Central Floridian of the Year

Desmond Meade selected as Orlando Sentinel’s Central Floridian of the Year

November 14, 2023 at 3:31 p.m.

Orlando lawyer Desmond Meade inspired a movement aimed at restoring voting rights to as many...

November 14, 2023 at 3:34 p.m.

In years past we’ve honored environmentalists, academics, scientists, firefighters, doctors and do-gooders of every stripe....

November 14, 2023 at 3:38 p.m.

Dave Green was a hotshot sales manager for a tech firm in downtown Orlando —...

November 14, 2023 at 3:39 p.m.

Jacqueline Dowd Jacqueline Dowd: A former law professor and assistant attorney general for Florida, she...

November 14, 2023 at 3:47 p.m.

For this team, it's not easy to talk about what happened inside the hospital that...

November 14, 2023 at 3:42 p.m.

Few Central Floridians will ever forget 2016. Orlando became the site of the worst mass...

November 14, 2023 at 3:43 p.m.

Andrae Bailey hates the starfish story. You've likely heard it before. An old man comes...