Orange County

As Orlando marks its 150th year as a city, Mayor Buddy Dyer is celebrating its rapid development and planning for its future growth.

The expressway authority’s governing board approved a resolution declaring some 44 acres of Orange County land as necessary for a planned toll road, including part of Eagles Roost.

Once again, a summer wave of COVID-19 is spiking across the country and in Florida. Orange County reported the third-highest case totals in the state, according to the Department of Health.

Engineers hope the new, autonomous lake monitoring technology they’re developing will help keep Central Florida lakes clean — starting with the home of a historic open-water swim.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will take up a final vote Wednesday on proposed rules for a regulated bear hunt.

The supervisor of elections will send out a correction after listing the wrong Democrat for House District 40’s Sept. 2 special election.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority could give final approval this week to the plans to take over Eagles Roost, an Orange County park and the site of a recently-reopened wildlife refuge.

The transfer center has eight bus bays and a well-lit canopy along with security cameras and an employee building.

Two commissioners — Kelly Martinez Semrad and Nicole Wilson — voted against approving the addendum to the county's agreement with ICE, which Mayor Jerry Demings signed on Friday.

Private collectors looking for invasive panther chameleons to sell were more disturbing to Orange County residents than the lizards themselves, according to new University of Florida research.