Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Days before the new school year starts Monday, Central Florida's public schools still had about 200 teacher vacancies to fill. Statewide, thousands of teacher jobs remained unfilled, according to the Florida Education Association. |   | |
 Caylee Marie Anthony would have turned 14 today. Her tragic death in 2008 at the age of 2 remains unsolved despite the famous trial of her mother Casey Anthony. | | | |
 Orlando police officer Michael Napolitano, who was shot in the helmet while responding in 2016 to Pulse Nightclub, has remained in limbo over the last several months— awaiting a medical exam that will allow him to appear before the police pension board before an injured employee's allotted period of time has lapsed. | | | |
 A husband shot his wife to death and then killed himself at their home in Celebration early Thursday morning, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. | | | |
 Orlando police found and arrested a suspected fugitive Friday afternoon, and the man is a long way from home. | | | |
 Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday removing Scott Maddox from his Tallahassee commission seat. | | | |
 DeSantis's letter to the court – for which he appointed three of its seven justices – comes in the wake of controversy over a law he signed in June that he said helps clarify Amendment 4 but that critics claimed was a sweeping restriction on the felon voting rights overwhelmingly backed by voters in November. | | | |
 As the Orange County Regional History Center prepares for a multi-year renovation, the museum is staging a sell-off of what it calls a "treasure trove" of pieces representing Florida's history and culture. Visitors can get a closer look Saturday at 10 a.m., two hours before the live auction begins. | | | |
 In a series of reports called 'TSA in Turmoil,' public radio station 90.7 WMFE finds a toxic work environment at OIA and explores the bullying faced by an officer who jumped to his death. | | | |
 The Jonas Brothers perform at the Amway Center on Friday, August 9, 2019. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) | | | |
 Lake Highland Prep, Lake Howell and West Orange are hosting FHSAA football officiating scrimmages this weekend. A total of 14 area teams are taking part. They get to run plays and officials from the Central Florida Officials Association get training. | | | |
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