Good morning. It’s Tuesday, April 28th. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly sunny skies, with a high of 82 and a low of 64. /// Florida may have seen the worst, but from Sunday to Sunday, the state still saw three hundred reported coronavirus deaths and more than five thousand new cases.

Good morning. It’s Monday, April 27th. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly sunny skies, with a high of 80 and a low of 58. /// Florida Governor Ron DeSantis praised Central Florida’s handling of curbing the spread of the coronavirus on Sunday, pointing to strong trends that show that the number of cases in the region peaked in early April.

Good morning. It’s Friday, April 24th. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for variable thunderstorms, with a high of 84 and a low of 74. /// In crime news, Patrick Spikes is sharing his side of the story in a bizarre case that provided a glimpse into the lucrative market for stolen Disney World items.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 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 a high of 92 and a low of 75. In economy news: Florida's growing army of unemployed workers is in a race against time as their savings dwindle while the agency charged with paying jobless benefits scrambles to fix an overwhelmed application system.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 22nd. 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.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, April 21st. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for mostly sunny skies, with a high of 87 and a low of 66. /// A furious line of thunderstorms tore through Central Florida on Monday, spawning a series of tornado warnings from the National Weather Service.

Good morning. It’s Monday, April 20th. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for scattered thunderstorms, with a high of 86 and a low of 68. /// In education news, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Saturday that Florida’s schools will remain shut for the remainder of the academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Good morning. It’s Friday, April 17th. I’m Kristie McIntyre and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for scattered showers, with a high of 78 and a low of 70. In economic news, the I-R-S launched a Get My Payment portal for Americans to check the status of their stimulus checks. It can be found at I-R-S dot gov slash coronavirus.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 16th. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for rain and scattered thunderstorms, with a high of 70 and a low of 65. /// In economic news, The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, which runs the unemployment system, has not answered multiple questions about when Floridians should expect to receive state payments.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 15th. I’m NAME and here’s your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel. The weather forecast today calls for scattered thunderstorms, with a high of 90 and a low of 67. /// In environmental news, polluted skies of cities in the U.S. and other nations have cleared up, dramatically in some areas and perhaps temporarily in all cases, as the new coronavirus has stalled power plants, factories and traffic.