Leesburg News

Forecasts show Tropical Storm Fay moving over Sumter and Lake counties late today or early Wednesday after its predicted landfall as a hurricane near Naples this morning.

Rod Padgett has taught songwriting for many years to students of all ages and musical backgrounds.

A rapidly moving storm that swept through Central Florida late Wednesday inflicted some damage in Molokai Mobile Home Park in Leesburg.

Two more governments this week joined the swelling opposition to a water-bottling company's plan to draw up to 484,000 gallons of water per day from the Floridan Aquifer.

The city commission will accept $429,000 in no-interest loans from a Lake County housing assistance fund to begin renovations of the Kristen Court Apartments on County Road 468.

It's not a question of what city heritage museum curator Rick Reed offers Leesburg, city commissioners and staff argued Monday.

On Sunday, family members placed flowers and a small cross on the spot where 3-year-old Zachary Foster was critically injured Saturday night by a hit-and-run driver.

Police used a Taser on a suspect several times Saturday, allegedly after he tried to snatch an officer's gun while struggling during an arrest on a meth possession charge.

Troopers have identified the driver accused of killing a 3-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident Saturday night as Kenneth Donyale Edwards, 41, of Leesburg.

Angry and frustrated, a Lady Lake man tried a different approach with his daughter when she threatened suicide again.

A 47-year-old man cheated a state unemployment office of $3,300 by forging and cashing his dead wife's unemployment checks for more than two months, Leesburg police said.

A Clermont teen overcomes many hurdles and earns Scouting gold with her dog-park project.

Two men arrested Sunday are accused of dumping a large amount of human feces into a field near Eustis.

Visitors can take a trip around the world and sample food and music and purchase souvenirs from the bazaars during the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lake and Sumter Counties second annual "International Buffet" from 3 ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Dade Battlefield Historic State Park will host a celebration commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the end of World War II.

On Sept. 12, the Eustis Historical Museum and organizers of the 125th City of Eustis Event Committee will honor David Walker, a Eustis High graduate who became a NASA astronaut.

A jury deliberated less than 40 minutes Wednesday before finding a Leesburg man guilty of manslaughter in the 2006 death of his cellmate at the Lake County Jail.

The Army formally apologized Saturday for the wrongful conviction of 28 black soldiers accused of rioting and lynching an Italian prisoner of war in Seattle more than six decades ago.

'We had not done right by these soldiers,' Ronald James, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs, said Saturday. 'The Army is genuinely sorry. I am genuinely sorry.'

Relatives of the soldiers joined elected officials, military officers and one of the defense lawyers to hear James give the apology before hundreds of people in a meadow near the old Fort Lawton parade grounds and chapel in Discovery Park.

The Army formally apologized Saturday for the wrongful conviction of 28 black soldiers accused of rioting and lynching an Italian prisoner of war in Seattle more than six decades ago.

'We had not done right by these soldiers,' Ronald James, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs, said Saturday. 'The Army is genuinely sorry. I am genuinely sorry.'

Relatives of the soldiers joined elected officials, military officers and one of the defense lawyers to hear James give the apology before hundreds of people in a meadow near the old Fort Lawton parade grounds and chapel in Discovery Park.

The Army formally apologized Saturday for the wrongful conviction of 28 black soldiers accused of rioting and lynching an Italian prisoner of war in Seattle more than six decades ago.

'We had not done right by these soldiers,' Ronald James, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs, said Saturday. 'The Army is genuinely sorry. I am genuinely sorry.'

Relatives of the soldiers joined elected officials, military officers and one of the defense lawyers to hear James give the apology before hundreds of people in a meadow near the old Fort Lawton parade grounds and chapel in Discovery Park.