Local News: Ellington, MO 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Seminole County News Editors

News Widget

Display the Seminole County news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Seminole County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

2 hrs ago | The Orlando Sentinel

Man jailed in Longwood Super Bowl party shooting death

A 20-year-old Super Bowl party guest suspected in the shooting death of his host was arrested in St.

Comment?

Related Topix: Violent Crime, St Lucie County, FL, Fort Pierce, FL

6 hrs ago | Florida Today

Malabar man dies in single-vehicle crash on SR 46

A Malabar man died this morning in a single-vehicle crash in Seminole County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Comment?

Related Topix: Geneva, FL

Fri Feb 10, 2012

The Orlando Sentinel

Aaron Deslatte: Lawmakers' budget maneuvers often aren't transparent

Florida's Republican legislative leadership has made a point the last two years of touting the transparent nature by which they do the difficult work of telling people no.

Comment?

Related Topix: Florida, University of South Florida

Sentinel School Zone

Seminole pulling plug on stormwater bills

Money has been going down the drain for an expense that theA Seminole School BoardA now has discovered itA doesA not have to pay.

Comment?

Related Topix: Winter Springs, FL, Key West, FL, Alachua County, FL

Garden Design

Botanic Notables: Florida's 'The Senator' Cypress

Last month, a fire destroyed an ancient tree in central Florida. At 3,500 years old, the Senator was one of the oldest bald cypress trees in the world, and, at 118 feet, one of the tallest east of the Mississippi.

Comment?

Related Topix: Ponce de Leon, FL, January

The Orlando Sentinel

Seminole County trying to draw in high-tech Genesis 10 Corp.

Seminole County officials are offering a variety of incentives including tax refunds and cash in an effort to lure a New York-based business and technology firm to set up an operations center off Wekiva Springs Road Genesis 10 Corp.

Comment?

St. Augustine Record

Mica to announce his district today

U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, who has represented St. Johns County in Congress for 10 years, plans to announce today that he will campaign for the newly formed District 7 seat that represents Orange and Seminole counties.

Comment?

Related Topix: John Mica, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, St Johns County, FL, Orange County, FL

Thu Feb 09, 2012

MyFoxOrlando

Ovideo parents fight to save schools

OVIEDO, Fla. - It was busy night at Stenstrom Elementary in Oviedo, where both children and parents gathered to save their school.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oviedo, FL, Kids, Family

The Orlando Sentinel

Spurned lover, denied Lottery winnings, appeals judge's ruling

The ex-boyfriend of a woman who won $1 million in the Florida Lottery is appealing a judge's decision to allow the woman to keep all of her winnings, his attorney said Thursday.

Comment?

Related Topix: Lottery, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Click Orlando

Pill-mill conference hosted in Orlando

State Drug Enforcement agents are meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss tackling Florida's prescription drug abuse problem over the next year.

Comment?

Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Seminole Chronicle

Winn-Dixie to open remodeled stores

Grocery shopping is about to become a much nicer experience for residents of Seminole County.

Comment?

Related Topix: Fern Park, FL, Longwood, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Power back in Lake Mary after car struck power line

Progress Energy workers are working to restore power to thousands of customers in Seminole County after a vehicle struck a power line there overnight.

Comment?

Related Topix: Lake Mary, FL

Seminole Chronicle

Most recent unemployment figures reveal a .8 percent drop

For discouraged job seekers and the frustrated underemployed, trends in unemployment indicate that there may be light at the end of the tunnel as figures slowly travel downward.

Comment?

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Seminole Chronicle

Safety changes to be made to De Leon curve

In the next few months, drivers will see a combination of techniques used to slow the speed of traffic on De Leon curve in Oviedo.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oviedo, FL

WFTV Orlando

Altamonte authorities look for men who tried luring teen girls into truck

Altamonte Springs officers have stepped up patrols for a suspicious man who's now tried to kidnap at least three young girls.

Comment?

Related Topix: Altamonte Springs, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Seminole County schools hit by state budget amendment

The Florida House is advancing an education budget with a warning shot to school districts and specifically to Seminole County schools: try to raise taxes, and we'll take away your salaries and ability to close schools.

Comment?

Related Topix: Education Etc., Rick Scott, US Governors, Education, School Vouchers

WDBO-AM Orlando

Cops: 2 men stole steel from Oviedo bridge

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men in connection with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of steel brackets from Oviedo.

Comment?

Related Topix: Oviedo, FL

Tue Feb 07, 2012

WESH-TV

Monkey Found, Captured In Seminole County

Seminole County Animal Services workers found and captured a monkey on Tuesday after getting calls from several concerned people who reported seeing the animal around their neighborhood.

Comment?

Related Topix: Sanford, FL

The Orlando Sentinel

Love lost: Man has no right to ex-girlfriend's lottery winnings

A Seminole County man who sued his ex-girlfriend for half of her $1 million Florida Lottery winnings went away empty-handed Tuesday, her attorney said.

Comment?

Related Topix: Lottery

Click Orlando

Schools in only 1 county do lice checks

Central Florida parents are outraged at the school lice policies, especially after Local 6 reported Volusia County schools enacted a policy last year that they won't check children for head lice--and didn't notify the parents.

Comment?

Related Topix: Volusia County, FL, Osceola County, FL

Also on Topix