Mount Dora News

Hits and Misses is a weekly opportunity for the Daily Commercial's editorial board to share with readers its views on activities by local residents and organizations or recent decisions handed down by government.

A Good Samaritan ended up fighting off the man she stopped to help when he tried to steal her purse.

L ast week, Lake County Sheriff Gary Borders talked with Hispanics and their supporters in Sorrento at a meeting designed to hash out questions of whether deputies are stopping people because they look Hispanic.

I n an effort to strike a compromise between bed-and-breakfast owners and residents, City Council members are proposing that the establishments be allowed to host a limited number events a year, such as weddings, fundraisers and private parties.

The Mount Dora High School-to-Work Participant Service Program, a training program for special-needs students, received a $4,500 grant from the Mount Dora Community Trust through the First National Bank of Mount Dora.

Kathleen Nani loves a challenge. She is the owner and primary design consultant of Weeki Wachee's Gionani Interiors.

Though school's been out for a couple of weeks and summer has arrived, there's still time for children to enroll in summer theater camp.

A group of alleged purse snatchers may have targeting elderly Florida victims. Investigators say they want to know if they're the same crooks wanted for similar crimes in the Orlando area.

Two violent purse-snatching suspects may have struck again, according to investigators.

Leesburg Police officers, on Tuesday, responded to an attempted robbery in the parking lot of a Publix grocery store.

With its green lawns and trim landscaping, the exterior of the National Deaf Academy projects tranquillity.

A Mount Dora woman who is five months pregnant was arrested and charged with attempted murder over the weekend after she followed her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend home and then stabbed the other woman, according to Tavares Police.

LARRY ELL Staff Writer TAVARES -- When it comes to the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, students may take the exam, but everybody shares in the grade.

A man who worked at South Lake Hospital was arrested this week on 100 counts of possession of child pornography after authorities learned he had printed an image of a naked girl from a work printer.

Family: I have a librarian husband, a daughter who lives in Dunedin, another daughter who lives in Lake Mills, Wis.

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

A former South Lake Hospital employee was arrested Tuesday on 100 counts of possession of child pornography, allegedly after leaving a photo copy of a naked child on a printer at the facility.

A man who worked at South Lake Hospital was arrested today on 100 counts of possession of child pornography after authorities learned he had printed out an image of a naked girl from a work printer.

Chef John Mooney's gin & tonic grilled salmon at Highland Manor in Apopka. / June 4, 2009) Highland Manor in Apopka is a marvelous transformation.

After city commissioners had their chance last week to discuss the possible purchase of 15 downtown properties, it's now the critics' turn to discuss the $5.8 million proposal.