{"id":241649,"date":"2026-04-22T10:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241649\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:49:25","slug":"orlando-april-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241649\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando \u2014 April 22, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>More clouds will fill in for Wednesday but some partial sunshine will still be in the mix. While much of the day will be dry, we can&#8217;t rule out an isolated shower. Highs will be in the upper 70s along the coast to low 80s inland.<\/p>\n<p>High pressure is here to stay through the rest of the week, enabling our warm and dry pattern to stick around with very low rain chances appearing in the extended forecast. Throughout this stretch the fire danger will be elevated without much meaningful rain despite any isolated showers.<\/p>\n<p>Stay up to date on the forecast by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">downloading the Spectrum News app<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Partly_Cloudy_day-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Highs: Low 80s<\/p>\n<p>Lows:\u00a0Upper 50s to Low 60s<\/p>\n<p>Rain Coverage:\u00a010%<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/weatherphotos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around Central Florida<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/orange-county-buys-355-acres-to-create-buffer-zone-against-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orange County buys 355 acres to create buffer zone against development<\/a><br \/>It\u2019s a big investment in preservation. Orange County is buying more than 350 acres of environmentally sensitive land in southwest Orange County, spending millions to create a protected wildlife corridor northwest of Disney World.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/kissimmee-leaders-face-criticism-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kissimmee Commission votes to investigate ethics complaints involving city commissioner and mayor<\/a><br \/>The Kissimmee city commission voted to move forward with two complaints during their meeting Tuesday. Both complaints allege conflicts of interest against Mayor Jackie Espinosa and Commissioner Janette Martinez, city commission seat four, yet both complaints derive from separate situations.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/orange-commissioners-reviewing-federal-agreement-with-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orange County commissioners vote to change federal agreement with ICE<\/a><br \/>Orange County commissioners on Tuesday voted to adjust the county&#8217;s agreement with Immigration and Customers Enforcement on holding detainees.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/uthmeier-opens-criminal-investigation-into-openai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Uthmeier opens criminal investigation into OpenAI<\/a><br \/>Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier\u00a0announced Tuesday\u00a0that has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/international\/2026\/04\/21\/united-states-iran-pakistan-negotiations-talks-war-israel-lebanon-strait-hormuz-oil-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump says U.S. will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan&#8217;s request<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/politics\/2026\/04\/21\/kevin-warsh-confirmation-hearing-trump-overnight-banking-rate-fomc-jerome-powell-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In confirmation hearing, Fed chair nominee Warsh says Trump has not demanded interest rate cuts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/politics\/2026\/04\/21\/dhs-funding-reconciliation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Republicans to push DHS funding reconciliation in the coming days<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/politics\/2026\/04\/21\/gop--dems-say-there-s-a-culture-problem-in-congress---we-have-to-do-better-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;We have to do better&#8217;: Republicans, Democrats say there&#8217;s a culture problem in Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quote of the Day<br \/>\n<a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/us\/snplus\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/john-ternus-new-apple-ceo-spotlight-ai-race-tim-cook-stepping-down?cid=id-app15_m-share_s-web_cmp-app_launch_august2020_c-producer_posts_po-organic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/n13applecard.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-url=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/us\/snplus\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/john-ternus-new-apple-ceo-spotlight-ai-race-tim-cook-stepping-down?cid=id-app15_m-share_s-web_cmp-app_launch_august2020_c-producer_posts_po-organic\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker&#8217;s hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile.<\/p>\n<p>Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion, tech colossus during his 15-year reign after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today. 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