Lake-Monroe News

After six years of uncertainty, a new Midway Elementary School in Seminole County is up and set to open after the holiday break.

It was a holiday travel nightmare for some people aboard an Amtrak train on Wednesday.

Police in Sanford are looking for three armed men who held two women at gunpoint during a home invasion.

Collegiate bass fishing is coming to Lake Monroe near Orlando Nov. 21-23. The National Guard FLW College Fishing Southeast Regional Championship will be hosted by Central Florida.

A family of six was homeless after a fire left their home uninhabitable, authorities said Saturday.

Sanford Police are investigating a dead body found floating in Lake Monroe early Saturday.

BEVERLY FLEMING/St. Johns Sun This historical marker located across from Alpine Groves Park tells the story of Francis Philip Fatio.

I'm ticked off that there are so many home invasions in our communities. We should not have to live in fear.

Friday marked the two-year anniversary of a fatal plane crash in a Sanford neighborhood.

When disaster strikes, amateur radio operators are often the first to provide information and observations to responders.

Two sunken sailboats in Lake Monroe, near the Sanford Riverwalk have been a source of frustration for city leaders.

It's midsummer, and the temperature and humidity are both hovering in the 90s. Here in Central Florida, we experience the opposite of cabin fever, holed up in our air-conditioned caves, dreaming of the few cool months when being outdoors isn't a brutally challenging battle against heat and mosquitoes.

The city better keep ribbons and scissors handy--several big ticket projects debut this month.