Funds will support literacy, STEM, and Career and Technical Education classroom programs. The Education Foundation of Lake County has awarded more than $13,000 in grant money to support 13 educator-submitted [...]

Betty Lemley Lake County, state officials working together on getting as many people vaccinated as possible. Photos: Nicole Hamel A few months ago, Betty Lemley arrived at her new [...]

Needy get filled, volunteer couple in Mount Dora get fulfilled. For 18 years since retiring to Florida from North Dakota, Cal and Shirley Rolfson are pretty much living the dream.  [...]

This year, more than ever it’s important to focus on heart health by adopting a healthier lifestyle to prevent heart disease, says Lori Johnson, family and consumer science agent for [...]

The City of Eustis is gearing up to celebrate George Washington’s birthday during a three-day family-friendly event taking place Feb. 26-28, 2021. The occasion will mark the 119th year the [...]

The Florida Department of Health in Lake County (DOH-Lake) Groveland Amazon site will be closed effective immediately thru Monday, February 15, 2021 due to lack of vaccine availability. "We will [...]

A diet of 80% whole foods does a body good. Food as medicine is by no means a new concept. The idea derives from 5th century science and Hippocrates, the [...]

A doctor’s warning inspires a mother-daughter duo to lose 154 pounds combined and start “I Lost to Gain” life coaching.  Photos: Douglas Tyler  Lynn Anoa’i reached a pivotal moment in [...]

Beginning Monday, May 11, the COVID-19 testing sites operated by Adult Medicine of Lake County in Mount Dora and Leesburg will merge into one location at Lake County Fairgrounds, 2101 [...]

Many maltreated children may be facing greater trauma during the coronavirus pandemic because teachers, neighbors and coaches don’t see them as often and can’t report suspected abuse. Marcia Hilty, a [...]

AdventHealth will close its drive-up testing site in Sanford Friday, May 1, to support the reopening of the Seminole Towne Center. The remainder of the six drive-up locations, including one [...]

AdventHealth plans sweeping changes to safeguard patients, visitors, team members and the greater community as the health-care system begins to reopen many of its services amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The [...]

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Clermont and Lady Lake are among 150 in Florida set to receive tablets that will enable residents with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia to [...]

As of Monday afternoon, April 27, Lake County had 223 cases of coronavirus, while Sumter County had 173 cases, according to the Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance [...]

An upcoming virtual run will attempt to be the “biggest run in history.” The Virtual Run to Feed America 5k is a free running event for charity that hopes to [...]