Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 4th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms, and a high of 93 and a low of 77. /// In government news, mother of two Kelly Semrad (SEM-RAD) faced a choice: risk exposure to COVID-19 or miss out on the chance to speak up for her rural neighborhood in east Orange County.

Good morning. It’s Monday, August 3rd. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for cloudy skies and thunderstorms, and a high of 90 and a low of 79. Tropical Storm Isaias spent the weekend hovering over Florida’s eastern coast lines while maintaining a Category 1 hurricane status throughout its path in the Caribbean islands.

Good morning. It’s Friday, July 31st. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly cloudy skies, scattered thunderstorms in the evening, and a high of 93 and a low of 77. /// Florida reported a record-breaking 253 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday. It was the highest toll in a single-day report, and the third record day in a row. 6,585 residents have died statewide after contracting the virus.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 30th. I’m Kyle Saurhoefer and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly cloudy skies, and a high of 92 and a low of 76.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 29th. I’m Kyle Saurhoefer and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms, and a high of 89 and a low of 76. /// In coronavirus news, Florida reported its biggest day of fatalities on Tuesday as the death toll among residents blew past six thousand. That includes fifty new reported deaths in Central Florida.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 28th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly sunny skies with scattered thunderstorms, and a high of 91 and a low of 77. /// In transportation news, rising from hundreds of acres south of the air-traffic tower at Orlando’s airport, and amid a raging pandemic, the new south terminal may be Central Florida’s biggest bet ever on its future.

Good morning. It’s Monday, July 27th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms, and a high of 90 and a low of 77. In coronavirus news, Florida reported 9,344 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the statewide infection total to 423,855. With 77 new resident deaths added, the death toll is now 5,854.

Good morning. It’s Friday, July 24th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly cloudy skies, and a high of 91 and a low of 77. President Donald Trump announced Thursday night that he was canceling the portions of next month’s Republican National Convention scheduled to take place in Jacksonville. He cited a “flare-up” of the virus in Florida.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 23rd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly sunny skies with scattered thunderstorms, and a high of 90 and a low of 77. In political news, since twenty sixteen, a business owned by Orange County Commissioner Betsy VanderLey has been paid as much as eighty-eight thousand dollars by a civil engineering firm that contracts with Orange County.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 22nd. I’m Kyle Sauerhofer and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly sunny skies with scattered thunderstorms, and a high of 89 and a low of 78. /// In coronavirus news, Florida reported 9,440 new coronavirus cases and 134 new deaths on Tuesday. Statewide, there have now been 369,834 people infected and 5,206 Florida residents killed.