Oviedo News

With turnout rivaling the 2005 off-year election and in margins with breathing room, Oviedo citizens reelected both incumbent candidates in Tuesday's election.

An Oviedo teacher quit her job after admitting to giving a student alcohol before loaning him her SUV.

An Oviedo High School teacher resigned today after admitting she gave alcohol and her SUV to a student arrested in a drunken driving crash, a Seminole County Public School spokeswoman said.

Longwood and Oviedo voters kept three incumbents in office Tuesday, but one Longwood commissioner lost his seat to a newcomer.

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Longwood and Oviedo will hold elections Tuesday for city leadership posts. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. In Longwood, Bob Cortes is challenging incumbent Mike Holt for the District 3 City Commission seat, and John Richardson is challenging incumbent Brian Sackett for the District 5 seat.

According to Michael Ertel, Seminole County's Supervisor of Elections, absentee ballots could mean a bigger voter turnout than usual in Oviedo.

Early Voting for Longwood voters will take place October 30 from 10-6; Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1 from noon-4. The only Early Voting site for the Longwood election is at the Supervisor of Elections Office at 1500 East Airport Blvd., Sanford, FL 32772.

'I want to be elected on what I stand for, not who endorses me' I am running as a statesman and not a politician.

Five students received minor burns in a lab explosion at a central Florida high school which authorities say was alcohol-related. The Seminole County Fire Department said the explosion happened Tuesday morning in a chemistry lab at Paul J. Hagerty High School in Oviedo.

The city of Oviedo is hoping to grab $25 million in federal money for road projects.

A different kind of fashion show is hitting the First United Methodist Church of Oviedo as The Vine Outreach Thrift Store puts its used clothing on the runway.

As the administration continues to focus on unconstitutional, dangerous and downright stupid priorities, popularity ratings among independents and many Democrats show that everyone is wondering how out of touch a president and Congress can be.

An Orange County teacher's assistant was jailed on Tuesday, accused of carrying on an online sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

Hope Community Church held its last service Sept. 27 after 22 years in Oviedo after its attendance dipped so low the church was in danger of not being able to pay the mortgage.

Last year, an adoption agency in Florida was denied permission to find children for American families in 77 foreign countries that have agreed to operate under the rules of an international treaty aimed at cleaning up abuses in international adoption.

St. Petersburg, Florida -- A Seminole County man has been arrested for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15 year old Pinellas County girl via a chat room, email and voice mail, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities today arrested a 59-year-old Oviedo man, accused of sending sexually-explicit computer messages to a 15-year-old Pinellas County girl.

Hundreds gathered outside the brand new ALDI store in Oviedo Monday, waiting to get a first look - and taste - of the discount grocery store.

So who is the real Franklin Perez? If you're not a regular on the Chronicle's online message boards, you may have only heard the name in passing - the oddball, third party candidate whose name has been on the ballot for a handful of political offices.