Clermont News

A Clermont man has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for trying to elude arrest while a Lake County deputy was halfway inside his car, authorities said.

When his house ignited April 2, the stucco worker was caught in a fight between a city fire department trying to make a political point and a county fire department whose territory stretches farther than its budget.

Despite unceasing pain from neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer he battled for four years, Joey managed to summon strength every day to lift the spirits of his family, friends and caregivers.

Clermont police are investigating a woman's complaint that she was videotaped while naked in a tanning booth by a man in the room next to her.

But the Eustis and Mount Dora police chiefs said the numbers in the audit don't add up.

They are two young Central Florida women united by parallel tragedies: About nine months apart, their fathers were hit and killed while lawfully, cautiously riding their bicycles.

A local comic shop in Clermont, Fla. celebrated the Klingon Muar'tek Festival at Heroes Landing on May 11 and owner Todd Merrick hosted the event in celebration for the up and coming new sequel " Star Trek Into Darkness ". Local leading Klingon warriors, Diane and Kim Krummel, launched the festivities with the cutting of the Klingon/Federation ... (more)

Parents and caregivers of children with special needs can now get a free break, thanks to a new kids program at First Presbyterian Church of Eustis through a partnership with Nathaniel's Hope, an Orlando-based outreach organization.

Our CNN Fit Nation "6-Pack" was at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida, this week for a halfway training trip.

Clermont police report at least five homes in newer subdivisions across the city have been burglarized through decorative windows near front doors.

This week the CNN Fit Nation "6-Pack" is together in Clermont, Florida. Will Cleveland , Stacy Mantooth , Tabitha McMahon , Annette Miller , Douglas Mogle and Rae Timme are training to race the 2013 Nautica Malibu Triathlon on September 8 alongside CNN's Dr.

An accident in Lake County killed one man and injured a passenger Friday afternoon according to the Florida Highway Patrol .

Area law-enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel will be honored during the annual Public Safety Appreciation Day service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Grace Bible Baptist Church, Leesburg.

Transportation officials plan to monitor the weather after torrential rainfall this week caused a mudslide that sent up to 3 feet of sludge into a duplex on Sunnyside Drive.

Crews are back in Clermont cleaning up a mudslide that burst through a home Tuesday night, bringing more than 3 feet of sludge into the duplex.

CHEMICALS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING, BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, ERIC. DEVELOPING TONIGHT, A LOCAL HOME IS FILLED WITH MUD AFTER LAST NIGHT'S RAINS TRIGGERED A GIGANTIC MUDSLIDE.

Dunkin' Donuts , America's favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, will celebrate the grand opening of its restaurant in Clermont at 17330 Highway 50 on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. To commemorate the grand opening, the restaurant will celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11a.m. with Lake County Commissioner ... (more)

A mudslide has damaged several rooms in a home in Clermont, Florida. Wesh.com reports pictures from inside the home showed mud in a bathroom, dining room and bedroom and was as high as four-feet deep in places.

A Clermont woman has reported a mudslide at her home, as more rain is expected to hit Central Florida Wednesday afternoon.

A friend found Bobbie's mother abandoned at a rest stop. He kept telling me about seeing her there.