{"id":235489,"date":"2026-04-17T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235489\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:11:09","slug":"orlando-april-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235489\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando \u2014 April 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

The warm and dry pattern we’ve been experiencing all week continues for another day as we find lots of sunshine for Friday with highs peaking in the mid- to upper 80s. Readings will climb even higher over the weekend, hovering around 90 degrees and rivaling existing record highs. Throughout the weekend we’ll see plenty of sun, but more clouds will be filling in by Sunday.<\/p>\n

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

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Highs: Mid- to Upper 80s<\/p>\n

Lows:\u00a0Low to 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.\u00a0Florida allows winter-grade gas sales for 90 days as fuel prices rise<\/a>
Florida leaders have issued an emergency order allowing the sale of winter-grade gasoline for 90 days beginning May 1 in an effort to provide relief as gas prices remain high across Florida.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Late-night SunRail services see positive turnout in Orlando<\/a>
More than 8,000 people have hopped on the late-night SunRail trains since the alternative routes started in December.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0More than 2,300 homes could be built in Palm Bay if city council approves<\/a>
More than 2,300 homes could be built in Palm Bay if city council members approve the Palm Vista Everlands West development.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Sumter County launches $750,000 Lake Panasoffkee flood study<\/a>
Sumter County and the Southwest Florida Water Management District are launching a $750,000 study of the outlet river watershed connected to Lake Panasoffkee to better map flood risks.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0U.S. military will target Iran-linked ships worldwide, broadening scope beyond blockade<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0House passes bill to protect Haitian immigrants, in slap back to the Trump administration<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to serve as CDC director<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Paramount Skydance CEO and chairman David Ellison made big promises to movie theater owners at CinemaCon on Thursday in Las Vegas. Ellison said he will guarantee 30 movie releases a year between Paramount and Warner Bros., and that he is committing to a 45-day exclusive theatrical window “starting today.”<\/p>\n

“Long live the movies,” Ellison said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner The warm and dry pattern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2126,139,141,140,275],"class_list":["post-235489","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\/235489","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=235489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}