Start your day with a quick digest of today's top Central Florida headlines.
 Lockheed Martin has created a $100,000 grant program that will award Orlando small tech companies with the money they need to pursue projects in areas like artificial intelligence, sensors and autonomy. |   | |
 A Winter Garden 14-year-old faces a possible life sentence after being indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of a 25-year-old man. | | | |
 The partisan discord was apparent for all to see as the first president to campaign for reelection while facing impeachment vigorously made his case for another term. | | | |
 Rep. Anthony Sabitini got the facts wrong when speaking about school vouchers. He's not alone. Many people are parroting bogus talking points in the debate over anti-gay discrimination in Florida. | | | |
 A group of Florida senators, including three from the Orlando area, agreed to give $2 million tax breaks to rental-car giants like Avis, Enterprise and Hertz. | | | |
 Backers of Florida's largest school voucher program Tuesday to denounce efforts to convince corporations to halt donations. Two Orlando-based lawmakers have been urging corporations not to support program because some scholarships go to private schools with written anti-LGBTQ policies. | | | |
 They had been charged with dealing stolen property involving Disney costumes, grand theft of at least $10,000, and burglary in the Magic Kingdom between July 2018 and January 2019. In addition, Spikes was charged with burglary in Epcot, according to court records. | | | |
 Vampire killer Rod Ferrell was 16 when his notorious Florida slayings became a lurid curiosity because of his blood-drinking entourage, which included the 15-year-old daughter of one of his victims. His lawyer is seeking to have his life sentence shortened. | | | |
 When Markeith Loyd stands trial for murder in Lt. Debra Clayton's killing this May, his jury won't learn the officer was trying to take him into custody for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon. | | | |
 Disney leaders said they expect a $135 million hit on second-quarter operating income from Shanghai Disney and $40 million from Hong Kong Disneyland, which both closed indefinitely last month. | | | |
 State politicians have killed UCF and FAU stadium naming rights deals with Roofclaim.com due to protests from insurance companies lobbyists. | | | |
 The UCF football program is poised to wrap up its 2020 recruiting class by signing a quarterback and a tight end during Wednesday's National Signing Day. | | | |
 Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford called the pick-and-roll relationship between Markelle Fultz and Nikola Vucevic a "key one" for his team as the season moves forward. | | | |
 Hey, Orlando foodies! It's time to pick the best of the City Beautiful's dining scene. Are you up to the challenge? Nomination window ends soon! | | | |
 Paws in the Park, an annual festival of dogs and pets, will return to Lake Eola Park on Saturday with hundreds of pups and humans helping to raise money for Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando. | | | |
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