Students know about the importance of attendance. Now, a select group of Lake County school kids will help share the value of being counted with the entire county.

At Monday night's School Board meeting, seven students were honored for their winning entries in the Lake County Complete Count Committee's poster design contest.

"The committee tries to create awareness about the census throu ...

CLERMONT -- The New Beginnings Organization, a faith-based program, provides shelter for homeless men, women and children and helps them recover.

New Beginnings is reaching out to the community with a two-fold opportunity -- to get a sneak peak at a movie predicted to be a hit in the Christian community and give back to the people the organization helps.

"The community will be in awe," New ...

CLERMONT -- The doors to the Green Isle Children's Ranch--a faith-based outreach program dedicated to turning the lives of at-risk boys and their families around--were officially closed this week.

The closure comes after years of internal turmoil and many attempts to get the program back on track amidst financial and managerial problems, to no avail.

The Green Isle Foundation/Children's Ra ...

MINNEOLA -- Six employees were laid off Thursday and one more will see the same fate today after staff, as directed by council, was told to find a way to fix a $500,000 shortfall in 2011's budget.

A staff member involved in the process said there was nowhere else to cut since councilors specified they find the half-million dollar savings without touching services or raising taxes for resident ...