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Seminole officials hope to extend SunRail to Sanford airport
SunRail commuter trains won't start running through the Orlando area for at least another year, but already some Seminole County officials envision extending the system to Orlando Sanford International Airport. That would mean a traveler could someday...
Tags: Poinciana, International Travel, Seminole County, Orlando, Corporate Officers
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Career criminal gets life for rape, murder of 79-year-old widow
An Osceola County jury took less than two hours Tuesday to find a career burglar guilty of the 1989 rape and first-degree murder of a 79-year-old widow. Circuit Judge Mark Blechman immediately sentenced Johnny Lee Hilton, 54, to two consecutive life...
Tags: Prisons, Fractured Rib, Osceola County Sheriff's Office, Murder
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Wedgefield seeks exemption from county wetlands rules, threatening Econ River
To the growing alarm of environmentalists, Florida lawmakers are trying to strip Orange County of its ability to protect wetlands in Wedgefield, a suburban community set among soggy pine and cypress forests along the Econlockhatchee River. Arguing that...
Tags: Seminole County, Orlando, St. Johns River Water Management District, Thad Altman, Melbourne
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HBIF honored as Bank of America's Neighborhood Builder
The Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida will be honored this week as the latest recipient of Bank of America's Neighborhood Builder award, which includes a $200,000 grant and leadership training for two HBIF employees. The Orlando-based non-...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Orlando, Banking
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Orange bus stop benches may face more oversight
Hundreds of benches dot Orange County's roads, providing rest for the weary and free space for nonprofit groups to promote themselves, as well as a steady stream of private advertising revenue. But changes in state law and an expiring long-term...
Tags: Seminole County, Winter Park, Orange County (Florida), Advertising, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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Service marks end to bloody feud that began with sheriff's death
If she thought about it at all, Susan Arline Williams figured the old gun stored away in her daddy's closet was a wartime souvenir. Albert Arline, who died in 1991, didn't talk about the gun. Nor did he ever talk about the old, deadly trouble that...
Tags: Orlando, Leu Gardens, Shootings, Orange County (Florida), Orange County Regional History Center
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SunRail commuter train gets $87M check
A federal check of more than $87 million was delivered to the state this week for the continued construction of the SunRail commuter train in Metro Orlando. Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff made the official announcement Friday during a news...
Tags: Washington, DC, Poinciana, Ray LaHood, Volusia County, DeBary
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Kissimmee aims for more tourists from Colombia
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelThe Experience Kissimmee team is leading a six-day, two-city sales and media mission to Bogota and Cali, Colombia. A highlight of the trip will be attending Vitrina Turistica ANATO 2013, February 27-March 1, an annual event organized by ANATO, the... -
Osceola middle school students get a taste of the courthouse life
Sentinel School ZoneTwo teams of seventh-graders from Neptune Middle School in Osceola County will be participating in a mock trial competition at their school next Thursday evening, April 4. Judge C. Jeffery Arnold of the Ninth Judicial Circuit will preside, and will also...Tags: Trials, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Osceola is left wondering, where's Colt?
To appreciate just how badly state and local officials want to lure well-paying jobs to Florida, consider the case of Colt's Manufacturing Co. In 2011, officials promised $1.6 million in incentives to the iconic gun company, as part of a deal to open...
Tags: Government, Connecticut Economic Development, Lake Eola, Politics, Local Government
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Learning experiences provide area athletes extra credit toward college
The summer before Hans Schroeder's freshman year at Harmony, he read 56 books. They were not assigned. Schroeder did it by choice. "You never know what you are going to find between the pages," Schroeder said. "It is kind of like have a television...
Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Lake Mary, Students, St. Cloud, Science and Technology
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Orange, Seminole win appeal against Florida Virtual Academy
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn an uncanny repetition of last year, Orange and Seminole counties are headed to the state Board of Education with a set of rejections of Florida Virtual Academy charter schools. Like last year, the county school boards rejected the application to...
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