🌱 Too Much Sauce Closes Down + Breeze Airways Orlando Connection

Hello and happy Monday! I'm back in your inbox this morning with all the most important things happening in Orlando. Without further ado...

First, today's weather:

A stray afternoon t-storm. High: 92 Low: 75.

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Here are the top five stories in Orlando today:

1. Too Much Sauce, a restaurant on Mills Avenue in Orlando, announced its immediate and permanent closure on Sunday. Management blamed a flexible yet non-agreeable lease and COVID-19 impacting crucial team members. (Click Orlando)

2. The deadline to apply for rental assistance in Orlando is Friday, July 1. The U.S. Department of the Treasury awarded the city of Orlando $6.8 million in COVID-19 Relief Funds and the funds are to be disbursed. City leaders say priority will be given to households with less than 50% of the area median income. (WESH)

3. Breeze Airways has launched in Orlando and is offering daily non-stop flights to and from Charleston, South Carolina. Orlando is the 20th nonstop destination Breeze offers from Charleston and flights will be as cheap as $39 one way. (WFTV)

4. A 55-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man were pronounced dead Saturday morning after being found by deputies responding to a shooting call at a resort on I-Drive, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies identified the woman as Kim Freeman Bailey, 55, and the man as Troy Adolphus Bailey, 61. (Click Orlando)

5. A suspect believed to be holding two women hostage was fatally shot by deputies following a chase that spanned three counties. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that a woman on Saturday night was shot and kidnapped in Osceola County. The suspect was pursued by police into Indian River County and then Brevard County with the wounded woman and another woman in his car. (Subscription: Orlando Sentinel)

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Today in Orlando:

• Exhibit - Chris Robb: "Physical Currency" at Orlando City Hall - Terrace Gallery (8 a.m.)
• Kids 3-day Spring Camp at Publix Aprons Cooking School At The Marketplace At Dr. Phillips. (10 a.m.)
• Malbec Mondays at The Falcon Bar & Gallery. (5 p.m.)
• Diversitastic! Dining: Fusion Cooking Contest. (7 p.m.)
• GAY GAY GAY: A Pandering Cabaret! at The Abbey. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The National Transportation Safety Board says a woman from Winter Garden, Florida, was among those killed in a deadly helicopter crash on June 22 in Logan, WV. (WESH)
• A 31-year-old Orlando man riding a bicycle was killed Sunday morning when he was struck by a car on State Road 559 near Auburndale, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. (Click Orlando)
• Florida prosecutors have decided not to file criminal charges against two former Lowell corrections officers after a female inmate was left paralyzed while at the prison. The civil suit was settled for $4 million in 2020. (Fox 35)
• Walt Disney World celebrated the opening of a new resort vacation club on Sunday. It is an expansion of The Villas at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. (WFTV)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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