ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – There have been multiple forums about teen violence in Orange County, and local leaders have been saying that community members need to step in and help with those youth problems. The founder of iHope Mentoring, Marcus Brown, said he had one hope: to help teen boys in Orlando choose a better … [Read more…]
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is set to hold a news briefing Thursday on the arrest of a man accused of attempted rape at an Orange County hotel. The news conference will be held at 1 p.m. at the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office training room. Fredrick Batese Howard, 54, was arrested … [Read more…]
ORLANDO, Fla. – Join the Orange County Regional History Center as they honor women in space at Sally’s Night on June 15. The event runs from 5-8 p.m. and is named after astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to go to space. Ride was one of five crew members aboard the space shuttle Challenger … [Read more…]
Amtrak announced service from San Diego to Irvine will be reduced from five to three daily round trips as crews work to remedy yet another landslide that interrupted service on the busy path. Beginning Monday, Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner will make what it described as “cost-cutting measures to preserve service during track closure.” Those changes include … [Read more…]
Joshua Conger of Chino knows a thing or two about being in the hospital. The 12-year-old has been in and out of the hospital since he was just 6 weeks old. He also knows too well that having nothing to do or no friends to play with is as painful as the medical conditions. “When … [Read more…]
ORLANDO — Commemorating the day, June 19, 1865, when the last African-American slaves finally learned they were free —2-1/2 years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation — Juneteenth is the oldest nationally recognized celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. What began in the 19th century as a local celebration in … [Read more…]
LOS ANGELES — Pack your bags, grab your passport and let’s go to Italy for a bachelorette trip. That’s the premise for “Book Club: The Next Chapter,” which finds Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen teaming up again. The film, which opened in theaters on Mother’s Day weekend, follows the four best … [Read more…]