Oakland News

Sunday, Bill Criswell with Habitat says they'll kick off the project to get a home for Army Specialist Marcus Griffin, his wife and two children.

A man was on life support Saturday and his wife was in critical condition after he shot her during an argument and then turned the gun on himself, police said.

Orange County Fire Rescue units responded to a double-shooting around 7 p.m. on Friday.

Two people were shot in an Orange County home Friday night. The Orange County Sheriff's Office and Oakland police responded to the John's Landing Estate just after 8 p.m. One man is in critical condition.

'A charming little city with a juicy past." That's what Winter Garden calls itself.

Most parents spend 18 years trying to strike a balance between protecting their kids and offering independence as they grow into young adults.

Property values across Orange County plummeted a whopping 10.5 percent in one year - the first such drop in decades - putting added pressure on local governments to figure out how to continue providing basic services with dwindling tax revenues.

The Groveland mother of a 17-year-old girl is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and culpable negligence after her child's teenage friend overdosed and went into a coma when she was supposed to be under the adult's supervision.

Linda Allen is about to lose her job. But not because of layoffs. Her bus route, her only way to get to work, is one of two that will soon be eliminated.

Published: Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 1:21 p.m. OAKLAND Years of planning, fundraising and volunteer work have borne fruit in Oakland, now that the ...

The largest crowd event I've ever been involved in was a Rolling Stones concert at the LA Colliseum back in the day.

Sherry McMahon biked the equivalent of a road trip from Central Florida to Boston in 2008 in an effort to raise funds for A Better Life - Pet Rescue.

The four local municipalities in West Orange County had to deal with decreased revenues and increased demand for services and need for projects in 2008.

Tim Driscoll is operating on a 14 percent smaller budget than last year, yet he still has the responsibility of protecting the citizens of Oakland as chief of police in the town.

Oakland has no problem with 34760; it's those newer addresses with the 34787 ZIP code that are causing the town to lose revenue.

The big kickoff to Christmas in Winter Garden and Ocoee takes place this Saturday when the two cities host their annual Christmas parades.