Christie Zizo

5 days ago | clickorlando.com | Christie Zizo

For the frugal, the coupon clipper, the deal seeker, a birthday holds extra anticipation. As the birthday month begins, their inboxes are flooded with deals, rewards, freebies, and more, the fruits of signing up for a variety of newsletters and rewards programs and downloading ALL OF THE APPS. These days, birthday rewards seem to pale in comparison to years past. Remember that one year when Walt Disney World gave away free admission on your birthday (during the Great Recession)?

1 week ago | clickorlando.com | Christie Zizo

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Space enthusiasts can catch a rocket launch with their breakfast on Wednesday morning. SpaceX is planning a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:30 a.m. The rocket is carrying a batch of Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The weather forecast shows a 15% chance that weather will delay the launch at the start of the launch window.

1 week ago | clickorlando.com | Christie Zizo

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Police in Melbourne are looking for the person who set several fires in the construction area for an Aldi grocery store. The fires were spotted Sunday morning at the former Winn-Dixie store on East Eau Gallie Boulevard, which is being turned into an Aldi. Police say a construction worker saw one of the fires and called 911. Police arrived at around 10:30 a.m., but the suspect was able to run away.

1 week ago | clickorlando.com | Christie Zizo

OCOEE, Fla. - An Ocoee man arrested over the weekend on charges of driving under the influence and fleeing a crash scene apparently never had a driver's license, according to police. Jail records show Exalin Osberto Escobar Perez, 30, was arrested Saturday after a crash at the corner of AD Mims Road and Wurst Road in Ocoee. The arrest report has not been released yet, but police citations say Escobar Perez had a blood alcohol level of 0.244, three times the legal limit in Florida.

2 weeks ago | clickorlando.com | Christie Zizo

ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida lawmakers are no closer to releasing a budget proposal, and on Friday, state House leaders told representatives that they shouldn't expect to be in Tallahassee next week. House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, sent a memorandum to lawmakers, promising that they would get enough time to make travel and scheduling arrangements before they need to return to the state capital. "We continue working closely with the Senate toward a final budget agreement," Perez wrote.