Orange County has already spent more than $2 billion to build and expand its convention center, which is rarely fully occupied and continues to run a deficit as the convention market shrinks.

Hurricane Milton was close to making landfall along the Florida Gulf Coast near Tampa and St. Petersburg as a Category 3 storm, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 p.m. advisory.

An Orlando Fire Department firefighter was injured while battling a fire overnight during Hurricane Milton.According to the Orlando Fire Department, crews responded to a house fire on the 5100 ...