For Friday, June 28, 2024
HEADLINE NEWS:
Feature Headlines
Man killed in Zellwood car crash
Foliage Sertoma Club inducts new members, installs officers at luncheon
Road transfers from Orange County to city are approved
Apopka Museum celebrates 55th anniversary with event
- City Council to conduct FY25 budget workshops
- 1776 was the birth of a great nation
- Gas district reviewing $300K offer of judgment for lawsuit
- Temperatures are setting records in 2023 and 2024
- Thorns and more grew from the ground after Adam and Eve’s sin
- Local support needed for grant proposal to provide cooling shirts for outside workers
- History of Independence Day page 12A
OUR POSITION:
Strike Team in Florida mobilized to combat human trafficking
The Center Square –
A new multi-agency human trafficking strike team has been created in Florida to target border-related crime. As the result of a recent months-long operation, 10 victims were rescued, and several alleged perpetrators were arrested.
THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY: OPINION & ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Solving homeless problem is difficult
Christine Moore, County Commissioner District 2
Many of my articles are types of book reports or information related to my research. This column on homelessness will be an example of this. Read Moore on page 2A.
Working for new schools pays off
Melissa Byrd, Orange County School Board, District 7
Last week I shared the great news that I have been reelected, without opposition, as School Board Member for District 7. When I started my campaign for reelection in February, I took some time to look back at what had been accomplished over the last six years as well as look forward to what still needs to be done. Read Byrd on page 2A.
The lottery was sold as a good idea to raise funding for education
Ike Hayden, Guest Editorial
“Throw another log on the fire!” As the house burns down around him, the man hollers at his wife to feed the fireplace. Read Ike on page 2A.
Local support needed for grant proposal to provide cooling shirts for outside workers
Dr O, Apopkan
Editor: Temperatures are setting records in 2023 and 2024. Having worked outside in construction and agriculture from childhood through adulthood I cannot fathom how workers can do it now, especially adding in the humidity.
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