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Recall effort against Sanford Commissioner Wiggins fails for lack of signatures
The effort by a group of Sanford residents to oust Commissioner Kerry Wiggins has failed after falling short in collecting the required number of signatures in a petition drive, a city official said Tuesday. The Seminole Supervisor of Elections Office informed City Clerk Traci Houchin on Monday that the group, Concerned Citizens Task Force, submitted a petition with only 844 valid and ...
Central Florida leaders meet with Puerto Rican representatives, to discuss Hurricane Maria Recovery
Representatives with the Government of Puerto Rico met with Central Florida leaders at Orlando City Hall Wednesday to discuss reconstruction efforts on the island.
SUV driven by Orlando woman kills pedestrian walking across I-4 near Plant City, FHP says
PLANT CITY, Fla. – A pedestrian was struck and killed by an SUV driven by an Orlando woman Tuesday night on Interstate 4 near Plant City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal crash occurred around 8:40 p.m., in eastbound lanes east of Branch Forbes Road, as the...
Varsity Weekly: Seminole lands new AD; Florida Dairy Farmers’ winners; FHSAA rankings
Woody Cox realized his dream of becoming a head football coach more than a year ago when he landed that position at Colonial High School. On Monday, he returns to Sanford Seminole as the school’s new athletic director. “You dream for so long of becoming a head coach, and you get that dream, but then all of a sudden this pops up,” Cox told the Orlando Sentinel. “It fits more in line with what’s ...
Florida woman accused of fracturing another woman's hip during attack over service dog at Goodwill store
CASSELBERRY, Fla. - A 77-year-old woman is behind bars after allegedly attacking another woman for having her service dog inside a Florida Goodwill store, police said. Jaqueline James, 77, is facing an aggravated battery charge following an incident that happened inside a Casselberry Goodwill store. On Tuesday, a woman told...
Police: Arrest made in 2020 murder case of Ocoee High School football player
ORLANDO, Fla. — On Wednesday, the Orlando Police Department announced an arrest was made in connection to the murder of asenior Ocoee High football player in 2020. Dexter Rentz was a promising 18-year-old athlete with a scholarship to play college football at the University of Louisville. But on April...
Man driving for 13 years without license arrested in restaurant parking lot
A man who admitted he has been driving for 13 years without a license was arrested after a traffic stop in a restaurant parking lot in The Villages. Roy Lester Brophy, 56, of Deland, was pulled over at about 6:30 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of Chili’s on Avenida Central after an officer ran the vehicle’s license plate and discovered the vehicle’s registered owner does not have a valid driver’s license, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
DeSantis Speaks Out on Disney Settlement, Lawsuits: “Not One of Them Has Succeeded”
Governor Ron DeSantis has a lot to say about the abrupt legal settlement between his Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) board of supervisors and the Walt Disney Company, but mainly, he knew he was going to win. Of course, it can (and will) be debated whether the settlement between...
90-year-old Korean War veteran arrested in Deltona for molesting 2 children
A 90-year-old Korean War veteran from Deltona was arrested Monday and accused of inappropriately touching and trying to kiss two small girls in a backyard shed, investigators with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. Jose Vega Alicea was in the Volusia County Branch Jail on Tuesday on $100,000 bail. He...
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