| Good morning. It's Thursday, Feb. 4. Florida State and UCF were big winners on National Signing Day; check out the grades for all the Florida college football programs. Gov. Rick Scott declared a health emergency in four counties after nine cases of the mosquito-borne Zika illness were detected. And see photos of what's new on Netflix in February. Here's what else is happening in Central Florida. Have a great day. Florida State and UCF are big winners on National Signing Day, scoring Chris Hays' highest grades among in-state college football programs. [More] Gov. Rick Scott declared a health emergency in four counties Wednesday after at least nine cases of the mosquito-borne Zika illness were detected in Florida. [More] Licensed gun owners would be allowed to openly carry their weapons and take them on state college campuses under two bills passed by the Florida House. [More] A longtime Walt Disney World employee has sued the company, joining a growing list of current and former workers claiming they faced discrimination while working in the resort's security division. [More] How far-fetched is it to suggest that Central Florida's nonprofit hospitals should pay property taxes? The idea is getting plenty of attention in other states. [More] The play almost everyone will focus on from Wednesday night will be Kevin Durant's climactic 3-pointer from 27 feet that rattled into the hoop with five-tenths of a second remaining. That is a good choice. It propelled the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 117-114 win over the Orlando Magic. [More] New UCF coach Scott Frost is certainly not yet in the recruiting weight class of Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher, who was pulling in big fish so fast on National Signing Day that the boat was rocking. [More] New UCF coach Scott Frost filled key holes with his first recruiting class, using in-state talent and junior college transfers to help bolster the group. [More] UF landed just four of the state's top-50 recruits, according to 247Sports. Meanwhile, Miami signed 10 under first-year coach Mark Richt and Florida State eight. In 2015, FSU signed 10, compared with five for UF and three for UM. [More] Rolling Stone recently named the 24-year-old Central Florida woman one of its "10 New Country Artists you Need to Know," likening her to "Sara Watkins covering Feist's 'I Feel It All,' fiddle and all." [More] "The weird thing is, the nudity is our costume," says actor Cannon Starnes of Fort Lauderdale. "It's like the emperor's new clothes!" [More] Venue 578 in downtown Orlando is currently for sale for $850,000 but the owner says it must stay an entertainment venue. [More] The Orlando Ballet will present a double bill of "Firebird," dancing to a recording of the famed music by Igor Stravinsky; and "To Familiar Spaces in Dream," a contemporary work choreographed by Jessica Lang, a faculty member of American Ballet Theatre in New York. [More] Martin Dockery and Vanessa Quesnelle return to Orlando for Fringe Year Round. [More] | 
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