Despite objections from residents, Leesburg Commissioners voted 4-1 Monday to approved rezoning and annexation for a 502 single-family development on 202 acres off County Road 33. Next door neighbor James Revels complained that it would be “an island” sur... See more
TAVARES – A circuit court judge Wednesday denied death row inmate James Duckett’s appeal to have an independent DNA lab analyze inconclusive results he hoped would exonerate in the 1987 rape and murder of a child. Duckett was a rookie Mascotte police offi... See more
Julie Ann Sulpizio, charged with leading sheriff’s deputies into a deadly ambush, is mentally competent to proceed to trial, according to Florida State Hospital. She is being transported back to Tavares where hospital, defense and prosecution experts will... See more
By Frank Stanfield $2 Million Project Begins to Repair Storm-Damaged Donnelly Street There is a lot of traffic on north Donnelly Street these days – not from cars headed downtown but dump trucks and heavy equipment repairing the road that was washed out d... See more
March 25, 2026 Leesburg Commissioners Push for U.S. 27 Improvements as Traffic Concerns Grow By Frank Stanfield Leesburg Commissioners Push for U.S. 27 Improvements as Traffic Concerns Grow Citizens give city commissioners an earful about all kinds of thi... See more
