Seminole County News

It was the day neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman came in contact with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford - and the day one bullet would bring a new kind of attention to a county known mostly for its wildlife, agricultural history and bedroom communities.

A 34-year-old Maitland man was arrested Tuesday on three counts of sexual assault on a minor and six more counts of lewd and lascivious behavior.

The Florida Civil Rights Association announced Tuesday that it is representing a dismissed juror who was barred from the Seminole County Courthouse until after the George Zimmerman trial concludes.

A sharp increase in employee health-insurance premiums has prompted the Seminole School Board to consider a self-insurance program that could cost a whole lot less - or a whole lot more.

This year, Seminole County 's tourism division is spending $1.3 million to promote the area, but a special audit says tax money is being wasted.

Some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by storms Monday night were in Seminole County .

The George Zimmerman murder trial for the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is underway in Seminole County, Florida.

Work crews will close Slade Drive at the intersection of State Road 434 in Longwood at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, and reopen the road at 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

The old post office in downtown Oviedo will be converted into a community center, and the City Council wants it to be grand.

Polk Child Predator Bust Floyd Edward Weir was arrested on 6/14/13 and charged with: Traveling to Meet a Minor, Use of Computer to Solicit Child, Unlawful Use of Two-Way Communication Device, Attempted Lewd Battery after driving to an undercover location to have sex with a 14-year old female.

New McAlister's Deli franchisees Stacey and Bryce Kelly plan to open five new Central Florida eateries starting in early 2014.

As jury selection in the murder trial of Florida neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman resumes on Monday for a second week, security at the courthouse is tight, despite dwindling public interest in the painstakingly slow search for a panel of unbiased jurors.

Seminole County residents poured into the criminal courthouse this week as potential jurors for the trial of George Zimmerman .

An Oviedo man was arrested on child pornography possession charges after the company that provides his Internet service reported that the illegal material was being transmitted from his computer.

Channel 9 has learned a potential juror in the George Zimmerman trial who had been dismissed Wednesday was escorted out of the Seminole County courthouse on Friday.

POOL PHOTO COURTESY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR On trial - George Zimmerman, accused of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford in February 2012, appears at the Seminole County Courthouse in December.

The George Zimmerman murder trial for the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is underway in Seminole County, Florida.

After three days of trying to seat a jury in Florida, prosecutors and attorneys for George Zimmerman have interviewed two dozen potential jurors but are still a half-dozen short of being able to enter the next round of questioning.

When a storm sweeps through Seminole County, knocking the power out and leaving thousands of people without a means of communication, who do the police departments call upon for backup communication? The Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society.

Today, Seminole County Commissioner John Horan endorsed Bob Cortes for Florida House District 30. Horan was first elected to the Seminole County Commission in 2010 and prior to that served on the Seminole County Charter Review Commission, the Seminole County Natural Lands Advisory Board, and the City of Winter Springs Planning and Zoning Board.