Tavares News

The Lake County School Board will have a second discussion about the district's new uniform policy at 6 p.m. on June 18 at the County Administration Building in Tavares.

A flurry of students in white aprons pace the Tavares High School culinary lab while senior Tim Norton presses bread crumbs into a slab of slimy, raw chicken.

Lake County Commissioners and the town of Astatula will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday for the newly improved boat ramp on the shores of Lake Harris, located at 12703 Florida Ave.

What began last winter with a search for a gift for a Sharon Marine ended with Deputy Police Chief J.J. McGrath driving to Tavares, Fla.

Several communities have scheduled Memorial Day services featuring military tributes and speakers, honoring those who fought for freedom and gave their lives in battle.

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)

State road officials will have a public meeting tonight to discuss four-laning State Road 19 from County Road 561 in Tavares to County Road 48 in Howey-in-the-Hills, including the 60-year-old Little Lake Harris Bridge.

Nancy Koehler, left, and Jackie Gosnell protest the reassignment of Sorrento Elementary School Principal Mollie Cunningham during a Lake County School Board meeting on Monday, May 21, 2012, in Tavares.

A plan to widen State Road 19 from County Road 48 in Howey-in-the-Hills to County Road 561 in Tavares, including the Howey bridge over Little Lake Harris, is the topic of a meeting on Thursday.

Teen Court attorney Connor Grill, right, discusses a case with other volunteers before court on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the Lake County Courthouse in Tavares.

North Lake County Hospital District board members are scrambling to comply with legislation recently signed by Gov.

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.

The Lake County School Board, which for years has had to keep the issue of mandatory school uniforms in the closet, has opened the door to that possibility once again.

Dennis Swanson of Mount Dora races his jetski on Saturday, May 5, during the Pro Hydro-X Tour event at Wooton Park.

A man involved in a deadly car crash in March that killed a Tavares toddler recently was arrested on reckless driving and drug-possession charges, authorities reported.

The new law that will allow voters a say in whether to tax themselves to help pay for care for the poor has been signed by Gov.

Regional water managers have shut down discharges out of Lake Apopka to the Harris Chain of Lakes, as Apopka has dropped 11 inches ue to the drought.

The FBI is investigating last week's incident that resulted in about three gigabytes of documents, audio files and pictures being extracted from the Lake County Sheriff's Office computer network.

Bo Samargya, an attorney in Inverness, is running for the open seat of Public Defender in the Fifth Judicial Circuit in 2011.