Clermont News

Travis Wolf flipped a switch on his water-powered jet pack and took off over Little Lake Harris, soaring more than 20 feet above the surface.

Think there aren't any in Lake County? Think again. Realize that nearly 2,700 students don't have any fixed residence, for starters.

Mark Edwin Thompson, a Clermont resident, filed as a non-party affiliate in order to face incumbent Sheriff Gary Borders and Orange County law-enforcement veteran Sandy Carpenter, both Republicans.

Edward was born on Aug. 20, 1924, in Clermont, Fla., to Harold and Elsie Byam Bates.

Lake County deputies are searching for the person who shot and killed a man at his Clermont home Tuesday morning.

The winning ticket in Sunday's drawing was purchased in Clermont at the Express Shop, 4415 S. U.S. Highway 27.

Two Lake County residents were arrested and charged with burglarizing homes in an Osceola County subdivision.

An East Ridge High School junior will split $10,000 in scholarship money because she learned to embrace her individually.

Clermont's new World War II museum, housed in the city's lone remaining Quonset hut at West Avenue and Osceola Street, will be dedicated on May 19.

Lake law-enforcement officers make their way to the National Training Center in Clermont on WEdnesday, April 25, 2012, during the statewide torch run to benefit the athletes of Special Olympics Florida.

Call me a blueberry magician. Place a bowl of the marble-sized fruit before me and I make them disappear.

A former "honky tonk," after sitting vacant and run down for more than 20 years, is getting its own new beginning.

CLERMONT, Fla. - Clermont Police are searching for a masked gunman who they say shot a gas station clerk in the chest Thursday night.

A Lake County gas station store clerk was shot during a robbery on Highway 50 in Clermont, authorities said on Friday.

A law passed in 2011 is still vexing Clermont Ciy Council members. The council will discuss an ordinance, passed in November, that banned Internet or sweepstakes cafes after voting to bar "simulated gambling devices." The ordinance was patterned after a Seminole County law.

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Two more hospices have filed letters of intent with the state of Florida to be the second hospice in Lake County, bringing the total number of hospices up to five.

A 30-year-old Clermont woman faces multiple charges for allegedly pocketing money from senior citizens trying to sell their timeshares.

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