Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 One year after Category 5 Hurricane Michael barreled over the Florida Panhandle and into Georgia, Mexico Beach is urgently working to bring in more visitors, thousands of Panama City families are still "couch surfing," a prison with critically needed jobs remains shuttered in Marianna and tarps still cover hundreds of homes in south Georgia. |   | |
 Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants big raises for Florida teachers. Great. But hold the applause until it actually happens ... because House Speaker Jose Oliva seems less enthusiastic. | | | |
 The 2-year-old boy who was abducted at gunpoint from an apartment complex late Tuesday in Orlando was found safe Wednesday afternoon in DeLand, police said. | | | |
 Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg draws a Republican challenger in his campaign for a second term, Chuluota resident Brian Beute | | | |
 Orlando's longest incumbent, City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, has been re-elected to a sixth term on the city council.Her opponent, Corey DeVogel, withdrew from the race Tuesday evening. Sheehan, first elected in 2000, said the approximately $60,000 she raised on the campaign trail would be donated to charities relating to cancer, children and pets. | | | |
 The six design finalists for the $45 million Pulse Memorial & Museum would bring sweeping landscapes, somber reflecting ponds, engraved walls and in some cases a towering edifice visible not only from neighboring Interstate 4 but from several miles away. The sometimes controversial effort, led by the nonprofit onePULSE Foundation, allows for public comment on the finalists only through Thursday. | | | |
 Groveland City Manager Mike Hein has come up with a way to reduce a $4.3 million loss for taxpayers over a water deal to $1.8 million. | | | |
 Take a closer look at the top 12 contenders for College Football Playoff semifinal bids. | | | |
 Chicago restaurant Portillo's is opening its first Orange County restaurant. | | | |
 International Drive restaurant Tapa Toro is offering a unique sangria menu at special pricing for Hispanic Heritage Month. | | | |
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