Morning Notes for Oct. 31: Public safety, County, Around town

Weather: Today: Partly sunny then slight chance of rain showers, 84°F. Tonight: Chance of rain showers, 72°F. Sunday: Chance of showers and thunderstorms, 79°F. Sunday Night: Chance of showers and thunderstorms, 69°F. (NWS forecast)

Public safety

• Notice of Sheriff’s Sale: SILVER STAR RD IN THE COUNTY COURT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2025-CC-000741-O ASCENT GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC, Plaintiff, vs. PS FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC., Defendants, / NOTICE OF […] (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

County

• Orange County Utilities Secures AAA Bond Ratings, Retains Level of Excellence The water and wastewater system of Orange County Utilities was awarded the prestigious AAA ratings by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings for bonds issued in October 2026. These e (Orange County Government (Florida))

Around town

• Beyond the Scare: What Dark Tourism Teaches Us About Experience Design This Halloween, Rosen College Assistant Professor Brianna Wyatt explores how storytelling, visitor interactions and the experiences we create shape the way people engage with histo (University of Central Florida)
• Transfer Student, First-Generation Graduate Proves It’s Never Too Late to Aim High Robin Marquez ’26 didn’t let dropping out of college define him. Inspired by his interest in entomology, he got his second chance at UCF and now has his sights set on a doctoral de (University of Central Florida)
• Love Space? Join One of These UCF Student Organizations Whether you’re a novice stargazer or ready to help launch a rocket into space, there’s a group for you at America’s Space University. (University of Central Florida)
• UCF Astronomer Selected by NASA to Explore Virtual Super Telescope Concept Senior scientist Anish Roshi Damodaran received a $175,000 NASA award to investigate a virtual telescope concept that could reveal planet formation and the early universe in unprec (University of Central Florida)
• UCF Students, Emmy-Winning Professors Team Up to Give a Voice to the Dead From the graveyard to a podcasting studio, UCF legal studies and journalism students collaborated for a unique cross-disciplinary class project. (University of Central Florida) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Horizon West’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.