Winter Garden celebrates Independence Day with pancakes, bike parade Hundreds of kids paraded through the streets of Winter Garden in bicycles decorated red, white and blue for the Fourth of July.

Ottawa paramedics say a woman in her 20s is in critical condition after she was hit by a pickup truck Monday afternoon near the crosswalk at Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue.

The AdventHealth Watermelon 5K in Winter Park attracted roughly 2,700 participants from various states and countries, marking the start of Fourth of July celebrations.

Like Ottawa’s Middle Eastern restaurants, and an increasing number of non-Middle Eastern eateries, In’s Kitchen uses halal ingredients so as not to exclude Muslim customers.