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Osceola County's Kissimmee will soon be home to the state’s second central receiving center for the mentally ill. As 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, the Department of Children and Families has approved a request from Park Place Behavioral Healthcare.

Universal Orlando has reversed a Monday decision to ban water bottles and liquids inside theme parks. Park officials had been insisting that the ban, implemented during the park's Mardi Gras celebration, was only temporary.

In Afghanistan, an unlikely sport has grabbed the nation's attention. Cricket only took root there a few decades ago, and only took off after the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

When you flush your toilet or turn your tap, be sure to thank the Orlando Wetlands Park. The 1,650-acre property in Christmas in east Orange County used to be a cattle pasture. Then the city of Orlando purchased the land for $5.1 million in 1986 to help treat water on a larger scale in response to population increase and the Clean Water Act of 1972.

Florida is about to end a 14-year moratorium on building new nursing homes but for every new bed they approve, the state will deny five more.

In movies, crowd noise, hospital waiting room chatter and barroom brawl sounds are created by voice actors called loopers. "If it's done right, you shouldn't even notice it," one sound mixer says.

Over 3,000 Volusia County teachers are threatening to spend less time in the classroom. That’s after nine months of failed negotiations. As 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, the teachers’ union says after school time will students will go away if an agreement can’t be reached soon.

Orlando police officers are ticketing drivers who don’t stop for pedestrians this week. It’s part of a program aimed at lowering the number of pedestrian deaths and injuries.

When freezing temperatures are in the forecast, you might cover the plants in your front yard or bring potted foliage inside. But for citrus growers, preparing for the 32-degree mark is a bit more complicated.

Central Floridians are joining hundreds of conservationists Wednesday in Tallahassee.They're planning a rally around Amendment 1 as lawmakers prepare for the start of the legislative session next month.