A happy dose of uplifting news from Central Florida and beyond.
 Friday, Jan 26 Dave Green led his charity, Feeding Children Everywhere, to accomplish the unimaginable last year, recruiting 54,000 volunteers over 19 days to help package 4.4 million meals for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. For that and more, he is the Orlando Sentinel's 2017 Central Floridian of the Year. |
| A community is coming together to make sure the wedding happens, donating everything from the rings to the wedding gown and venue. |
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| With WWE founder Vince McMahon re-starting XFL, Tim Tebow should be quarterback for Orlando franchise |
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| He wore the shirt for a week at Disney, prompting countless park-goers to snap photos and videos of the message to share to their social media feeds. It worked. |
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| Employees silenced the loud arcade music. The bright blinking lights were shut down too. "That's the difference between able to access and have no access at all," said Donna Lorman, president of the Autism Society of Greater Orlando. |
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| Actor Mark Wahlberg throws his support behind UCF's "national champions" claim, but declares the Knights "co-national champion." |
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| Walt Disney Co. will give $1,000 bonuses to 125,000 of its workers and put $50 million toward higher education for them, the company said Tuesday. |
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| Map projection show features all four houses of Hogwarts and is narrated by the Sorting Hat |
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| There's a big, big launch coming up on Florida's Space Coast on Feb. 6, courtesy of SpaceX – one of the biggest and brightest launches in recent years. |
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| An Orlando couple are planning to build a food truck park new Market on South, where up to five food trucks can park and a craft beer vendor can pour suds. |
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| Two-time NFL champion touts theme parks, appears as the "vacation quarterback." |
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| Marvel Entertainment released the trailer for the "Ant-Man" sequel "Ant-Man and the Wasp." |
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| Tom Hanks, America's best-liked actor, will play Fred Rogers, America's best-loved children's star, in "You Are My Friend." |
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| Former UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin has been invited to the NFL Combine. |
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| The former UFC champion told ESPN professional wrestling "is my life now" after making an appearance at WWE's Royal Rumble. |
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| Elton John will bring his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour to the Amway Center in Orlando in November. |
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| James Ponti of Maitland is a nominee for "Vanished!" He was nominated last year for "Framed!" and both books focus on Florian Bates, a brilliant 12-year-old who works for the FBI. |
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| SeaWorld Orlando's Seven Seas Food Festival is returning with new dishes and markets, live entertainment and more fun Saturdays and Sundays from Feb. 17 to April 15. |
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| Domu chef Sonny Nguyen is opening a new spot in Mills 50 called Tori Tori with Japanese cuisine. |
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| The UCF football team's national championship celebration finally caught the attention of the Alabama football team, prompting several players to take jabs at the Knights on Twitter. |
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