Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Tiger Woods moved by support & Seminole school board's new superintendent

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March 2, 2021

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Orlando Morning Report

 

Good morning! I'm Mike Bianchi, the sports columnist of the Orlando Sentinel. As always, there was an abundance of sports news over the weekend. Orlando City wasted no time in cutting player Jonathan Suárez, who was arrested and charged with sexual battery last week. New UCF football coach Gus Malzahn is making his Auburn connections count with another former Tigers football player transferring and choosing to become a Knight. Tiger Woods, who was seriously injured in a car accident last week, broke his silence to say he was deeply moved by fellow golfers wearing Tiger's trademark red shirt at the WGC-Workday Championship on Sunday. Also, can you believe it's been five years since Orlando icon Arnold Palmer passed away? Thankfully, Arnie's tournament at Bay Hill is still one of the premier stops on the PGA Tour. … Now, here's the rest of today's news …

 

 

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Seminole school board reverses course, taps its attorney as new superintendent

The board picked Serita Beamon as its next superintendent. She is the first woman and the first Black person selected for the job. Last month, the board picked Chad Farnsworth, an...

Orange deputy suspended after Facebook post about Muslims 'taking over America'

An Orange County deputy sheriff was suspended from almost a month after he posted an anti-Muslim rant on Facebook, in one of several posts that prompted a Muslim civil rights group to ask...

Florida authorities tell Brightline to lock down Orlando-Tampa passenger-train plan by mid-summer

The Florida Department of Transportation is giving Brightline until mid-summer to iron out myriad details in order to lease public highway and other space for an extension of passenger rail...

I-4 construction dump-truck owners reeling after subcontractor bankruptcy

Small and minority-owned companies hired for the remake of Interstate 4 in Orlando have been hard hit by the recent financial collapse of a Tampa trucking firm. T

Hilton Orlando hosted secret AFPAC conference, where organizers spouted white nationalist rhetoric

A gathering of far-right activists whose organizer spouted white nationalist rhetoric and defended the Capitol riot was hosted last weekend by the Hilton Orlando. And despite the...

Publix sales soar to $44.9 billion in 2020, with COVID-19 shopping key

Driven by the coronavirus pandemic, Publix's sales in 2020 jumped to $44.9 billion.

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From FOX 35 News: Florida woman finds gator hissing by door inside garage

A Florida woman had to call for help after she heard a hissing sound coming from the door in her garage.

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