Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Friday, July 30th includes the financial status of Florida’s seaport, Disney’s new mask mandate, and a Legoland’s newest attraction.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Thursday, July 29th includes 3 Central Florida restaurants receiving emergency shut down orders after failing health inspections, UCF and Maryland agree to home-and-home football series beginning in 2025, and Orange County is back under state of emergency as coronavirus infections skyrocket.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Wednesday, July 28th includes the Cornell Fine Arts Museum relocating to downtown Winter Park with a new name, Governor Ron DeSantis holding a secret meeting to drive home his opposition to mask mandates at schools, and Orlando Fashion Square Mall’s condition sparking a legal fight.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Tuesday, July 27th includes Central Florida homes found for under $200,000 depending on where you look, Orange County COVID-19 cases reach 1,000 a day—filling AdventHealth’s ICU, and Christian Bruey joins WFTV’s ‘Eyewitness News This Morning’ team.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Monday, July 24th includes a 15% rise in COVID-19 cases statewide, Central Florida Cubans travel to Washington to protest at White House, and Orlando Pride select celebrated Gators coach Becky Burleigh for interim manager position.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Friday, July 23rd includes Desantis speaks on school mask mandates, Disney glowy celebration of its 50th anniversary, and Advent Health’s change of status.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Thursday, July 22nd includes an Orlando food truck given emergency order to shut down, both husband and father-in-law were sentenced to life in prison for killing Nicole Montalvo, and Disney may get a $570 million state tax break for its Lake Nona campus.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Wednesday, July 21st includes the arrest of a teen for shooting a 15-year-old boy in an Ocoee neighborhood, a report on the rise of rental car scams due to a vehicle shortage, and the expressway authority delaying the controversial ruling for a Brightline Trains route from Orlando to Tampa.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Tuesday, July 20th includes a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in Ocoee neighborhood, Governor Ron DeSantis blames “experts” for public distrust of COVID-19 vaccines, and Orlando Health adds two new vaccination sites in Orange County.

Your local news update from the Orlando Sentinel for Monday, July 19th includes Florida accounting for 1-in-5 of nation’s COVID-19 cases, Orlando Cubans demand U.S. intervention as hundreds protest for six days straight, and money starts to pour into 2022 race to succeed Val Demings—with Demings’ own campaign funds catching up to Marco Rubio for Senate seat.