Eustis News

Gordon "Creed" Pettit and his mom Sarah play on a light box on Monday, February 6, 2012.

Ty Caine, the "Biker Doc," at his Eustis home on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. A former psychiatric counselor, Caine returned to school in middle age to become a certified nursing assistant after watching his parents' experiences in nursing homes, he said.

Bay Street Players in Eustis offer the comedy/adventure play "Around the World in 80 Days," Jules Verne 's tale of adventure adapted by Mark Brown , for three performances, Feb.

The Orlando City Council this week agreed to chip in $106,000 to help the Florida Department of Transportation pay for a $1.7 million study into the feasibility of a commuter train linking Lake County with Orlando.

The Orlando City Council on Monday agreed to write a check for more than $106,000 to the state to help pay for a $1.7 million study of a commuter train that would link Lake County with Orlando.

Officials from the Golden Triangle Cities of Mount Dora , Eustis and Tavares met this week to discuss the possibility of bringing commuter rail to Lake County , cooperating on fire service and creating a signature economic event that would bring visitors to all three locales.

Nearly 900 talented artists from across the nation applied to be among the elite 285 selected to display their works at the juried 37th annual Mount Dora Arts Festival this weekend.

The Florida Supreme Court today upheld the conviction and death sentence of Donte Hall, an Orlando twin who opened fire with an AK-47 on guests at a Eustis house party, killing two Lake County men.

A 54-year-old Leesburg man was killed Wednesday evening after he fell off his bicycle and a car ran him over at County Road 473 and Lake Drive, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report released today.

A Lake County developmentally disabled woman is missing again, less than a year after she was found in a homeless camp during a search by police.

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David Faber, a Holocaust survivor and author, spoke last year at a Murrieta middle school.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - A Eustis man and woman are behind bars charged with several counts of illegal drug possession and child endangerment after deputies found marijuana plants and a gun inside the home they shared with their two young children.

Eustis city commissioners have approved an incentive program to promote new development that increases the value of property within the city and provides for additional economic development opportunities.

Temple Shalom, County Road 101, Oxford, will celebrate its 10th anniversary as a congregation today with a dinner and dance beginning at 6 p.m. Formerly known as The New Jewish Congregation, Temple Shalom was established Dec.

Margie Newman, left, Fred Belton and Father Gilbert Medina pose for a portrait in front of St.

Jeffrey C. Meli was arrested Tuesday on charges of cultivation of marijuana after deputies with the Lake County Sheriff's Office found an elaborate marijuana grow operation in his Eustis home.

A self-described Vietnam veteran was jailed Tuesday after he allegedly came out of his home with a shotgun in a military stance and threatened to shoot a service crew attempting to trim trees from or near his property.

Banners decorate downtown Eustis during the sixth annual Arts in the Air, an exhibition of painted banners to be displayed on lamp poles on downtown streets in Eustis from Jan.

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hawkins will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married February 1, 1947 at the former St.