{"id":187091,"date":"2026-03-11T11:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187091\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:30:21","slug":"morning-briefing-central-florida-march-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187091\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Central Florida March 11 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Orlando registered 90 degrees on Tuesday, our first time to hit that mark this season so far; the average first 90 degree day for Orlando is typically April 1. We may do it again on Wednesday, rivaling the existing record of 91 last set in 1918.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get the full forecast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stay up to date on the forecast by\u00a0downloading the Spectrum News app<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Highs: Around 90\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lows: Mid-60s<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a00%<\/p>\n

Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Around Central Florida<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Orange County Public Schools unanimously voted to officially close 7 schools<\/a>
The Orange County Publics Schools unanimously voted to officially close seven schools throughout the district due to declining enrollment during a meeting on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Nelson out as Apopka mayoral race goes into April runoff<\/a>
The voters in Apopka\u00a0decided Tuesday that they are ready for a change in leadership, with Bryan Nelson out as mayor.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Universal Orlando announces return of Volcano Bay Nights for 2026<\/a>
Universal Orlando announced on Tuesday that its Volcano Bay Nights after-hours event will return for summer 2026.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Community reacts as crews begin removing Pulse nightclub sign in Orlando<\/a>
Major movement was underway Tuesday at the site of the former Pulse nightclub as the City of Orlando leads the effort to build a permanent memorial to honor the 49 lives lost.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Demolition of former Kmart, Big Lots paves way for new mixed-use development in Kissimmee<\/a>
Demolition is officially underway at the site of the former Kmart and Big Lots stores, located off of West Vine Street in Kissimmee.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation & World<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Watch Kilauea volcano’s 43rd episode<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Senate Democrats demand public hearings on Iran as questions about timeline, possible funding request<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Eyes turn to Cuba after Trump says ‘takeover’ could be friendly or unfriendly<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0New Mexico authorities search ranch formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day<\/p>\n

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Sharing a stage, Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred Monday over the many emergency orders the court has issued allowing President Donald Trump to move ahead with key parts of his agenda.<\/p>\n

The setting was extraordinary, a federal courtroom filled with legal luminaries, including the federal judge singled out by Trump after blocking part of the president’s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Orlando registered 90 degrees on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2126,139,141,140,275],"class_list":["post-187091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}