Altamonte Springs News Archives

The man accused of raping a woman on the side of Interstate 4 in Seminole County will stay behind bars.

A woman is hospitalized in critical condition after police say a man beat her. Early Saturday morning Altamonte Springs Police officers responded to a disturbance in the parking lot of Albertsons on E. Altamonte Drive.

A Lake Mary man who started out the morning as a good Samaritan is now in jail on rape charges.

Police today arrested a 33-year-old man, accused of stopping to help a young woman who was stranded on Interstate 4 then driving to a storage facility and raping her.

Altamonte Springs police say a woman was raped after she became ill and pulled her car over on I-4 Thursday.

Altamonte Springs Police are looking for a copper thief. Since the beginning of August 2009, there have been five incidents involving the theft of copper from traffic control devices located at 580 W. Franklin Ave.

Here's a scary thought during a season meant for spooking and not sweating: Temperatures in and around Orlando should approach record highs for Halloween .

The SunRail commuter train that would serve Central Florida likely will get a third shot at approval from the Legislature in December.

Apopka Police officers are searching for a man who attacked a taxi cab driver in the early morning hours of Friday.

"Beautiful Bobby" Blackmon performs Friday evening for the Altamonte Springs Friday Night Live series at the Eddie Rose Amphitheater in Cranes Roost Park from 7 - 9PM.

Another major condo high-rise has given up on buyers. The condos at Emerson Plaza, next to I-4 overlooking Cranes Roost in Altamonte Springs, carried a $500,000 price tag.

Members of a Seminole County family say they can't sleep in their own beds because every time they do, they're bitten by bed bugs.

Seminole County commissioners fired County Manager Cindy Coto on Tuesday, joining the growing ranks of governments that have shown their administrators the door in a difficult economic year.

I'm ticked off at people who eat in restaurants but can't make their rent/mortgage payment.

A recent appointee to the Ironwood Maine advisory council, Yvonne Stimac of Altamonte Springs, Florida, was honored for her community service and volunteerism by the Women's Executive Council, a social and charitable organization composed of women who are business owners and executives in a variety of occupations in the Orlando area.

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - A Familiar voice went back on the air this evening. "Good afternoon Im Shannon Burke welcome to the program." Those are the first words Shannon Buke has uttered on the radio in 6 months.

The only no-kill animal shelter in Seminole County will have a new home for the next year: the Oviedo Marketplace Mall.

State Sen. Lee Constantine , R-Altamonte Springs, has made it his mission to get the Wekiva Parkway built through Lake and Seminole Counties while protecting the basin that's the headwaters of the Wekiva River.

Perfect Margarita, Flautas and Flan at Emillano'z Mexican Restaurant in Altamonte Springs.

A South Florida private equity firm is launching a new $100 million health maintenance organization, with plans to open an Orlando office and hire 35 to 50 employees locally.

In Seminole County, the commission chairman can bang a gavel, but otherwise has the same authority as a regular commissioner.

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. The Institute of Internal Auditors has announced a new program offering working professionals and corporate partners an opportunity to influence the evolution of the internal audit profession while participating in a unique learning opportunity.