Lake County News

A Lake County grandfather pled no contest to aggravated assault charges for pulling a gun out and threatening a repo man.

Prosecutors say a Lake County man accused of killing a construction supervisor in a roadside dispute three years ago is now competent to stand trial.

Daniel Strader, 53, was charged with 13 counts of possessing child pornography, as well as marijuana and paraphernalia possession.

Deputies are searching for a man who they believe shot and killed a Sorrento resident late Saturday night.

A fatal crash has caused delays on the Florida Turnpike in Lake County. The accident happened at mile marker 238, just south of the Clermont exit, on Tuesday just before 2 p.m. According to Sgt.

A man running from a traffic stop led police and state troopers on a chase through three counties that lasted nearly an hour today before he was found at an apartment complex in Clermont.

Racism, segregation and poverty were a few of the hardships this city's black pioneers faced.

A century ago, pearls were rare because they had to be searched for within shellfish called mollusks.

Deputies and police officers executed a search warrant at the Leesburg home of a victim of a Tuesday car crash.

Voters likely will decide this year whether to change the way their elected officials are selected and how long they should hold office.

Step aside, Cruella De Vil. A federal lawsuit filed by Disney Enterprises Inc. has cast a Clermont couple as villains who exploited the trademarked likenesses of Winnie the Pooh , Eeyore and Tigger, too, to ...

A week after the first execution of his administration, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a death warrant Wednesday for the man convicted of killing two Lake County children after raping their mother.

The Lake County School district has earned an "A" for student FCAT performance, its first since the state began awarding district letter grades five years ago.

Deputies have identified a man who died on Windermere 's Little Lake Sawyer as 39-year-old Lewis Howerton of Clermont .

Prosecutors decided this morning that they would not pursue the death penalty if they win a murder conviction against Richard "Slick" Solomon, accused of breaking into a Clermont home and killing a 19-year-old ...

Baby Jack is home. After being born weighing 17 ounces, spending nearly 16 weeks in the hospital's intensive-care unit, undergoing two surgeries and enduring countless tests and procedures, Jack Otremba is ...

A priority for The Yard Stop is helping customers find landscaping and products designed to survive Florida's frequently dry weather.

Lorraine May loved her three dogs. On Thursday, police say, two of them killed the 74-year-old Titusville woman, leaving May with a dislocated shoulder and too many bite marks on her body to count.

A Eustis man was arrested last week after authorities accused him of molesting a 10-year-old girl.

Prosecutors announced today they will not pursue criminal charges that accused the owner of one of Lake County's largest real estate firms of using his airplane to threaten a man at Leesburg International ...