Lake Panasoffkee News

How long are mothers and fathers going to put up with sexual predators abducting, molesting and even murdering our children? Let's take a lesson from the Middle East where males were castrated to stop their sex drive, thus they were able to be around women in the harem.

Descendants of those buried in a historic Sumter County African American cemetery can claim victory.

When Willie and Birdie Mitchell heard that a small black cemetery near their Lake Panasoffkee home was going to be relocated so the land could be sold for industrial use, they rallied their friends to protest.

Sumter County officials have plans to remove and relocate graves from what is likely a historic black cemetery in Lake Panasoffkee that could date back to before the Second Seminole War.

Development pressure, citrus canker and hurricanes were already putting the squeeze on Florida's almost $10 billion citrus industry.

The Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board Tuesday adopted its proposed fiscal year 2010 millage rates for the General Fund and the seven Basin Boards.

The Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board Tuesday adopted its proposed fiscal year 2010 millage rates for the General Fund and the seven Basin Boards.

The Sumter County Commission recently held a session on cleaning the Lake Panasoffkee canals.

Thirty-nine years ago Steve Starnes played football on the same team as Al Cowlings and O.J. Simpson as the fifth round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills as a linebacker out of the University of Tampa.

The Mount Dora Theatre Company will conduct its annual Cubie awards ceremony Saturday at the IceHouse Theatre , 1100 N. Unser St.

A Lake Panasoffkee family is mourning the loss of a 16-year-old boy who died after participating in a "boxing match" with another teen at the local park.

A Clearwater woman died in a morning crash in Sumter County. Gloria Byers, 61, died in a crash at County Roads 475 and 314 in Bushnell, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Sumter County Sheriff's officials have identified a couple shot during an argument at a cookout Monday evening, a shooting that resulted in one death.

Lake Panasoffkee - An Indiana man was arrested and charged with first degree murder in a Sumter County shooting Monday that left one man dead and a woman injured, authorities say.

A 53-year-old man faces burglary and theft charges after multiple Inverness and Crystal River restaurant break-ins during the past few months.

The Lake County Parks and Trails Division will have an Earth Day celebration from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Palatlakaha Environmental and Agricultural Reserve, or PEAR Park, 5336 University Ave., Leesburg .