Leesburg News

Superior Visibility! 360+/- feet of US 441 frontage, 300+/- feet on Ice Cream Rd and 335+/- feet on 3rd Street.

A retired Tavares police officer who applied for a vacant lieutenant's position with the town last June said he didn't get the job because of age discrimination.

Are you looking for practical job skills that can help you find work or advance in your present position during troubled economic times? If so, please consider signing up for one or more of three practical course offerings on the Leesburg Campus of Lake-Sumter Community College during the upcoming spring semester that begins January 6, 2010.

As water withdrawals threaten Florida's underground water supply, the state has been pushing local governments to find alternative sources of water for residential and commercial users.

Energy can be a child's greatest asset. Their seemingly boundless supply can be a positive force in the classroom, but experts say too many kids are left with negative ways to direct that energy once they leave school grounds.

When darkness finally sets the proper mood, trick-or-treaters will embark upon tonight's sugar quest.

C.T. Hsu + Associates Inc. landed a contract last month to design a new 5,000-square-foot Yalaha Community Center in Lake County.

One thing that won't be missing in stores this week is candy. Happy Halloween ! Found Ruth says Zwieback is called crispbread.

A deadly motorcycle accident in Lake County has the Florida Highway Patrol investigating if any charges should be filed.

The flight that ended in the death of former Lake County School Board member Scott Strong began as a favor for an aviation buddy.

The recent arrest of Dr. Akram Ismail in Leesburg, Florida, for offering to pay for the demise of Nehme Gabriel, his former business partner had all the elements of a good Hollywood production.

A skeleton waits for visitors to the Thousand Palms RV Resort Haunted Forest in Rutland on Wednesday, Oct.

J ust about the time you think it's safe in Lake County, the moon gets full and the kooks crawl out.

The recent arrest of Dr. Akram Ismail in Leesburg, Florida for offering to pay for the demise of Nehme Gabriel, his former business partner had all the elements of a good Hollywood production.

Nancy Myers, co-owner of Grumbles House, noticed that customers wanted more organic products.

A Leesburg man, charged with multiple counts of possessing child pornography, poses a "clear threat" to children, according to a detective who arrested him Wednesday and found numerous sexual images of girls on the man's computer.

Author John Green is outraged that one of his titles became the center of a heated debate in Leesburg, Fla., when parents targeted a group of city library books that they considered too vulgar for young eyes.

More than 200 people packed the Tavares Civic Center Monday to ask U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, how the health care bill would affect their lives.

A Lake County woman was attacked Monday morning by a burglar who was armed with a knife.

Leesburg Police say they are investigating a stabbing at the Montclair Oaks Apartment Complex.