AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelJun 29, 2020 at 5:30 amFlorida will give out $240 million in federal CARES Act money to help families struggling to pay rent and mortgages amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Orange County is likely to get a good chunk of the money.Half, $120 million, will be assigned to counties to hand out to residents for rental and homeowner assistance programs.AdvertisementOrange County’s Individual and Family Assistance Program was overwhelmed by demand this month forcing an application portal to close minutes after it opened.The county, which tweaked its application...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelJun 29, 2020 at 5:30 amFlorida will give out $240 million in federal CARES Act money to help families struggling to pay rent and mortgages amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Orange County is likely to get a good chunk of the money.Half, $120 million, will be assigned to counties to hand out to residents for rental and homeowner assistance programs.AdvertisementOrange County’s Individual and Family Assistance Program was overwhelmed by demand this month forcing an application portal to close minutes after it opened.The county, which tweaked its application...WW…

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMay 09, 2020 at 8:04 pmIf Congresswoman Val Demings is chosen as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate, spouse Jerry Demings said he would not give up his elected post.“I definitely will stay on as Orange County mayor and would just leverage my relationship on behalf of the residents and taxpayers of Orange County,” he said.AdvertisementAfter a two-hour live-streamed update Friday on the county’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Demings briefly addressed the possibility that Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, would...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMay 09, 2020 at 8:04 pmIf Congresswoman Val Demings is chosen as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate, spouse Jerry Demings said he would not give up his elected post.“I definitely will stay on as Orange County mayor and would just leverage my relationship on behalf of the residents and taxpayers of Orange County,” he said.AdvertisementAfter a two-hour live-streamed update Friday on the county’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Demings briefly addressed the possibility that Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, would...WW…

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMay 08, 2020 at 6:39 pmOrlando had all the makings to become a coronavirus hot spot.Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando attract millions of people from across the globe to make the city the nation’s most visited. The city’s international airport is among the nation’s busiest.AdvertisementAnd hundreds of thousands of employees at theme parks, hotels, shops and restaurants spend their work days in close contact with travelers and then return to their homes in suburbs sprawled across Central Florida, potentially transmitting the contagion throughout their...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMay 08, 2020 at 6:39 pmOrlando had all the makings to become a coronavirus hot spot.Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando attract millions of people from across the globe to make the city the nation’s most visited. The city’s international airport is among the nation’s busiest.AdvertisementAnd hundreds of thousands of employees at theme parks, hotels, shops and restaurants spend their work days in close contact with travelers and then return to their homes in suburbs sprawled across Central Florida, potentially transmitting the contagion throughout their...WW…

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMay 13, 2020 at 2:25 pmUpdate: May 15: Volleyball tourney postponed until July at Orlando convention center. The Orange County Convention Center is preparing to open back up next month with an expected gathering of 30,000 people for a national youth volleyball tournament with promises it will follow social distancing and other coronavirus safety protocols.AdvertisementThe 47th AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships will begin on June 16, the first event at the convention center since nearly 50 shows have canceled or postponed since early March as virus...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMay 13, 2020 at 2:25 pmUpdate: May 15: Volleyball tourney postponed until July at Orlando convention center. The Orange County Convention Center is preparing to open back up next month with an expected gathering of 30,000 people for a national youth volleyball tournament with promises it will follow social distancing and other coronavirus safety protocols.AdvertisementThe 47th AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships will begin on June 16, the first event at the convention center since nearly 50 shows have canceled or postponed since early March as virus...WW…