Volunteers rebuild Navy veteran’s house, hope Anita Hansen’s job in 2004 was to rebuild people’s lives while others tried to kill her. At the time, the 46-year-old Sanford resident was stationed...
Grant funds fun, education at 2 Sanford centers
The Westside Community Center and Midway Safe Harbor will receive millions of dollars in financial help during the next five thanks to a grant received through Seminole County Public Schools. The ...
Crooms teacher dies in car crash
Christina G. Reynolds, a 42-year-old English teacher at Sanford’s Crooms Academy, died Sunday in a car accident on State Road 46 while on her way to a family dinner with her sister and their child...
Winter Baseball League in limbo
Management company quits over contract dispute The new Florida Winter Baseball League has lost its management company and may strike out in its inaugural season due to financial problems. Global...
Police Blotter: Nov. 18, 2009
Attempted robbery A 29-year-old Sanford man was arrested Monday after a pedestrian said he was asked for money by the man three times along Magnolia Avenue between Magnolia Square and 14th Street,...
Business Watch meeting to discuss vagrants, crime
Downtown vagrants, crime statistics and a reverse calling system to advise businesses about emergencies will be discussed Thursday at a meeting of the Sanford Business Watch. Interested merchants ...
Seminole OKs $40.6 million water plant
Seminole County Commissioners voted Tuesday to proceed with construction of Yankee Lake Regional Water Treatment Facility in the face of ongoing legal battles over the withdrawal of water from the...
Theater manager becomes 2nd to quit over board dispute
The theater manager of the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center resigned Thursday – the second departure of a staffer within a week – over an ongoing dispute with the board of directors. June Powel...
Seminole County’s planning director resigns
Seminole County’s director of planning and development, Dorrie Debord, resigned Monday. Her last day at work is scheduled to be Dec. 1. Debord filed a letter of resignation and will receive $16,23...
Seminole County’s fourth reported swine flu death, a 45-year-old woman, occurred this week, according to the Seminole County Health Department. The department would not release any other informati...
Controlled substance A 54-year-old Sanford man was arrested Tuesday after police said he was acting strangely in his front yard. Police said they responded to a domestic disturbance where a man...
While economists, politicians and business owners scratch their heads looking for answers to create more jobs, Shawn Burnsed of Sanford has found his answer: "Girls in bikinis. It's a no-brainer."
Sanford commissioners this week gave permission to a social-service agency to print the city’s logo on a homeless information card that a group wants to hand out. Commissioners last week were set ...
Tara Guyher put her academic career on hold in August 2008 when she was called to active duty in Iraq. “I joined the Army National Guard in July 2006, started college the following month, and left...
A dispute over casting the lead role in an upcoming play at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center has lead to the resignation of the president of the Seminole County Repertory Company, who also i...