Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Unlike the Mercury 7 astronauts, who were fixtures in their Corvettes in the Cocoa area when the space program began and mission control was based at Cape Canaveral, the Apollo 11 crew was more closely tied to Houston and the Manned Spacecraft Center, which opened in 1964. They often commuted 900 miles to work in Florida in a T-38, a two-seat, supersonic aircraft, which NASA also used regularly as a jet trainer for its stable of astronauts. |   | |
 Tropical Storm Barry is bringing the rainfall and dangerous storm surge along with 65 mph winds as it heads toward Louisiana. | | | |
 The Tampa Bay Times reported Friday that Gov. Ron DeSantis office created two different versions of a proclamation honoring the third anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre. He opted for the one that didn't mention LGBTQ and Hispanic communities, before reversing course the next day and releasing a new version that did. | | | |
 As the group was speeding down Red Bug Lake Road, a passenger said he remembered "everyone telling Leader to slow down and let them out of the vehicle," according to the report. A Seminole County deputy saw the car shortly after 2 a.m. speeding at what he estimated to be 100 mph. | | | |
 A retired law enforcement officer was arrested Thursday morning at his home near Mount Dora after state investigators searched his computer for child pornography. In a recorded interview with agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Cyber Crimes Task Force, Kenneth Bensman, 64, said he recently had a "come to Jesus moment" and threw a computer hard drive containing downloaded images of children into a lake behind his home because he knew viewing and keeping the videos and pictures was morally wrong. A Lake County sheriff's report said Bensman later told another FDLE agent he had considered destroying the hard drive several times "but just could not bring himself to do it." | | | |
 Neighborhoods in the Altamonte Spring area are under a rabies alert after officials discovered a feral cat which tested positive for the disease, according to the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County. | | | |
 The auto-repair store worker arrested this week after police said he recorded two customers as they used the restroom is back in jail after investigators found a collection of pornographic photos depicting children on his phone, the Port Orange Police Department said. | | | |
 A hearing will be held Friday afternoon to determine whether Thomas Garner, the suspect in the 1984 killing of Navy recruit Pamela Cahanes, is eligible for a bond. | | | |
 Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, including a Border Patrol station where hundreds of men were crowded in sweltering cages without cots. | | | |
 El Sentinel won two first-place awards, and the Orlando Sentinel and El Sentinel also took home six second-place awards and five third-place awards, competing with the largest newspapers in the state. | | | |
 Disney World parade will feature two young stars from new "The Lion King" movie at Magic Kingdom on Saturday. | | | |
 Royal Caribbean will bring Allure of the Seas in line with the other three Oasis-class ships in a $165 million overhaul. | | | |
 2019 World Series of Poker main event final table: Zhen Cai of Lake Worth, Fla. is guaranteed at least $1 million for making the final nine players of the tournament and will be fighting it for the $10 million top prize. | | | |
 Braves beat Padres, who beat ball into ground against left-hander Dallas Keuchel | | | |
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