Leesburg News

A white-bearded Florida man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, a highlight of a festival celebrating Hemingway's birthday that ended Sunday honoring the late Nobel Prize-winning author.

A white-bearded Florida man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, a highlight of a festival celebrating Hemingway's birthday that ended Sunday honoring the late Nobel Prize-winning author.

Realtor Tom Grizzard earned a new nickname during the weekend: Papa. The Leesburg native is basking in the glory of being named "Papa" Hemingway 2008 in a look-alike contest Saturday in Key West , a favorite ...

A familiar face will become a daily presence in Leesburg Town Hall, as Barbara Notar has accepted a position as the town's new deputy town attorney.

A new boutique, Just Pearls Inc, recently opened in Leesburg, Florida. The boutique offers a wide selection of fresh water and Akoya pearls set in earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and ensembles.

Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 4335 will host its inaugural Red Neck Yacht Club boat poker float Aug.

In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Tom Grizzard, front, of Leesburg, Fla., is congratulated by previous winners after he won the 2008 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar ...

Dr. Isaac Deas will again present his "Lily of the Valley" Women's Conference on empowering mind, body and spirit 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug.

City officials Friday eliminated a number of employee positions in an effort to cut costs.

A private investigator ditches the vagaries of that life for a career in the radio booth - touting a genre from the past.

A Leesburg woman was jailed during the weekend after investigators charged her with child neglect.

Teens and preteens 12 to 18 can compete to create edible concoctions at the Teen Iron Chef competition at 2 p.m. July 22 at Leesburg Public Library, 100 E. Main St.

A century ago, pearls were rare because they had to be searched for within shellfish called mollusks.

Racism, segregation and poverty were a few of the hardships this city's black pioneers faced.

Deputies and police officers executed a search warrant at the Leesburg home of a victim of a Tuesday car crash.

Bring the family out for an afternoon fundraiser Saturday to benefit the American Cancer Society's Apopka Cancer Resource Center, which services the tri-county area of Lake, Orange and Seminole.

Police want residents in Leesburg and its vicinity to secure outdoor trash and foods, while a black bear roams the area.

Police said this week they are still investigating a crash that killed a Lake County man after his motorcycle collided with a Dodge Durango on U.S. Highway 441 near Kinne Pearce Road.

Virginia Bell Parker died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at The Edgewater of Waterman Village, Mount Dora after a long illness.

LakeXpress, a Lake County bus line, added a new route through Mount Dora on Tuesday, offering free rides until Aug.