Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Former UCF President Dale Whittaker said the chair of a Florida House committee probing the university urged him to resign four days before a public hearing where he was scheduled to testify. |   | |
 A 14-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy were arrested Wednesday after Orange County Sheriff's deputies say they threatened to shoot up Westridge Middle School. | | | |
 Last year, Florida legislators demolished arts and cultural funding. This year, they restored a lot of it ... but not all, Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell writes. | | | |
 Even as excitement builds over reinventing the historically impoverished community of Parramore and fulfilling Orlando's vision for its projected $1 billion Creative Village there, the neighborhood's longtime residents are struggling with skyrocketing rents and worrying that new growth will elbow them out. Among them is the New Image Youth Center, a place where hundreds of kids find tutoring, meals, counseling and a path toward college. | | | |
 Deputy Marco Lopez filed to run for Osceola County sheriff. The next day, after responding to a barricaded subject as a member of the SWAT team, Lopez was fired by the man he's running against. | | | |
 The "trumpet" interchange where Interstate 4 and State Road 408 converge will greet drivers early Friday morning with a dramatic change. | | | |
 By looking at the difference between women's insurance coverage and the health outcomes of moms and babies, researchers at Georgetown University Center for Children and Families show that states that have not expanded Medicaid have worse maternal and infant health outcomes compared to the states that have expanded Medicaid. | | | |
 Rescue personnel get a hands-on tour of the Beep AutoNom Shuttle, at Orlando Fire Department Station 16, in Lake Nona. The Beep shuttle will be Central Florida's first autonomous public transit and is expected to begin service later this year. Beep is manufactured by NAVYA, a global autonomous vehicle company based in France. | | | |
 Claiming he was framed for domestic violence, troubled quarterback Deondre Francois has gone from FSU to FAU — Final Alternative University. Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi offers his take. | | | |
 NASCAR is buying Daytona International Speedway and its parent company, International Speedway Corp., in a deal worth about $2 billion. The transaction is sure to spur more questions about the France family's future ownership of NASCAR. | | | |
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