Seminole News

Members of the Barrier Islands Governmental Council were expecting to hear a spirited debate Oct.

Volunteers needed as role models for children Gulf Coast Community Care needs volunteers age 30 and older for its mentoring program.

Meeting for recycling, sustainability SEMINOLE - A meeting to discuss local recycling and sustainability efforts is planned Monday, Nov.

A number of proposed changes in the city of Seminole's sign code could have far-reaching effects for many businesses.

The Seminole City Council voted 5-2 on Oct. 27 to pass a resolution against possible offshore oil drilling.

A local activist has scheduled a discussion on recyclingA and sustainability at the Seminole Community Library A on Monday, November 9, fromA 10 am to 12 pm.

Soccer season will commence Saturday for a league rocked by allegations that a soccer dad and former coach sexually abused a child.

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The Rotary Club of Seminole will host its annual Rotary Goes Hollywood auction event on Saturday, Nov.

Surrounded by brush and situated 1,000 feet from the nearest road, a three-foot tall coquina marker indicates the location of the capture of Osceola in 1837.

She was born in the Florida Everglades in 1895 to the children of two "unconquered" Seminoles.

Welcome to the Fourth Seminole War, which kicked off this week when the Florida Legislature asked for federal help in stopping casino games on the tribe's reservations.

Chamber business workshops SEMINOLE - The Seminole Chamber of Commerce conducts business education workshops on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month, 7:30 a.m., at St.

T wo decades ago, Florida became home to the nation's first drug court. Crack cocaine use was peaking in South Florida and drug offenders were overwhelming the criminal justice system in Miami.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a jail inmate who was hospitalized a week ago after he was found unresponsive, authorities said Sunday.

Get your resume ready, because 700 jobs are up for grabs. A new program through Workforce Central Florida, called Re-Employment Connection will put 50 Central Florida residents back into the workforce and more are on the way.

The first of several swine- flu vaccination clinics scheduled for Seminole County school children are a "go" for Saturday.

The body of an Immokalee man has been recovered off a remote dirt road in a sugar cane field near Clewiston, and another Immokalee man has been arrested and charged with his murder, the result of an alleged drug-related dispute.

USEM meeting SEMINOLE - Bill Newton, executive director of the Florida Consumer Action Network, will be the speaker at the USEM Community Association meeting Thursday, Oct.

Students in Seminole County public schools may be the first in the region to get swine flu shots as the county health department rolls out a massive inoculation plan targeting more than 65,000 kids.