Lockhart News

“I met a girl with no arms and no legs. They kept me drugged up. I had to lay on my stomach for two months. I had an anger disorder, my mom said. I threw cups and stuff.”

Paul Jewell's most common nightmare comes out of the blue: He's near a gas station air pump when a big snake, like an anaconda, attacks. via The Orlando Sentinel

A truck has rammed into a house Wednesday afternoon. It happened in Lockhart in Orange County north of Clarcona Ocoee Road and southwest of U.S.441. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the incident was the ... via WESH-TV

Jill Robbins, an exceptional-education paraprofessional at Washington Shores Elementary, won the Orange County Public Schools' Support Person of the Year award Jan. via The Orlando Sentinel

TALLAHASSEE - Two players matched all five winning numbers in Thursday's Fantasy 5 drawing and will share a $240,896.96 top prize, the Florida Lottery announced today. via News Press

The OC Club, a free-membership program for Orange County youth 5 to 19 years old that rewards them for making positive choices when they participate in activities run by the club's recreation partners, has ... via The Orlando Sentinel

BOYS BASKETBALL WHEN: Feb. 27-March 1 WHERE: The Lakeland Center THE BUZZ: Lake Howell and Pine Christian Christian won state titles last year. via The Orlando Sentinel

Orange County Sheriff's Office deputies said that at 11:43 p.m. a suspect opened fire at the Westwood Apartments at 6015 Forest City Road. via The Orlando Sentinel

“They kind of got excited when they heard they could use cell phones and not break the rules.”

Cell phones and text messages in middle-school math classes? BION.

Two Orange County middle schools are taking part in an international pilot program testing whether schools can boost interest in math and science by using a gadget most children love -- the cell phone. KEWL?

The students in a seventh-grade advanced math class at Lockhart Middle think so.

'I think it's really cool,' said 12-year-old Tabitha Moore. 'It's like a new opportunity. If it goes good for us, people around the world can do it.' Read more