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Danielle Lucas cautions Gatorland visitors to temper their expectations when visiting the park's new 2,000-square-foot habitat Panther Springs habitat.

A soldier who was injured in Iraq and now lives in central Florida was awarded a Purple Heart Wednesday night.

This is SR 46A looking south Thursday, October 11, 2007. Plans are this portion of the road will be not connected cut off after the new road is built.

Orlando Fringe Festival producer Michael Marinaccio, in a voice-over role, berates writer-producer Michael Wanzie for coasting, for selling out, for not trying hard enough with his Fringe show.

Sebastian Serra, 23, of the Orlando Ballet impressed the judges in Tuesday's telecast and moved on to Vegas Week.

An Orlando man who was shot and killed by an agent with the FBI early this morning was friends with the Boston bombings suspects, according to a friend of the victim.

According to CBS News , the FBI says it was involved in a fatal shooting near Universal studios in Orlando, Fla.

Jason Nettle, author and performer of last year's Best of the Fest 9/11: We Will Forget, brings you something that is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

A former Clearfield man and a local food concessionaire was arrested along with 91 other suspects after a four-day investigation into an online sex ring in Florida, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

The grand opening of SeaWorld Orlando 's Antarctica - Empire of the Penguin isn't until Friday morning, but here are five tips to help guide through the theme park's largest expansion.

After four months of year-over-year growth, business dipped in April at Orlando-area hotels, likely because of an early Easter this year and the absence of a couple of big conventions in town.

The Orlando Philharmonic will announce today that it is buying the iconic Plaza Live Theatre on Bumby Avenue, where the orchestra will update the 1,000-seat music hall to accommodate chamber music concerts while also keeping a schedule of rock, jazz, comedy and contemporary music shows.

Working to the pulsing beat of dance music, dozens of volunteers filled thousands of small plastic bags with lentils, rice and dehydrated vegetables at the Feeding Children Everywhere warehouse in Longwood Tuesday night.

Kaylyn Martin and her best friend had rented movies in the University of Central Florida library and grabbed a bite to eat when - as they were walking through a campus parking garage - a black car with its headlights off came screeching toward them.

Penguins acclimate to their new habitat at the "Antarctica: Empire of the Penguins" attraction, during an Orlando Sentinel exclusive first-look preview, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Tom Sawyer shares adventures with Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." WHAT: This weekend is the last to see "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the final show in Orlando Repertory Theatre's 10th season.

Instruments made of PVC pipes are a staple of Blue Man performances and included in the Orlando Science Center "Blue Man Group -- Making Waves." "Blue Man Group -- Making Waves" is a 1,500-square-foot traveling exhibit that's designed to merge science and art through an exploration of sound.

And if you're still wondering who got pre-sale access to the show the first shot at good seats and the coveted right to pay face-value to tickets well, keep on wondering.

Orlando, Orange and Seminole counties could be on the hook at least a little bit for up to $1.5 billion that a private company would need to build four toll lanes on Interstate 4 through the heart of Metro Orlando.

Gas prices throughout the Southeast remained relatively stable, with averages for a gallon of regular gasoline in Orlando and statewide falling 1 cent, AAA reports.