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Police: Man killed by intended target
A Sanford man who set out to rob an acquaintance was shot and killed Monday by the intended victim, who in turn was charged with homicide, police said Tuesday. Friends of James Allbritton, 21, who...
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Herald photo by Tommy Vincent: Trish O’Dwyer and Oscar, her 5-year-old chocolate lab, explore one of Paw Park’s dog-friendly obstacles Tuesday. The dog park is equipped with ladders, water stations and a large tree trunk. Dog magazine honors Sanford, Paw Park
Sanford and the city’s dog park recently were recognized by Dog Fancy magazine as among some of the best places in the country for being canine-friendly. The national magazine is celebrating its 4...
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IN ANY EVENT: Seminole Museum to present author at historical society
Greg Dawson, consumer columnist for the Orlando Sentinel and author of “Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy’s Story of Survival,” will be the guest speaker at the open meeting of the Semino...
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Voter group to host forum for school board candidates
The Seminole County League of Women Voters will hold their bi-monthly forum tonight to interview candidates for the Seminole County school board. The forum will be held at Crooms Academy of Infor...
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Police Blotter: July 28, 2010
Larceny A flat-screen TV and DVD player were reported stolen Monday from an apartment where the resident had died the day before. Police said the property manager reported the theft from the 1...
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Jackie Miller’s painting, “Shakra” hangs in the Art Affair Gallery in downtown Sanford. On the back of the painting Miller wrote this poem: “Life is a path An ascension of perception Each step we take Moves us into a different Realm A different state of conscience Direct your thought upward Look deeper than Right Now See further than just today Look into the picture That is your Life… Should you Not Like What you see – Turn it over & Look Again.” Sanford woman had begun new life before fatal attack
This week was the first time she didn’t go back to him. After three years, four break ups, and documented accounts of verbal, emotional and physical abuse, Jackie Miller, 44, of Sanford had final...
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Police to revise extra-duty policy after violations
Three Sanford police officers who oversaw a department program in which officers work off-duty jobs for pay, are serving a 90-day suspension from working the extra hours after an independent inves...
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Herald photo by Tommy Vincent: Emily Muscatello (left), owner of Dog Day Afternoon, checks in on Donna Neals who is living inside a dog kennel for 10 days to raise awareness for Paws in Hand Inc. Living the life of a dog to increase awareness for pet-rescue project
Donna Neals, president of Paw in Hand Match Inc., is “ ‘ruffing’ it for the cause,” spending 10 days living like a dog at Dog Day Afternoon in Sanford. Her 5-by-8-foot “doggie apartment” contains...
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Police Blotter: July 25, 2010
Air conditioner thefts Several thefts of air conditioners were reported in Sanford this week. Two air conditioners were stolen Wednesday from a multi-family residence in the 1900 block of West 16t...
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Haiti’s aftershock
by Glenn Judah, Herald Staff
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It has been a little more than 6 months since a series of devastating earthquakes rocked Haiti, and although Patrick O’Shea of Sanford was more than 700 miles away the aftershocks continue to rattl...
Sanford woman killed in bizarre attack on I-4
by Rachel Delinski, Herald Staff
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A Sanford woman was killed Tuesday morning on Interstate 4 – not because of an accident caused by her estranged boyfriend, but because of fatal injuries caused by him afterwards, Volusia County dep...
19-year-old escape artist recaptured in Orlando
by Rachel Delinski, Herald Staff
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A man who escaped from a police car Friday night while on his way to the county jail on shoplifting charges was caught Monday night in Orlando. Ridgh Achille, 19, of Altamonte Springs, was caught...
CrimeLine tips lead to arrest in insurance-office robbery
by Rachel Delinski, Herald Staff
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One suspect in last week’s armed robbery of a Sanford insurance company is behind bars, and police are hoping that public input will help identify a second suspect sought in the crime. Volusia Co...
Sanford police seek volunteers to help at National Night Out
by Staff
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Sanford’s residents and police department will celebrate National Night Out on Aug. 3 and are looking for companies and individuals to get involved in the event. National Night Out is designed to...
DOT begins ride-matching program to help commuters
by Staff
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Commuters in Seminole and eight other Central Florida counties are being offered a new ride-matching program with other commuters to use alternate modes of transportation to go to work. The new r...