CLERMONT — Lake County sheriff's detectives arrested a Clermont man early today and seized $80,000 worth of cocaine after being alerted Thursday by the Louisiana State Police that a large quantity of cocaine was being delivered to Lake, authorities said. »
TAVARES — Lake County commissioners this afternoon voted down a rezoning that would have allowed the construction of a two-story Islamic center in south Lake. »
Leaders of the fledgling Islamic Center of Clermont, a small congregation of Muslims who want to build a mosque in south Lake County, dream of a two-story center for worship, spiritual study and cultural events. »
An 18-year-old Clermont man died late Friday after he lost control of a car on U.S. Highway 192 near Walt Disney World that went airborne and smashed into several objects before it landed in a retention pond. »
A 14-year-old Lake County boy is in critical condition after being struck by a motorcycle Friday morning. Brandon O'Bryan, of Minneola, was trying to cross County Road 561A near U.S. Highway 27 about 7:55 a.m. when he was struck, accoring to Florida Hi... »
A Kissimmee woman was falsely arrested in the case of a truant Clermont student because the woman had the same name and birth date as the girl's mother, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. »
CLERMONT — The attorney for a woman arrested for refusing to send her daughter to Windy Hill Middle School in Clermont — or any other school — from 2008 to 2010 says authorities have the wrong woman, cfnews13 reports. »
Former softball star reassigned to expand sports training programs Softball legend and two-time Olympic gold medalist Dot Richardson has been removed as director of the National Training Center in Clermont and reassigned to a role leading the sports tr... »
Florida Auctioneer Academy going strong after almost 30 years CLERMONT — The first day of class is usually more orientation than instruction. But by 10:30 a.m. at the Florida Auctioneer Academy, Gerald Jones was selling a flat-screen TV. »
MINNEOLA — Firefighter Robert Seigworth's job was precarious but something he's done dozens of times — use a 65-pound hydraulic power tool to cut the roof off a car to rescue accident victims. »
Twenty Red Lobsters throughout Central Florida have begun getting a new, more sophisticated style meant to evoke a coastal Maine village. The renovations should be done by spring, giving all of Central Florida's Red Lobsters a more polished look that i... »
A Four Corners-area liquor store owner and a group of bystanders chased and tackled a Clermont man when he tried to rob the business and held him until deputies arrived, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported Monday. »
MINNEOLA — After spending a horrific 42 months as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II, wasting away to nearly 90 pounds and being beaten within an inch of his life, you'd think Lee Wilson would have jumped at the chance to get his honorable ... »
Fish family was stolen during New Year's Eve burglaryWhen Kathy Odom arrived at her Clermont home from an out-of-town New Year's weekend trip she was sickened to find that Patches, Pepper, Eight Ball and Big Momma weren't in the pond where she left them. »
A Clermont police officer was fired this week after an internal investigation revealed that he falsely arrested a teenager on a drug charge and lied on the arrest report. »
