State forces court clerk layoffs — 10 lose jobs in Lake TAVARES — Lake County Clerk of Courts Neil Kelly has laid off 10 employees, citing budget restraints prompted by new state legislation that has required clerks throughout Florida to impose severe cost-cutting measures.
Kelly said the new law cost...
Grant to benefit vision program for kids Florida's Vision Quest was awarded a $1,000 grant from the Charles B. and Mary M. McLin Foundation for its mobile unit to provide vision examinations and prescription eyeglasses during the 2009-10 school year to economically disadvantaged children in Lake...
Boy Scout forced to drink urine at Scout camp A North Florida man and three teenagers face criminal charges after forcing a boy to drink urine at a Boy Scout Camp near Jacksonville.
"This is an isolated incident; this does not normally happen at a Scout camp," said Jack Sears, chief executive...
6/22: Progressions Architecture
VOA Associates Inc., Orlando, has promoted both John W. Page and Doug Lambrecht to senior vice president.
Jacobs, a division of Jacobs Engineering Group, has appointed Paul Herwig as registered architect V and Veronica Read as project...
Lake unemployment rate ticks up in May Lake County's unemployment rate jumped back up in May with more than 14,000 people unemployed, according to new rates released by Workforce Central Florida.
The Lake jobless rate ticked up to 10.8 percent in May from the revised 10.4 percent rate in...
Prison fight over honey bun could lead to death sentence The "honey bun" alibi failed.
State prisoner Raul Roque, already serving a life sentence for a South Florida killing, was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a fellow inmate at a Lake County prison.
Roque, who can be...
