Jeff Kunerth

Passenger dies in sports car at Richard Petty driving attraction at Walt Disney World Speedway

June 20, 2019 at 6:28 a.m.

A 36-year-old Davenport man died Sunday after a Lamborghini in which he was riding lost control on one of the courses at the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Walt Disney...

Osceola, Polk shopping reflect links to citrus, cattle

August 23, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

These places reflect Osceola and Polk counties' links to citrus and ranching, and its growing diverse population. Check them out. Eli's Orange World: If you were to distill all the...

Easter service at SeaWorld: Christ, Tebow, Shamu

May 12, 2019 at 9:28 a.m.

On any other Sunday, the Niebrugge family would be in the pews for the morning service at Metro Church in Winter Springs. But this being Easter Sunday, they got up...

Trayvon Martin: ‘The whole world is watching Sanford,’ Rev. Jesse Jackson tells commissioners

August 23, 2019 at 1:20 a.m.

SANFORD — Vowing never to relent, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, other civil-rights leaders and the parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin demanded that city commissioners do their part to ensure...

Muslims oppose Florida church’s “Burn a Koran Day”

August 23, 2019 at 12:34 a.m.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling on American Muslims to respond to a Florida church's planned "International Burn a Koran Day" by hosting educational "Share the Quran" Ramadan...

Nadia Bloom, 11, with scratches showing on her face, is carried Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by rescuers after being missing since Friday afternoon.

Nadia’s rescue reaffirms church’s faith in miracles

August 23, 2019 at 12:32 a.m.

To members of the Metro Church in Winter Springs, finding Nadia Bloom alive was a miracle — and proof that God is alive, too. The Bible-based church that occupies a...

Catholic Church embraces social media — with limits

August 23, 2019 at 12:31 a.m.

Benedict XVI, the first pope with his own YouTube channel and presence on Facebook, is urging Roman Catholic clergy to use social media to communicate with parishioners and reach those...

Florida braces for Frances

August 19, 2021 at 10:40 p.m.

With dread and disbelief, Floridians prepared Wednesday to flee Hurricane Frances, just three weeks after Hurricane Charley caused billions of dollars in damage as it ripped across Florida. Nearly a...

Recovery divides those with power, those without

August 18, 2019 at 8:02 p.m.

The night her lights came back on, Darla Smith returned from a walk past the homes without electricity in her storm-ravaged Orlando neighborhood and was appalled to see her brightly...

Fury of Charley shocks Floridians

August 18, 2019 at 8:02 p.m.

The death toll from Hurricane Charley rose to at least 16 as millions of Floridians in a 200-mile stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic Ocean struggled to put...

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