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• BR contractor behind on his bills said he spent $15k on vacation this year; see video of his Disney World arrest Play Video

  April 5, 2021 11:35 AM

  ORLANDO- Body camera footage released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office shows Baton Rouge resident Kelly Sills' arrest in February after he didn't comply with COVID-19 guidelines at Disney World. Click here to see body camera footage of the arrest. Sills was arrested for trespassing when he refused to... more »

• Disney World officially cuts more than 11,300 employees

  October 31, 2020 6:11 PM

  ORANGE COUNTY, Florida - Walt Disney World, continuing to reel from the punishing financial blow dealt by the COVID pandemic, officially filed paper work with the state of Florida on Thursday to lay off 11,350 of its union employees at the end of the year, ABC News affiliate WFTV reported... more »

• SeaWorld announces June 11 reopening date

  May 27, 2020 11:09 AM

  ORLANDO, Florida - During a Wednesday morning meeting, SeaWorld executives announced the company's plan to reopen on June 11. According to the Orlando Sentinel , SeaWorld's anticipated June 11 reopening will include all of its three Orlando parks, including Discovery Cove and Aquatica. Interim CEO Marc Swanson presented... more »

• Video shows deadly collision between La. church van and out-of-control semi

  July 31, 2019 2:38 PM

  GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The WBRZ Investigative Unit, through its ABC News partnership, obtained crash video (WARNING) that’s part of the NTSB investigation into the collision between a semi and a church van that killed five kids from Louisiana earlier this year. The video shows the devastating moment a semi... more »

• Security changes coming to Disney World's Magic Kingdom

  March 29, 2017 11:36 AM

  ORLANDO – Visitors can expect more lines soon at Walt Disney World, but not where they would normally expect. According to WFTV, the Orlando theme park is adding security checkpoints outside the Transportation and Ticket Center to screen guests before they get on a monorail or ferry. There... more »