Seminole County News

On Jan. 10, he threatened while off dutyto run over a woman in his SUV after a parking-lot fender-bender, according to court records.

IS GIVEN NEW LIFE. WOOR THERE AS THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATED A BASEBALL LEGEND. ERIK VON ANCKEN HAS NIGHT OFF.

Seminole County Schools has named Bridget Dycus, a math teacher at Rock Lake Middle, as its 2015 Teacher of the Year.

Two years ago, 18-year-old Mariah Berry was supposed to be watching a 9-month-old baby and his 2-year-old sister, but she left them alone in the bathtub for an hour, and when she checked again, the infant was floating face-down.

With an improving national economy along with a governor who can't utter a sentence without using the words "work," "jobs" or "business," you might expect that things would be looking up for Florida's economy.

Tabouli's Grille serves up fresh Mediterranean and Middle Eastern fare in Uptown Altamonte, a shopping and dining complex spread out among several buildings in Seminole County.

With hopes of a new hospital to take root, Oviedo ER officials are crossing their fingers that bundles of small letters will add up to make a huge difference.

A Seminole County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Sanford mother Rachel Fryer on first-degree murder and other charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Tariji Gordon.

It's a matter of a penny that has sparked debate across the county as officials scramble to balance county and school budgets with the idea of an increased sales tax.

The former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin says in an interview that he's trying to be a good person and that he thinks he can help others after what he has gone through.

A Florida man says he's too morbidly obese to go to prison. The judge accused him of stalling to avoid punishment in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

One person was hurt Tuesday afternoon after coming in contact with a "suspicious device" at Lake Mary Preparatory School, authorities said.

An Oviedo mother accused of fatally shooting her 17-year-old daughter before trying to kill herself will go before a judge on Tuesday.

Sujatha Guduru, the Oviedo mother charged with murdering her 17-year-old daughter then shooting herself in a botched homicide-suicide, is scheduled for arraignment today in Sanford.

Hundreds of marchers are joining the Rev. Al Sharpton, the parents of Jacksonville teen Jordan Davis and Miami Gardens teen Trayvon Martin, members of the Dream Defenders and others this morning in opposition to and calling for changes to Florida's hotly contested "Stand Your Ground" law.

The 12-year-old boy allegedly behind a shooting hoax at Lake Mary High School will be back in court on Monday.

You'd be right. Gov. Rick Scott, in Tuesday's State of the State address, proudly pointed to an unemployment rate that has fallen to 6.3 percent and the addition of more than 460,000 private-sector jobs since 2010.

A grass roots organization in Seminole County spent Saturday trying to talk to voters at the Taste of Oviedo event about a proposed one cent sales tax.

Brevard residents with questions or problems related to community resources and public assistance have a one-stop place to get information today.

It's been said that a rising tide lifts all boats, and that may be the effect being experienced locally in the housing markets in Oviedo and Winter Springs.