A crosswalk outside the former Pulse nightclub continues to sit at the center of a months-long, statewide controversy.

A judge in Orange County ordered that two men be released from jail on their own recognizance, about 24 hours after they were arrested for using chalk to cover the crosswalk outside the site of the former Pulse Nightclub.

Months after a scheduled groundbreaking at Brownie Wise Park in Kissimmee, construction on the Wings of the Rainbow — an artistic tribute to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting — has not started, leaving survivors and community members asking what happened to the long-promised project.

Zane Aparicio, who goes by Cait Aldebrandt, returned to the Pulse crosswalk area in Orlando on Sunday to support the LGBTQ community despite being attacked the day before and facing threats of violence against protesters.

Orlando police on Saturday evening said they are investigating an incident near the Pulse nightclub after a man said he was punched and kicked in the face.

The city of Orlando has formally filed a request to exempt the Pulse crosswalk from a slew of traffic devices that the Florida Department of Transportation ordered to be removed.

Lately, viewers have been asking what happened to all the money that was spent on the original Pulse memorial? News 6 has covered this story from the beginning, and using previous reporting and tax filings for the now-dissolved organization that originally handled the project, we can break it down for you.

After years of waiting, Orlando city leaders are expected to vote on a funding deal to permanently honor the 49 lives taken in the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting.

Another protester at the crosswalk near the Pulse nightclub site was detained by the Florida Highway Patrol Tuesday, but this time there was no arrest.

Another protester at the crosswalk near the Pulse nightclub site was detained by the Florida Highway Patrol Tuesday, but this time there was no arrest.

City leaders from Delray Beach made the nearly 200-mile trip to Central Florida on Tuesday for a hearing with the Florida Department of Transportation over the agency’s request to remove a rainbow pride mural.

At the crosswalk outside the former Pulse Nightclub — where a man was arrested after allegedly leaving chalky footprints while crossing the street — more signs that were left overnight suggest it’s now prohibited to use chalk on the sidewalk, too.

Law enforcement officers had to clear the area around the Pulse memorial in Orlando Monday because an unknown package was found on the property. It turned out to be a box of chalk.

The removal of a rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse Nightclub has sparked significant public outcry and has brought attention to the fate of other pieces of street art across Orlando.

As the backlash deepens in response to the Florida Department of Transportation’s removal of the rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse Memorial, News 6 has learned that the department has identified nearly 20 other pavement markings that need to be removed.

Nearly a decade after 49 lives were taken in the Pulse nightclub shooting, the City of Orlando is expected to take two major steps toward finally building a permanent memorial at the site.

Orlando city council members are just one vote away from choosing the company that will build the new Pulse memorial.

Tucked into the Florida budget that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed this week was $394,421 for the Pulse National Memorial. Since the budget allocation survived DeSantis’ line-item veto, that money will now go to the city of Orlando, which is getting close to construction on a permanent memorial to the 49 people killed in the 2016 shooting.

Inside the front entrance of Pulse Nightclub, a cash register still sits on a counter. Before June 12, 2016, an employee presumably would have used it when accepting a guest’s cover fee.

After their respective opportunities to go inside Pulse Nightclub on Thursday, victims’ families and survivors boarded a bus to return to the hotel where they began the day.

An Orlando Health trauma surgeon, who worked the morning of June 12, 2016, returns to the site of the Pulse nightclub.

Community members and city officials are honoring the lives of 49 people that were taken nine years ago in a mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub.

For the first time in nine years, family members of victims and survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre began walking through the site where 49 people were killed.

A memorial for the 49 people killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting.

When the families of the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting finally enter the building, they won’t see any furniture. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer says the walls inside are black, as is the floor, but that the space still evokes memories.

As the community marks nine years since the Pulse nightclub attack, the families of the 49 victims and survivors are preparing to be allowed inside the site of the massacre for the first time.

Nearly nine years after the deadly shooting at Pulse nightclub, families of the victims and survivors are preparing to walk through the building one final time before its planned demolition.

This week, the city of Orlando is remembering the lives lost while preparing to create a memorial at the site of Pulse nightclub.

About nine years after 49 lives were lost in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, the future site of the Pulse memorial remains empty, marked only by a fence and a sign.

As plans for a permanent memorial for the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub tragedy move forward, victims’ families and survivors will soon be allowed to visit the site.

The city of Orlando is seeking $5 million from Orange County to help make the long-delayed Pulse memorial to honor the lives of 49 people killed in 2016.

The city of Orlando is taking its next step in constructing a permanent Pulse Memorial.

Rep. Anna Eskamani put in a budget request for $394,321 for the city of Orlando's Pulse Memorial. That's the same amount of money that was returned when the previous group dissolved last year.

The future of the Pulse memorial site is now in the hands of the Orlando City Council after the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee finalized its recommended design.

An advisory committee will vote on a final plan of what a permanent memorial for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub massacre could look like.

It's the last day to submit feedback on the proposed design of a permanent memorial at the site of the Pulse shooting.

After several meetings, the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee is moving forward with a potential design for the Pulse nightclub site.

The advisory committee that will decide on the Orlando Pulse memorial got a look at the three design plans for the site and shared their views. Now, the public has a chance too.

On Thursday, architects presented three design options for the memorial, prompting a discussion on whether to preserve parts of the building or demolish it entirely.

Members of the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee, along with families of the victims, gathered Wednesday to discuss the findings of a recent questionnaire about the proposed memorial design.

The owners of the Pulse nightclub will not face involuntary manslaughter charges related to the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49 people and wounded 53, according to Orlando police records.

Attorneys representing the owners of the Pulse nightclub are asking a judge to dismiss a portion of a negligence lawsuit that's dragged on for years.

The Pulse Advisory Committee met again Wednesday evening to push the conversation forward about the future Pulse Memorial.

The new Pulse Advisory Committee met for the first time Wednesday afternoon in the Kia Center. It's the first step on the journey to creating the long-awaited Pulse Memorial.

The new Pulse Advisory Committee will have its first meeting on Wednesday — the first step on the road to building a permanent memorial to honor the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting.

As the city of Orlando moves forward with efforts to create a permanent memorial for victims of the Pulse shooting in 2016, survivors and family members of the victims have long waited for a permanent memorial.

In the early morning of June 12, 2016, a gunman stormed the Pulse Nightclub, killing 49 people, physically injuring 53 others and psychologically wounding countless others. Since then, the community, former nightclub owner Barbara Poma, the City of Orlando, Orange County and the now-dissolved OnePulse Foundation have all grappled with how to remember those lost and honor the survivors.

The city of Orlando announced the selected members of an advisory committee who will help make reality a permanent memorial for victims of the Pulse shooting in 2016.

Families of the victims from the tragic Pulse nightclub shooting were left in tears Wednesday afternoon after getting a first look at Osceola County’s plan to honor their loved ones with a 49-foot monument call a “Wings of the Rainbow.”

On June 12, 2016, multiple victims came to ORMC in need of care, the only Level 1 trauma center in the area that happened to be just a few blocks away. All 35 victims who made it to the operating room survived.

Oneblood is holding an annual blood drive outside Orlando City Hall Wednesday.

Orlando hosted a memorial event on Wednesday for the 49 lives that were taken during the tragic Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016.

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The city of Orlando is forming an advisory committee to help create the city’s permanent memorial to the victims of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting, and you can apply to be a member.

Pride month is just weeks away, with several events on the schedule expected to draw thousands of people.

Over the weekend plans were revealed for a Pulse memorial in Osceola County, but some of those plans have since changed.

Osceola County officials confirmed on Saturday that they plan to break ground on a Pulse Memorial of their own next month.

Pop star Madonna took time out during her concert in Miami on Tuesday to honor the victims and survivors of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando – a moment that brought her to tears on stage.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced a plan to use a noted communications expert to facilitate input from the families and survivors of the 2016 Pulse attack in the development of a permanent Pulse memorial.

Almost two and a half years after a fire damaged the temporary memorial outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the man accused of sparking it has been found incompetent to stand trial, Orange County court records show

The Orlando mayor penned a letter sent to families of Pulse victims and survivors to ask for their input on a permanent memorial the city is planning.

Pictures showed graffiti-type defacement on the Pulse sign, near messages written by supporters of the victims.

The foundation created to build a memorial to honor the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting was insolvent and unable to pay its creditors before dissolving.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced he “would like to ensure” that a permanent memorial to the Pulse nightclub shooting is in place by the 10-year remembrance of the tragedy.

A civil lawsuit filed by more than a dozen survivors and family members of victims killed at Parkland want a jury to prove that a former Broward school resource officer failed to save lives during the shooting.

The city of Orlando is taking its first steps toward a memorial for the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, according to the final letter from onePULSE Foundation.

Two weeks after the onePulse Foundation Board of Directors voted to dissolve the nonprofit organization, the head of a charity watchdog organization says donors stand little chance of being reimbursed.

Orange County leaders got an explanation of what went wrong with onePulse Foundation during Tuesday’s commission meeting, but an investigation into the organization’s finances may take some time.

The board of directors for the onePulse Foundation, whose mission was to build a memorial and museum honoring the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, voted late Tuesday to dissolve the organization.

Seven-and-a-half years after a gunman claimed the lives of 49 people inside the Pulse Nightclub, the City of Orlando pick up the work to create a permanent memorial for grieving families and the community.

For the past seven years, Orlando Police Officer Rick Fink has relived his experiences being one of the first on scene at the Pulse Nightclub massacre.

As the city of Orlando moves forward developing plans for a permanent memorial at the site of the Pulse Nightclub, some are asking if the nightclub building should be included.

onePulse Foundation Executive Director Deborah Bowie has resigned from the organization, according to officials with the City of Orlando.

Nearly one week ago the onePulse Foundation announced they were scrapping plans for a proposed museum project and returning the property to Orange County.

The onePulse Foundation on Friday announced it was no longer planning to build a museum to honor the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, and will give the land back to Orange County.

The Orlando City Council will buy the Pulse nightclub property with plans to build a memorial to the victims of the 2016 shooting.

After seven years of waiting for a permanent way to honor the 49 people who died in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016, the city of Orlando plans to step in and take control of the property.

Some of those who survived mass shootings have made it their mission to stop another violent incident from happening.

The Pulse Nightclub property, the site of one of the country’s worst mass shootings, has been sold to the city of Orlando, News 6 has confirmed.

Pulse Nightclub owner Barbara Poma said she has started paying the vendors at the nightclub site after her split from the onePulse Foundation.

More than seven years after a mass shooting that changed Central Florida, the community is still waiting for a permanent memorial to remember the 49 people who were killed at the Pulse Nightclub.

Changes could be coming to the site of the Pulse Nightclub interim memorial next week as the onePulse Foundation plans to stop paying for daily operations.

The onePulse Foundation mapped out a new path forward in a letter sent to families of survivors and victims on Monday, but Pulse Nightclub owner Barbara Poma took issue with part of what was written.

The onePulse foundation was created following the Pulse Nightclub shooting to provide resources for the community and establish a memorial site to honor the victims. More than seven years later, that memorial has yet to be built.

A packed crowd looked to get results as local non-profits and organizations banned together to provide community resources to further the conversation of ending the stigma surrounding the HIV epidemic.

The onePULSE Foundation announced Thursday it will not renew the lease for the nightclub property, which hosts the memorial site for those killed in the shooting on June 12, 2016.

A gun violence prevention activist group spending the summer touring the country made a stop at the Pulse Memorial on Monday.

As many across Orlando remember and honor the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting and their loved ones, artists are taking their story and turning it into a moving message with a mural.

A family and survivor-focused ceremony was held Monday evening inside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts to honor those impacted by the Pulse nightclub shooting that took 49 lives on June 12, 2016.

Hundreds of people turned out to the site of Pulse Nightclub on Monday to mark seven years since a gunman took 49 lives and physically wounded 53 others.

Today marks seven years since the deadly mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

A blood drive happening right now in Orlando honors the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting and also remembers how the Orlando community came together seven years ago.

People from across Central Florida are visiting the interim Pulse Memorial to mark seven years since the mass shooting that took 49 lives.

People stopped by the interim Pulse Memorial on Sunday to pay respects and honor those who lost their lives just hours before the first shots were fired, seven years ago.

The colorful collection of ribbons was made by a group in Provincetown, Massachusetts back in 2016 and continues to be a part of Orlando's memorials.

Deborah Bowie, appointed executive director of onePULSE Foundation in 2022, told News 6 about the changes needed to original plans for the memorial site of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting.

A group of activists calling for a federal assault weapons ban spoke in front of the Pulse nightclub on Wednesday evening.

Mothers of Pulse nightclub victims and survivors of the June 2016 mass shooting gathered for a news conference Sunday afternoon in Orlando, criticizing Barbara Poma and one Pulse foundation’s handling of the property.

The onePULSE Foundation announced the National Pulse Memorial will be built on a different site after it was unable to reach an agreement with founder Barbara Poma and associates for the donation of the nightclub property.

The founder of the organization established after the 2016 Pulse nightclub tragedy to create a memorial to the victims has stepped down.