Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Friday, August 13th includes a 2nd arrest in the death of a 7-year-old Central Florida girl, new haunted houses announced for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, a growing number of children with COVID-19 hospitalized and the latest on the tropics.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Thursday, August 12th includes increased COVID-19 hospitalizations, recent health inspection restaurant closures, and what the state could see in federal infrastructure bill plus a tropics update.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Wednesday, August 11th includes Brightline to set up local rides to and from its Orlando station, Disney Dream sails from Port Canaveral to mark Disney Cruise Line’s return, and Central Florida students—many in masks—return to campuses for new school year.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Tuesday, August 10th includes a man shot after trying to steal a car in an Orlando 7-Eleven parking lot, Florida won’t appeal block of the ‘John Morgan’ law, and a Delta-plus variant of COVID was detected in Central Florida’s wastewater.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Monday, August 9th includes former Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden dies at 91, back-to-school season brings new worries for some parents as COVID cases rise but face mask rules fall, and Frito-Lay revives plan for $180 million plant with 180 jobs in Osceola County.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Friday, August 6th includes four Central Florida businesses closing down,a rising hospitalization rate in Central Florida, and the death of a longtime Orange County deputy sheriff.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Thursday, August 5th includes Gov. Ron DeSantis discussion with hospital officials on the latest COVID-19 cases, an update from the NOAA on the Atlantic hurricane season and a look at which four restaurants were shut down after health inspections last week.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Wednesday, August 4th includes Gov. Ron DeSantis dismisses Florida COVID-19 hospital crisis as ‘media hysteria,’ a Florida Republican Party official calls vaccines ‘mark of the beast,’ DeSantis won’t renew state eviction ban to replace expired CDC moratorium, and Walt Disney World will start selling new annual passes again.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Tuesday, August 3rd includes Spirit Airlines canceling nearly half of its Monday flights scheduled from Orlando International Airport, 1 in 5 people tested positive with COVID-19 in Orange County, and a judge allows Markeith Loyd to represent himself in trial.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Monday, August 2nd includes a record-breaking 21,000 new COVID-19 cases in Florida, Florida’s back-to-school sales-tax holiday begins with record spending expected, and two Central Florida venues receive $57 million in relief from Shuttered Venue Operators Grants.