Lake Panasoffkee News

The Sumter County Commission recently held a session on cleaning the Lake Panasoffkee canals.

Thirty-nine years ago Steve Starnes played football on the same team as Al Cowlings and O.J. Simpson as the fifth round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills as a linebacker out of the University of Tampa.

The Mount Dora Theatre Company will conduct its annual Cubie awards ceremony Saturday at the IceHouse Theatre , 1100 N. Unser St.

A Lake Panasoffkee family is mourning the loss of a 16-year-old boy who died after participating in a "boxing match" with another teen at the local park.

A Clearwater woman died in a morning crash in Sumter County. Gloria Byers, 61, died in a crash at County Roads 475 and 314 in Bushnell, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Sumter County Sheriff's officials have identified a couple shot during an argument at a cookout Monday evening, a shooting that resulted in one death.

Lake Panasoffkee - An Indiana man was arrested and charged with first degree murder in a Sumter County shooting Monday that left one man dead and a woman injured, authorities say.

A 53-year-old man faces burglary and theft charges after multiple Inverness and Crystal River restaurant break-ins during the past few months.

The Lake County Parks and Trails Division will have an Earth Day celebration from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Palatlakaha Environmental and Agricultural Reserve, or PEAR Park, 5336 University Ave., Leesburg .

Eustis Main Street will celebrate country music from 6 to 10 p.m. today as part of its downtown First Friday Street Fest.

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The Eustis Historical Museum and Preservation Society will present an antiques appraisal clinic from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Eustis Community Center, 601 Northshore Drive.

Before PlayStation and XBOX, children and even some adults played with marbles. Shooting marbles is an American pastime that has been around for more than 200 years.

Umatilla will have its annual citywide yard sale with more than 70 participants and 25 vendors beginning at 8a.m. Saturday in the Cadwell Park Recreation Building on Cassady Street.

The Florida Highway Patrol has released the name of the two men killed Saturday afternoon on a Sumter County road in what they said could have been a race against another car.

Published: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:06 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:07 a.m. PLANT CITY A Winter Haven man was critically injured Monday morning in a one-car accident on Interstate 4, ...

They began 16 years ago with six sandwiches and a pot of coffee delivered to transvestite prostitutes.

Jordan Hays was a giver. The only thing bigger than his heart was his smile, his mother said.

Last Christmas Santa didn't forget the homeless in Hernando. Thanks to the people from The New Church Without Walls, men and women who live in the woods and sleep wherever they can received bikes, blankets, ...

Peggy Wood, the physical education instructor at Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School, will retire soon, after serving 36 years as a teacher in Sumter County.