Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Disney World's new "Epcot Forever" fireworks debut with old tunes, new vision for theme park |   | |
 Nearly 300 full and part-time Orlando employees will be getting a pay raise — eventually up to $15 per hour — under new union contracts set to be considered by the city council next week, Mayor Buddy Dyer said. | | | |
 Orlando police Officer Dennis Turner returned to work at Lucious & Emma Nixon Academy in west Orlando the morning after he arrested two 6-year-old students, according to documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel through a public records request. | | | |
 Voters could end up making a final choice between two Democrats or two Republicans if they finish first and second – and the top two finishers in the two 2018 gubernatorial primaries were Republicans Ron DeSantis and Adam Putnam, with five major Democrats splitting the vote in their race. | | | |
 Many meteorologists agree the peak of hurricane season is Sept. 10 but history shows that October is nothing to scoff at with seven of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes having spawned in the 10th month of the year. | | | |
 The chance to invest in big-name rappers, like Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Pitbull and Jay-Z, with the promise of huge profits was the bait Andres Fernandez and Edison Denizard for years used to rope in investors to their allegedly fraudulent business that's now the subject of lawsuits from the feds. | | | |
 An effort to lure more candidates to become Florida's top financial regulator by holding out the possibility of a higher salary doesn't appear to have brought in new applicants. | | | |
 Florida's controversial "best and brightest" teacher bonus program will pay out awards this school year using new criteria and facing new scrutiny. Gov. Ron DeSantis says he may push for the program to be discontinued. | | | |
 Universal offers second day free and $75 off annual passes to Florida residents. | | | |
 "Living Undocumented," a six-episode Neflix series, premieres Wednesday and features Alejandra Juarez, the marine veteran's wife who was deported from Davenport to Mexico last year. | | | |
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