Leesburg News

Lake School Board member Jim Miller wants to see more children with iPads at two high-need Leesburg schools and a Clermont school.

Workers harvest corn on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at Long & Scott Farms in Zellwood.

Wade Cox makes waterskiing look so easy. Perched on one ski, Cox glides across the water effortlessly, slicing across wakes and cutting around buoys.

The Lake County school district is in the midst of shuffling several principals, planning to add positions and revamping positions that oversee academics for the district's 40,000 children.

Royal Highlands resident Walter Hixenbaugh, 87, is thrilled that he'll finally get a chance to see the World War II Memorial during a whirlwind trip toWashington, D.C. That will be the highlight of Memorial Day weekend Honor Flight taking 25 WWII veterans on an all-expenses-paid trip to visit memorials and sites including Arlington National ... (more)

The Leesburg Fire Department found a unique way this week to ventilate a warehouse of high carbon monoxide levels and smoke after a fire.

A 50-year-old Fruitland Park man was arrested Tuesday on his seventh DUI charge, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

TheU.S. Postal Servicehas abandoned plans to close several Central Florida post offices, but rural offices throughout the region will likely have their hours cut to reduce costs.

People look for names in bricks and on the granite panels during the dedication of the Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park in Leesburg on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Investigators wear protective gear during a bust of a suspected meth lab at the Spanish Oaks apartment complex in Leesburg on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Connor Grill, a 17-year-old from Leesburg, ties a donated necktie on an unnamed defendant during Lake County Teen Court on May 8, 2012.

Rev. Jim Cornell, new Lake County Jail chaplain, poses for a portrait on Friday, May 11, 2012 at the Lake County Jail.

A Leesburg man is accused of shooting at a moving car Thursday morning along State Road 50 and police said they will issue a warrant for his arrest.

JACKSONVILLE - Openings are still available for girls entering third through twelfth grades to attend Camp WorldLight this summer.

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.

BP Auto Spa Carwash employees Gilbert Niblack, left, and Dominick DeLoach scrub lovebugs off of a customer's car on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Leesburg.

South Lake residents can look forward to receiving expanded health services this summer at a location that is close to home.

Rosie, a Bearcoat Shar Pei believed to be 5 years old, was in dire shape when she was dropped off at Animal Control.

A halt in new construction and business closures have crippled Leesburg throughout the economic recession, yet city leaders may suspend collecting municipal impact fees for a year, up to $100,000 per project within the city limits, in efforts to jump start the local economy.

A 45-year-old Brooksville woman has been arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol in connection with an accident that killed a 28-year-old Leesburg construction company employee on Nov.