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The pro-bowl rolls into town next weekend. Orange County chipped in $3 million to bring the star studded exhibition game here from Hawaii. Steve Hogan of Florida Citrus Sports, says thousands of fans coming to the city will pump millions back into the local economy.

Zora Neale Hurston: celebrated in Central Florida but "a marginal figure in the everyday teaching of American literature," says Khalil Gibran Muhammad. Photo: US Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons

Intersection: Khalil Gibran Muhammad On Zora's Contribution To American History

Eatonville celebrates the life of Zora Neale Hurston this week. Zora Festival is in its 28th year, and culminates with an outdoor festival of the arts next weekend.Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will be at the festival, talking about how America needs to do more to recognize the contribution of Black Americans like Hurston to the history and culture of this country.

Central Florida leads the rest of the state in juvenile arrests. Photo: St. Edwards University.

Bill to Expand Juvenile Civil Citations Statewide Moves in Statehouse

Legislation to protect young people from establishing criminal records for petty theft, alcohol usage, vandalism, and other misdemeanor offenses is moving forward.

Intersection: Jewish Community Center Threats

There’s been a wave of bomb threats made against Jewish community centers across the country, including central Florida. Heritage Florida Jewish News columnist Jim Shipley, and Rabbi Hillel Skolnik from the Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation talk about how to report on the threats and respond to them.

'America In Laos' Traces The Militarization Of The CIA

In the '60s, the CIA began a secret program that aimed to curb Communism by arming and training local fighters in Laos. Author Joshua Kurlantzick calls it "the largest covert operation in US history."

LeRoy Rodgers of the South Florida Water Management District is surrounded by Old World Climbing Fern on a tree island in the Everglades. Photo by Amy Green

Florida's Latest Invasive Species: A Fern Capable Of Toppling Trees With Its Chokehold

LeRoy Rodgers pulls a pair of clippers from a bag and hops off an airboat.He'll need the clippers to cut a path through the Old World Climbing Fern choking this island of trees within the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Everglades.

Author Julia Alekseyeva's great-grandmother was left to care for daughter Tonya when her first husband was drafted into the Russian army in 1932.

'Soviet Daughter': How A Great-Grandmother's Diary Became A Graphic Novel

After her beloved great-grandmother's death, author Julia Alekseyeva discovered her memoirs, bursting with rich details of her life in the USSR enduring wars, pogroms, and purges.

Margaret Wise Brown is the author of beloved children's books such as <em>Goodnight Moon </em>and <em>The Runaway Bunny</em>. She died suddenly at age 42, leaving behind a body of unpublished work.

'Goodnight Moon' Author Margaret Wise Brown Was No Old Lady Whispering Hush

Nevermind that she didn't like kids all that much — Brown wrote books they adored. One of her previously unpublished picture books has just come out, as has a new biography of this brave, bold author.

A Failed Revolution And A Failed Marriage In 'Dark At The Crossing'

Elliot Ackerman's new novel Dark at the Crossing follows an Iraqi man who tries to cross into Syria to fight Bashar al-Assad, but gets caught up with a charismatic Syrian exile and his troubled wife.

Gallaudet University President Roberta Cordano speaks using American Sign Language in her office in Washington, D.C. She is the first Deaf woman president at the university.

Gallaudet President Navigates From World Of Hearing To Sound Leadership Of The Deaf

Roberta Cordano is the first Deaf woman to lead Gallaudet University, the world's only liberal arts university for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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