Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 A report released Friday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said crime statewide dropped about six percent in the first half of 2019 compared to the same time period last year. |   | |
 An Orlando police officer who once faced a manslaughter charge for fatally shooting a suspect fleeing from a parking lot in May 2018 did not violate any department policies, including one that generally prevents officers from firing into moving cars | | | |
 More than 80 once-homeless families now have a place of their own in the newly opened affordable housing development Village on Mercy, a $28 million project of cheery aqua-blue exteriors, community center, playground, fitness trail and recreation space along Lake Lawne. Officials see it as a turning point for the Mercy Drive neighborhood. | | | |
 Dr. Jay Feldman, a first-year resident at AdventHealth, is in hot water with AdventHealth after writing questionable social media posts and endorsing products, one of which is from a company called Rave Doctor that he's involved with. Neither he nor the hospital would say what's his residency and employment status at the hospital, but he said he's remorseful about his posts and will no longer endorse products. | | | |
 A death investigation is underway after a 30-year-old man was struck and killed by a Sunrail train in Orlando, according to the Orlando Police Department. | | | |
 Facing pressure from critics, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announced Friday that he will oppose — at least for now — one piece of a controversial road deal with Universal Orlando. | | | |
 Most of downtown Orlando's panhandling problem comes from a persistent group of 61 people with sometimes severe mental illness, a high rate of drug addiction and the inability to remain in housing even when it is provided for them, new research finds. Nearly all men, they have lived on the streets for an average of nearly 12 years. | | | |
 A Clermont man who went to an Orlando hotel to have sex with an 8-year-old girl was sentenced to 20 years in prison. | | | |
 With her big smile, hearty laugh and acerbic wit, anchor Martie Salt is saying farewell at WFTV-Channel 9. Her final telecast is at 6 p.m. Friday. | | | |
 Central Florida's public transit system is failing the low-wage workers who help drive the region's tourism-based economy. | | | |
 Apopka takes on Miami Columbus in the FHSAA Football 8A State Final, and other scores from Orlando area | | | |
 Apopka's defense dominated Miami Columbus for much of Friday night's Class 8A football state-title game. But the Explorers rallied to scored two touchdowns in the final 3:21 to capture the championship. | | | |
 James Harden scored 54 points on the Orlando Magic, lifting the Houston Rockets to a 130-107 road victory Friday night at Amway Center. | | | |
 FSU will be paying two coaches - old coach Willie Taggart and new coach Mike Norvell - about the same amount of money as Alabama is paying Nick Saban. | | | |
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