Orlando Sentinel

The Orlando Sentinel serves as the main newspaper for Orlando, Florida, and the surrounding Central Florida area. Established in 1876, it is currently owned by Tribune Publishing Company. Tribune Publishing, the owner of the Orlando Sentinel, was taken over by Alden Global Capital in May 2021. Alden Global Capital manages its media assets through Digital First Media.

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Bishop Moore's Teddy Kachris is Sentinel Varsity Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year

20 hours ago | orlandosentinel.com | Chris Hays

It came down to a close vote among Orlando-area lacrosse coaches, but in the end, Bishop Moore's Teddy Kachris won out over three other top players for the Sentinel's Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year. Also in the running were Lake Mary seniors Jack Lorenz and Luke Shale, and Kachris' own teammate, standout freshman Charlie Smith. Kachris was the leader of a team that could have arguably been called the best in the area.
Lake Highland's Savannah Love is Sentinel Varsity Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year

22 hours ago | orlandosentinel.com | Chris Hays

It was a very close decision, but in the end, Lake Highland Prep midfielder Savannah Love is the Sentinel's Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year, by a narrow margin over Lake Mary's Mikala Thomas. Love was the glue that held everything together for the Class 1A state champions. She scored 44 goals and had 81 draw controls and 22 ground balls. LHP coach Chris Robinson said her leadership was key. "She did a lot of the dirty work for us, all over the entire field," Robinson said.
Florida faces alarming rise in student absences; see the data for your school

1 day ago | orlandosentinel.com | Steven Walker |Leslie Postal |Scott Travis

Ivan Flores didn't love school before the pandemic hit, but his views soured more when he did ninth grade online and off campus. "I was just at home doing nothing, waking up late, missing assignments," he said. When he resumed in-person classes at Evans High School in the 2021-22 school year, that habit stuck. His attendance was spotty and his classwork often undone. In tenth grade he estimated he missed nearly 60 days of school, or a third of the academic year. He is part of an alarming trend.
Russell Sultzbach helped get Orlando Ballet on its feet

1 day ago | orlandosentinel.com | Matthew Palm
Kissimmee to assess fee on property owners to add firefighters, shorten their workweeks

1 day ago | orlandosentinel.com | Natalia Jaramillo

Property owners in Kissimmee will soon start paying a special fee to help their fire department recruit additional firefighters and allow them to work less-rigorous schedules. After a public hearing Tuesday evening that lasted more than an hour, commissioners voted 4-1 to assess all property owners $105 per parcel of land plus 56 cents per $1,000 of improvements made. "I can't compromise public safety to save a dollar," Commissioner Angela Eady said.
Orange County awards $5.5 million from tourist tax to cultural groups

1 day ago | orlandosentinel.com | Matthew Palm

More than $5.5 million will go toward major projects at six cultural organizations, after Orange County commissioners unanimously approved the annual cultural facilities grants. The grants come as a relief to jittery arts groups grappling with increased uncertainty about public funding. This year's state budget, which in 2024 eliminated four major cultural grants programs via a veto from Gov. Ron DeSantis, is still under debate.
Person bitten by river otter in Seminole County, FWC says

1 day ago | orlandosentinel.com | Richard Tribou

They may look cute and cuddly, but river otters can be dangerous. One person visiting Seminole County's Wekiva Island found that out last week when they were bit by one, according to report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. FWC responded to the bite report on May 29. The individual was evaluated by emergency personnel on site and transported to a local hospital for treatment, according to an FWC report.
Board rejects Santa Ono for University of Florida president

1 day ago | orlandosentinel.com | Joe Burbank

University of Florida president-elect Santa Ono addresses the Florida Board of Governors in Orlando, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in an hours-long meeting in which the board voted down a Board of Trustees recommendation that Ono be named the university's14th president . (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Amid cuts, Trump's proposed NASA budget would lay waste to new Artemis launch tower

2 days ago | orlandosentinel.com | Richard Tribou

Work for now continues daily at Kennedy Space Center on a new mobile launch tower that has already cost more than $1 billion. But the Artemis moon mission it is intended to serve may never happen if President Trump's plans for NASA come to fruition. The mobile launcher 2 has been rising steadily at a construction site just north of the massive Vehicle Assembly Building, where it stands now at 320 feet tall on its way to a target of 390 feet.
'Jesus Christ Superstar'

2 days ago | orlandosentinel.com | Matthew Palm

High priest Caiaphas, portrayed by Adam DelMedico with an ice-cold sneer of triumph, takes the stage to play the distinctive guitar lick at the start of "Jesus Christ Superstar," onstage at Theater West End in Sanford. He's dressed in totalitarianism black, and his goons are soon chasing a poor family, baby in tow. If ICE doesn't come to mind, you are at the wrong show.