Fern Park News

" NBC Nightly News " saluted the Central Florida Animal Pantry tonight in the Making a Difference segment.

A famous gambling and sports venue in Seminole County that was set to close in December is staying open.

A local buyer has purchased the failing Orlando Jai Alai Fronton, saving dozens of jobs, according to WESH -Channel 2. Employees at the fronton in Fern Park, Seminole County, thought they had less than two weeks before the fronton closed down.

Why join? Listen Live Orlando Jai-Alai will apparently be staying open after all.

Fans of Sarah Palin line up Monday night outside the Orlando Barnes & Noble bookstore in anticipation for her book signing.

A 40-year-old engineer who was dismissed from his job two years ago returned to his former workplace in downtown Orlando, Fla., on Friday morning and opened fire, killing one person and shooting five others, the authorities said.

Eyewitness News is working to find out more information about why a major gambling operation in Seminole County is closing its doors after nearly 50 years.

The city of Pensacola's Neighborhood and Economic Development Department has big plans for the park underneath I-110, and they're looking for the public's input.

Orlando Jai Alai, the Seminole County parimutuel where gamblers bet on handball-like games, is closing after nearly 48 years in business.

To the person who complained about the "potty talk" at lunch: Get a life. Quit eavesdropping, and mind your own business, or else get married and have the pleasure of having a child.

I'm sorry to have to report the death yesterday of master puppeteer Pady Blackwood , the official puppeteer for TV's Howdy Doody and one of the driving forces, then and now, behind our own Pinocchio's Marionette Theatre.

More food for thought, just for you. Found Disposable plastic plates from the 1980s are at Camping World in Kissimmee and Lazy Days RV Resort in Tampa.

This edition is very close to home, foodies. My husband has lost something! Found The Fresh Market has Snow's clam chowder .

Because so many foods are often imitated but never duplicated, we work hard to find the originals.

The Central Florida Animal Pantry's Four-Legged Food Drive officially kicked off on July 4th, and you may have seen their bins around town.

A motorcyclist was killed and his passenger was critically injured in a crash early Friday on the East-West Expressway in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

James Virgil Hataway makes his first court appearance Tuesday morning at the Orange County Jail.

An investigation into the escape of a prisoner Tuesday night from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office is under way, but Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said the incident has not created a need for new policies or changes of old ones at the agency, he said this morning.