Oviedo News

When disaster strikes, amateur radio operators are often the first to provide information and observations to responders.

Seminole County investigators have determined that a June posting on Craigslist that advertised a baby for sale was a hoax.

It's midsummer, and the temperature and humidity are both hovering in the 90s. Here in Central Florida, we experience the opposite of cabin fever, holed up in our air-conditioned caves, dreaming of the few cool months when being outdoors isn't a brutally challenging battle against heat and mosquitoes.

The Fourth of July celebrations are just around the corner, and residents will have to choose whether to celebrate in Oviedo or Winter Springs.

Seminole County officials, land-owners and businesses are still making plans for SeminoleWay, but the economic downturn may be the cause of dwindling meeting attendance.

Del Taco is trying to bring bold back into Oviedo's fast-food business as it breaks into Florida for the first time.

Citizens Bank of Florida in Oviedo, Fla. has chosen Cypress Software Systems LP's AppMark software to automate the bank's consumer lending process.

Monday was a precious night for Most Precious Blood Catholic Church in Oviedo. The Oviedo City Council gave the final approval on Monday for a nearly 60-acre site on which to build the church.

Central Florida was pounded by almost 5,000 lightning strikes per hour Tuesday evening, a meteorologist said today.

A lightning strike caused a massive house fire Tuesday night at a home near Oviedo.

Miguel Angel Ceballos-Gomez, 24, of the 2000 block of Mikler Road, Oviedo, was arrested on June 9 and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior and two counts of sexual assault of a juvenile.

Firefighters spent the early morning hours of Wednesday making sure a fire does not rekindle inside an Oviedo home after it was struck by lightning Tuesday night.

An Oviedo home was destroyed by fire which was sparked by lightning on Tuesday evening.

David George Jakubcin, 61, of the 2000 block of West State Road 426, Oviedo, was arrested on June 9 at the Environmental Center in Longwood.

Strong storms rocked portions of Central Florida Tuesday night, downing trees, flooding streets, causing power outages and destroying a home.

A family of five -- and their dog -- escaped from their burning house this evening after lightning struck the attic, the Seminole County Fire Department said.

A motorcycle deputy who worked traffic control outside the Amway Arena Tuesday night was injured in a crash early Wednesday morning.

A few coaches have asked a quarterback from Oviedo, Fla., from time to time if he's interested in switching to a different position in college.

A WORCESTERSHIRE man is standing trial in Florida accused of murdering his former girlfriend and attempting to kill her new lover.

Talk of a couple of pedestrian bridges brought out the ire in some of the Oviedo City Council members, who were very vocal at a May meeting about their displeasure with Seminole County's plan to potentially build two bridges that they view as substandard.