, tying with 2015 for the highest average annual temperature ever recorded in Orlando. The National Weather Service’s climate analyst for Central Florida, Derrick […]