Winter Springs News

Hundreds of demonstrators nationwide are living a dog's life this week. It's all part of the sixth annual "Chain-Off" by non-profit Dogs Deserve Better, designed to raise awareness about the inhumane practice ...

On this day celebrating independence, 39-year-old Bryan Wilson will chain himself to a doghouse in a Sanford park and spend eight hours tethered in the hot sun.

Some central Florida municipalities with increasingly tight budgets are being forced to curtail their Fourth of July celebrations.

The Winter Springs City Commission made the difficult, emotional decision on Monday by consolidating their fire services with Seminole County.

Some central Florida municipalities with increasingly tight budgets are being forced to curtail their Fourth of July celebrations.

Shoppers devoted to organic foods are feeling more of a pinch than other shoppers at the grocery store.

By Abraham Aboraya June 25, 2008 WINTER SPRINGS - Her face stoic and her voice choked in emotion, City Commissioner Joanne Krebs barely finished her motion Monday night.

Sanford, Fla., June 24, 2008 - The Seminole County Board of County Commissioners today unanimously approved a decision to consolidate the Winter Springs Fire Service into the County.

Another store has closed in the Oviedo Marketplace. Funky Munky, a children's shoe store, closed about a week and a half ago, owner Natalie Cockerill said Thursday.

By Abraham Aboraya ORANGE COUNTY - Police are still asking the public to come forward with any information that might help them solve the case of a slain jogger found in east Orange County.

First, the city imposed a fire fee for the year. Now, the city wants to do away with its fire department and merge it with the county.

Published: Monday, June 16, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 16, 2008 at 6:17 a.m. LAKE WALES The Lake Wales Housing Authority has taken the next step toward construction of an affordable living ...

Altamonte Springs City Commission When: 7 p.m. Tuesday. Longwood City Commission When: 7 p.m. Monday.

A reward may be available for information leading to the return of their power boat.

Searchers found the body of a University of Central Florida graduate student hidden in woods Wednesday, nearly 24 hours after she went for an evening run at a popular family park in east Orange County.

Casselberry City Commission When: 7 p.m. Monday. The issues: *Resolution for support of the Central Florida commuter rail project.

We here at the Chronicle try to hold ourselves every bit as accountable as we hold public officials in Seminole County.

An Oviedo man was arrested and charged with felony fleeing and eluding last Saturday, but not until a police canine named Rico pulled him out from his hiding place.

The Oviedo Police and Winter Springs Police departments worked together Tuesday to end a six-hour standoff in the Alafaya Woods neighborhood of Oviedo.

Lyndon Baines Barfield, 20, of the first block of North Fairfax, Winter Springs, was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on May 20, for a non-moving traffic violation.