De Leon Springs News

A push for privately developed and operated campgrounds in Florida state parks, a concept that worries some environmentalists and lawmakers, shifts this week from bureaucratic offices to local public meetings that will consider the fate of De Leon Springs, Honeymoon Island and two other sites.

Queenie, a water-skiing Asian elephant who delighted fans in the 1950s, has been euthanized at the Georgia wildlife park where she lived her final years in retirement.

When De Leon Springs teenager Jaime Alamos and his little brother Felipe left home to take their pit bull dogs for a walk, Wednesday night around 5:30, they had no idea the ordeal that was coming their way.

Four people suffered serious injuries Monday afternoon after tread separated on a tire of the sport utility vehicle they were traveling in along Interstate 95 in St.

Schaumburg-based Sparton Corp. Tuesday said that its joint venture, Sonobuoy TechSystems, has been awarded a contract valued about $1.8 million by the Norwegian Defense Procurement Division to manufacture the AN/SSQ-62E DICASS sonobuoy.