| Good morning. It's Wednesday, Jan. 6. SeaWorld wants to simplify its price structure, while also encouraging visitors to buy more multi-day tickets and passes. Local nonprofit Lift Orlando is building a mixed-income development as part of a larger revitalization effort near the Citrus Bowl in west Orlando. Here's what else is happening in Central Florida. Have a great day. Voters across Florida are increasingly snubbing the Democratic and Republican parties when they register, and the trend has made earning support more complex and often more partisan, consultants say. [More] Demolition began Tuesday for Washington Shores Village, a defunct, sprawling apartment complex near the Citrus Bowl recently purchased by the nonprofit development group Lift Orlando. [More] SeaWorld Entertainment announced a new pricing structure Tuesday, including $79 online tickets that can be used any day of the week. [More] Florida Atlantic University has officially fired the professor who has attracted national publicity by claiming the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax and then publicly feuding with the parents of one of the victims. [More] North Korea says it has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test in a surprise announcement on Wednesday. [More] Ken Griffey Jr. did a lot of amazing things during his career. But five years after retiring, he should pull off the most amazing feat in baseball history on Wednesday. He should, but he probably won't. Griffey should become the first unanimous selection to baseball's Hall of Fame when the 2016 class is announced at 6 p.m. [More] Magic coach Scott Skiles has a scowl, pledging to stop the backslide, threatening to bench the ball boys. Players are genuinely troubled, whereas in previous seasons, misplacing their Gucci bag was a larger concern. [More] Former Purdue starter Austin Appleby announced on Twitter Monday he will transfer to UF as a graduate student this spring and enter the battle for the Gators' starting job. Appleby joins sophomore Treon Harris, redshirt junior transfer Luke Del Rio and two freshman expected to enroll early - Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask - in a race that will go a long way toward determining UF's fortunes in 2016. [More] The Miami Dolphins are one of three teams that have expressed interest in talking to Sean Payton, according to a source close to the New Orleans Saints' head coach. [More] The UCF men's basketball team is still working to offset loss of point guard B.J. Taylor ahead of a showdown with rival USF Wednesday. [More] Orlando Sentinel theater critic Matthew J. Palm reviews "The Sound of Music." [More] Country singer Hunter Hayes will kick off the 14-concert lineup of this year's Mardi Gras celebration at Universal Studios on Feb. 6. He'll be joined by a cross-selection of legends, teen sensations, supergroups and other artists at the theme park's Music Plaza. [More] The plug hasn't been pulled for the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights quite yet at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The seasonal attraction was scheduled to close Sunday night but has now been extended through Wednesday evening. [More] The Orlando Eye will be closed through Jan. 13 for its annual maintenance, the attraction announced Monday. [More] Coming in '16: Rivers of Light, Frozen ride, Skull Island, SeaWorld coaster [More] | 
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