Makenzie Whitaker, who wasn’t expected to live past the age of 6, is using her degree to write a series of children’s books with an emphasis on childhood diseases. She had a kidney transplant when she was 7.

The group of instructors and cadets earned the recognition for a 14th consecutive year.

To The Venardos Circus: On behalf of the West Orange community, thank you for bringing your beautiful show to us.

Law-enforcement officers in Ocoee caught a woman driving a vehicle reported stolen. In Oakland, officers pulled over a driver swerving all over the roadway.

A home in the town of Windermere topped all West Orange-area residential real-estate transactions from April 18 to 26.

A statue of Tuskegee Airman Richard Hall Jr. has been fixed thanks to artist Rigoberto Torres and donations from the community.