Lake County News

Several communities have scheduled Memorial Day services featuring military tributes and speakers, honoring those who fought for freedom and gave their lives in battle.

The City of Clermont may be best known as home to the Citrus Tower, but as 9 Investigates first revealed in February, it is also home to the ZIP code with the most concealed weapons permits in our area.

Mount Dora wide receiver Jonta Scott runs after a catch during the Eustis High School at Mount Dora High School football game on Friday, October 12, 2012.

Twenty-five World War II veterans will get to see WWII memorials and other historic landmarks Saturday as participants in The Villages Honor Flight's seventh Washington, D.C., pilgrimage.

Crews work earlier this month at finishing up baseball fields that are part of Lake County's newest regional park.

A Clermont man has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for trying to elude arrest while a Lake County deputy was halfway inside his car, authorities said.

The town has applied for a matching $40,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection Recreational Trails Program to renovate and refurbish the Sara Maude Mason Nature Preserve.

Ken Mattison, longtime CEO of Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, is swapping jobs with his counterpart at another Adventist Health System hospital in Flagler County, a Waterman spokesman said Monday.

Troubled celebs struggling to overcome addictions might start pointing their limos in an unlikely direction: the remote Lake County town of Umatilla.

When his house ignited April 2, the stucco worker was caught in a fight between a city fire department trying to make a political point and a county fire department whose territory stretches farther than its budget.

Cam Molina, a Tavares resident, takes a jog after completing the Operation Giveback 5K on May 11, 2013.

Despite unceasing pain from neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer he battled for four years, Joey managed to summon strength every day to lift the spirits of his family, friends and caregivers.

For the 16th year, Seminole Springs Antique Roses and Herb Farm will put out an array of butterfly-loving perennials and more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the free Spring Festival.

When the groom wakes up on his wedding day with a strange woman in his bed, you know rest of the day will be worth watching.

Six weeks ago, a house on Bay Lake Road caught fire, and the call for help was routinely routed to Lake County Fire Rescue because the house was in the unincorporated area.

With summer just around the corner and people itching to go swimming, the city wants to emphasize the need for safety.

TV viewers should look out for a change on Lake-Sumter State College's public access television channel, the result of a new partnership between the college, the county and Hometown Health TV.

The fifth annual Mount Dora Blues and Wine Festival will present headliners Chris Simmons & Royal Blue and Thomas Wynn and the Believers plus a host of other blues performers and styles in the three-day event.

Looking for a different type of community event, the Eustis Chamber of Commerce got creative and came up with the BlueZberry Fest & All That Jazz.

Leesburg City Commissioner Bill Polk is facing criticism after his outburst directed at a resident during a City Commission meeting Monday.