Mascotte News

Pat Klinger of Davis Elementary became Corresponding Secretary. n HUD approved the 20-acre site for the joint Groveland - Mascotte Recreation complex to be annexed into Mascotte.

One person is dead this morning after their car crossed a median and hit a garbage truck head on.

Please deposit any unwrapped, new toy at your nearest fire station, police office and other select locations.

Boy Scouts, their leaders and volunteers from FAITH all work to sort and load trucks with the 7,763 pounds of food collected during the Scouts' recent campaign.

Call 429-2141. n Mascotte City Council -- 6:30 p.m. second and fourth Mondays at the Mascotte Civic Center, Mascotte.

Some births may not appear in this listing because some hospitals are no longer releasing the names of newborns for publication.

Several weeks ago, this column featured the story of Shelby Kelley, a 15-year-old Mascotte girl who started Teens Save, a nonprofit organization dedicated simply to helping people in need.

For a while, it looked like the staff at Dundee Town Hall was falling apart, but Interim Town Manager Joe DeLegge has taken the first step in putting it back together.

Police in Mascotte are still looking for the suspects who witnesses said entered a home Friday night, interrupted a card game and shot two men.

MASCOTTE : Police say a man was killed and another was critically injured during an attack in a central Florida home where people were playing cards.

The office will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays The office phone number is 223-5211. McCain-Palin yard signs and bumperstickers are available.

The Leesburg Center for the Arts will present "Beast Feast 2008" from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the historic Mote-Morris House, 1195 W. Magnolia St.

This small south Lake County city, with barely 5,000 residents, wants to grow, but not in terms of more houses or people.

The entire Mascotte Elementary School student body with faculty display their school spirit by wearing colorful Mascotte Eagle T-shirts. Spirit Day is every Friday at Mascotte Elementary Charter School.

Dwayne Lageschulte was extradited from Indiana to the Lake County Jail on Thursday and charged with eight counts of sexual battery after police say he abused two high-school boys.

A 37-year-old man was extradited to the Lake County jail Thursday after being accused of having sexual relations with two juvenile males.

Gator Harley-Davidson , 1745 U.S. Highway 441, Leesburg, will host Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday.

Thieves broke into neighboring auto dealerships during the weekend and stole two tow trucks.

A disabled Central Florida man was seriously injured during a beating that appeared to be a hate crime.

Pictures will be available for purchase as well as refreshments. This will be a great festive family fun day and will help raise funds for the PTO.