Sunday, March 1, 2020

Kerouac House takes visitors back in time & Florida Strawberry Festival returns

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Kerouac House takes visitors back in time with typewriting and jazz music

Nine typewriters manned by passing visitors stamped their respective pages as part of an event by the Kerouac Project to send attendees back in time to the days when the famed writer wrote inside the Jack Kerouac House one of his seminal works — "The Dharma Bums."

Florida Strawberry Festival returns with fresh fruit, fair fun and music

The Florida Strawberry Festival returns to Plant City for its 85th year of fresh fruit, fair rides and music. The festival pays homage to Plant City's 10,000 acres of farmland and annual crop yield worth more than $360 million.

Seminole deputies looking for man who raped woman near Altamonte Springs

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office on Saturday released a composite sketch of a man who raped a woman in her home near Altamonte Springs.

South Carolina Democratic primary: Joe Biden wins, hopes for Super Tuesday momentum

The Democrats' 2020 nominating fight turned to South Carolina on Saturday for the first-in-the-South primary.

Man in Washington state dies of coronavirus, the first death on US soil; travel warnings issued for Italy and South Korea

A man in his 50s has died of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, the first such death in the United States.

With a sale possible, biblical theme park Holy Land may be nearing the end of its 19-year history in Orlando

The end of the Holy Land Experience is imminent. The biblical theme park is for sale and ending all stage shows. About 118 employees will be laid off on April 18.

Broadway's Denée Benton returns home in style | Review

Denée Benton: Orlando Sentinel review of the "Hamilton" star's concert in Orlando.

During Women's History Month, proud of being a 'girl' in the office during 1970s, '80s

For someone long been devoted to the contributions of women in history, I just realized I've known surprisingly little about the origins of Women's History Month, observed in March.

Arnold Palmer Invitational features star-studded field, unique viewing options

The Arnold Palmer Invitational will feature 23 of the world's top-35 players in the world rankings Thursday through Sunday at Bay Hill Club and Lodge.

Magic miss layup in last seconds of 114-113 loss at San Antonio

Evan Fournier's scooping layup try with 2.2 seconds left missed the mark and the Orlando Magic absorbed a tough 114-113 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night at AT&T Center.

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