Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Designing the latest expansion of the Orange County Convention Center will cost $38.3 million, county records show. Orange County commissioners are expected to approve the contract Tuesday with Populous+ C.T. Hsu, a Joint Venture based in Orlando. The choice of Populous+C.T. Hsu was appealed in August by lawyers for the Orlando-based design firm of Helman Hurley Charvat Peacock, or HHCP, who insisted the selection process was flawed. The choice of Populous + C.T. Hsu was unsuccessfully appealed in August by lawyers for Orlando-based design firm Helman Hurley Charvat Peacock, or HHCP, who insisted the selection process was flawed. HHCP designed the original convention center and numerous previous expansions. Orange County's 7 million-square-foot convention center, the second-largest in the nation, is considered vital to Central Florida's tourism industry, which draws over 200 events and 1.5 million conventioneers a year. |   | |
 Authorities hit the estranged husband of Nicole Montalvo with an additional criminal charge Monday related to her October killing. Christopher Otero-Rivera, 32, was charged with a misdemeanor of failing to report a death to the medical examiner, according to Osceola County Jail records. | | | |
 BRIDG, a manufacturing facility that once hoped to attract thousands of high-paying tech jobs to Osceola County, is short on cash. But on Monday, UCF's trustees delayed a decision for 30 days on giving an extra $5 million to BRIDG to help keep it afloat while it searches for a long-term investor. | | | |
 The dispute between UCF, AdventHealth and Orlando Health has left medical students in a bad place. These institutions need to repair their relationships for the students' sake. | | | |
 A woman was injured in a shooting Monday night in east Orlando, but she is expected to survive. | | | |
 Juan Peñalosa, who serves as executive director of the state party, is helping to write what he hopes will be a winning playbook for Democrats competing in the nation's largest battleground state. | | | |
 After more than 50 guns were stolen in a string of gun store and pawn shop burglaries in Orange County over the summer, Orange County Sheriff John Mina on Monday spoke in support of bill that would require businesses in Florida to lock up their firearms at night.At a press conference, Mina called the legislation "common sense." | | | |
 Veteran FSU assistant Odell Haggins said he quickly connected with new Seminoles football coach Mike Norvell and looks forward to collaborating moving forward. | | | |
 In 1982, Epcot was the biggest construction undertaking of its time. Stephen Nemeth, one of the construction workers, called it "the best job I ever had." Now at age 94, Nemeth returned to the park on a special tour. | | | |
 Australian rockers Tame Impala will perform at Amway Center in Orlando on June 12. | | | |
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