Senior ministry hits the spot
South Lake church feeds the flock
ROXANNE BROWN
Staff Writer
CLERMONT--Volunteers at Clermont's South Lake Presbyterian Church are delighted to see that the new senior ministry they just launched about eight weeks ago is not only invoking smiles and new friendsh ...
Love triangle ends in shooting
MILLARD K. IVES
Staff Writer
A love triangle was behind a botched murder attempt by an estranged wife and her boyfriend to get rid of the husband, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday evening in the Lake County courthouse.
But the ...
Jobless rate jumps in Lake
BENJAMIN ROODE
Staff Writer
Lake County's unemployment rate shot up almost half a percentage point last month to 7.5 percent in October, according to figures from Workforce Central Florida.
It's a 15-year high in the number of jobless workers in the cou ...
Lake sales tax collections down
Reductions will have little impact on projects
BENJAMIN ROODE
Staff Writer
Lake County's sales tax revenues dropped slightly in the 2008 budget year, county figures show.
In the short term, reductions are small enough to make little impact on ...
Salvation Army looking at less cheery season
BENJAMIN ROODE
Staff Writer
Fabi Rada has never visited the Salvation Army for help before, she said.
She's donated clothes, food and even change to the red kettles so ubiquitously guarding mall and department store entrances during the holiday se ...
Minneola opens new water plant
ROXANNE BROWN
Staff Writer
MINNEOLA -- City Officials, staff and residents on Tuesday attended the dedication of Minneola's newest water plant.
The Sugarloaf Mountain Water Treatment Plant is the city's third and will service more than 2,200 homes i ...
How should Lake spend millions in grant money for foreclosures?
BENJAMIN ROODE
Staff Writer
Lake County would help buy and refurbish about 22 foreclosed homes with federal grant money, according to Lake's application plan for the grant.
County commissioners Tuesday put plans for ...
Cowin: No job has been more fulfilling
Outgoing schools superintendent proud of her legacy
DAVID DONALD
Staff Writer
TAVARES -- The Lake County school board is changing.
There are new board members and Susan Moxley is assuming the appointed superintendent position as an e ...
Lest we forget
BENJAMIN ROODE
Staff Writer
The grass near Spc. Cody Clark Grater is wet longer than most on plots at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. Grater's mother, Anita Lewis, can tell you a lot of minute details about the cemetery: How long it takes most flowers placed ...
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