Julian Omar Colom, a 24-year-old Orlando man who was shot and killed Saturday, was at the home of a wealthy local businessman near Windermere when the shooting occurred, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday. Jane Watrel, public information officer for the Sheriff’s…
We’re on the brink of having a society filled with robots. Think of recent developments: drones, roombas. Companies and consumers are turning to robotic technologies to make their lives easier. Now, robots can potentially help with construction site security. Security is key at a construction site. Why? Often, things get stolen from these sites, so […]
Fox News Network outed a closeted gay businessman in Maitland because it didn’t want to pursue a reality TV show about estate sales, according to a lawsuit in Orlando federal court. The businessman, Silas Pierce, 61, is now suing Fox and the estate of the late Fox founder, Roger Ailes, for unspecified…
A shooting on Saturday at an upscale waterfront home near Windermere reportedly claimed the life of a 24-year-old Orlando man, Julian Omar Colom, according to Colom’s family attorney and friends. “They are devastated. Julian was a nice, happy kid, never violent, never in fights,” said Roger Scott,…
The chambers of commerce for Winter Park and Orlando are starting the year with new initiatives led by John Davis at Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce; and Betsy Gardner Eckbert, president and CEO of Winter Park Chamber of Commerce. Davis is the new executive VP of the Orlando chamber, a division…
Being “green” isn’t a trend or fad, it’s the way of the future, and even the present! More companies are turning to greener methods and are learning how to be profitable while making greener decisions. Not every green decision a company makes has to be out in the open or sellable to clients. If you […]
An Orlando bankruptcy judge said she’s troubled by testimony from Abdul Mathin, developer of the proposed $400 million iSquare mall and hotel, because he acknowledged commingling money from several different businesses during testimony in a bankruptcy case, among other things. Mathin spoke under…
A federal lawsuit accuses a Florida State trooper of beating, tasing, and whipping an auto-repair shop manager in Melbourne for years, while on duty and in uniform. It further accuses Trooper Cleveland “Butch” Johnson Jr. of telling the shop manager, Richard Hickman, to buy his daughter’s Girl…
Sometimes, Alicia and Rob Beers talk about work at home, but they try to limit it. “At the end of the day, if we’re having a glass of wine and discussing work, one of us might say, ‘OK, let’s stop talking about work,’ and we just stop,” Alicia Beers said. Together they run Hand & […]
New federal data shows wages in Orlando are below national average – except for waiters and cooks.