Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 26th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for heavy rain and thunderstorms and a high of 88 and a low of 75. /// In coronavirus news, the number of positive cases in Florida went up by five-thousand-two-hundred-seventy-nine last week, marking the end of a three-week streak where reported cases were under 5,000.

Good morning. It’s Monday, May 25th. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for heavy rain and thunderstorms and a high of 80 and a low of 72. /// Florida’s department of health announced 740 more positive cases of coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 50,867. Four new reported deaths pushed the death toll to 2,237. To date, 872,916 people have been tested in the state, with 94.

Good morning. It’s Friday, May 22nd. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for scattered rain and a high of 94 and a low of 75. In business news, corporations across America have booked more than seven billion dollars in savings using tax breaks that Congress passed as part of its plan to stabilize the U.S. economy through the coronavirus crisis, according to an Orlando Sentinel review of investor filings.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 21st. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly sunny skies and a high of 94 and a low of 73. In crime news: A 19-year-old woman was executed in the pool area of an Orange County apartment complex as she begged for her life.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 20th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly clear and a high of 87 and a low of 71. /// In politics news, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (FREED) says that for the past two months amid the coronavirus pandemic, she can’t get the governor’s office to talk to her about the crisis.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 19th. I’m NAME 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 70. /// In coronavirus news, after five straight weeks of at least 300 reported deaths, fatalities from Sunday to Sunday dropped to 252, according to the Florida Department of Health.

Good morning. It’s Monday, May 18th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms with a high of 91 and a low of 74. The first tropical storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed over the weekend just offshore of east-central Florida’s coastline, with a tropical storm watch issued out for the Carolinas on Monday.

Good morning. It’s Friday, May 15th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high of 82 and a low of 62. /// In business news, Publix will extend its store hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily starting Saturday, the company announced Thursday. The pharmacies also will return to normal operating hours, according to Publix’s website.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 14th. 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 a high of 83 and a low of 69. In theme park news: A New York man dropped a lawsuit against Disney after he was arrested in 2015 for attacking an employee who asked him to move aside for a Magic Kingdom parade.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 13th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for partly cloudy skies with a high of 85 and a low of 69. In local news: National Guard jets will fly over Orlando and other parts of Central Florida today to honor health workers and first responders fighting the coronavirus outbreak.