About 50 educators were unable to cash $1,000 bonus checks they received from the state, Florida Department of Education officials acknowledged Friday. The state is working to correct the mistake, agency spokesman Brett Tubbs told the News Service of Florida in an email.…

Williams had drugs including fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in his system when he died Sept. 6 in Brooklyn.

For Orlando music fans with an ear inclined toward the heavy, today has been a downer. First the Rebel Rock Festival at the Fairgrounds was canceled mere hours before the gates were due to swing open on Friday afternoon, and now comes the news that industrial-metal godfathers Ministry have postponed their October Orlando show — and indeed the whole of their Industrial Strength Tour. Citing an "abundance of caution for the health and safety of the band, fans and venue staff" (translation: The pandemic is not over), the band released a statement today about the postponement. New 2022 dates for the tour were also announced on Friday: The Orlando show at Hard Rock Live, originally Oct. 21 (and before that, April of this year), will now happen March 23, 2022, with new openers the Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity. Tickets for the October show will be good towards the March 2022 date, or refunds are available for the point of purchase. – Stay on top of Central Florida news and views with our weekly newsletters, and consider supporting this free publication.…

Orange County is currently holding redistricting meetings. The goal of redistricting is to readjust the population between commission districts so that no Orange County Commissioner is representing su