Sorrento News

A year ago, I marveled in a column about the actions of illegal immigrants who roughed up a deputy sheriff in March 2008 when he showed up to quiet a loud party in Sorrento.

In Sorrento this week, Hispanics stood during a meeting with Sheriff Gary Borders to give these accounts of people disappearing: _ Five Guatemalan men walking to work vanished Monday.

Not sure what to make for dinner tonight? How about a delicious, tender slice of goat meat? Officials at the Lake County Extension Office have recently tossed around the idea of helping prospective farmers learn more about this increasingly popular alternative to beef and chicken.

It's not the first time Priscilla Beatty has dived in to help those in need. Back in the 1980s, during the farm crisis in the Midwest, Beatty organized a food pantry.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office will conduct eight DUI/safety checkpoints from 2-3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

The Iowa men's golf team, ranked 59th nationally, qualified for the NCAA finals Saturday in Sorrento, Fla.

A large wildfire started late Sunday afternoon near Sorrento. So far, the fire has burned more than 130 acres off Highway 46.

Sorrento resident Alan Chandler's wife and daughter are experienced horseback riders, but not him.

Lake County firefighters are still on the scene, Monday morning, of a wildfire that burned almost 150 acres near Sorrento.

Scorching heat, dry conditions and strong winds, this is the worst case scenario for a firefighter battling brush fires, but that was exactly the condition in Lake County Sunday, May 10, 2009.

The University of Arizona men's golf team was selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA Regionals, the NCAA announced Monday.

Lake county authorities have identified the victim of a shooting who was discovered seriously injured after walking into the Oasis Saloon on State Road 46 early Tuesday morning.

Lake County deputies were investigating a possible shooting early today after a man walked into the Oasis Lounge on State Road 46 with apparent injuries.

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 .

W.T. Bland Public Library and Mount Dora Kiwanis Club will sponsor a visit by the Easter Bunny at today's annual Easter-egg hunt at 10 a.m. on the front lawn of the library, 1995 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora.

TAVARES, Fla. a ' Dave Thomas of Winter Park, Fla., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Gator Division tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 16 pounds, 8 ounces.

The Lake County Library System and all member and branch libraries are hosting the sixth annual Festival of Reading, a four-day event that began Wednesday.

The congregation of Sorrento Presbyterian Church, 31241 Church St., has selected "Renewal" as its mission theme for 2009, the 125th anniversary of the church's founding.

A man police said pretended to be a deputy went to a DeLand motorcycle dealership Friday to demand money for a flat tire but ended up in the cage of a genuine police car when he was arrested.

A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted a former Wilmerding councilman on charges he led a costly scam of American Express Co.