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Brevard LUCY-CAROLE KLINE, 80, Cocoa, died Saturday. Wylie-Baxley Merritt Island Funeral Home. BRUCE LOCUSON, 54, Merritt Island, died May 15. Wylie-Baxley Merritt Island Funeral Home. Lake JOHNNIE LEE CROWLEY, 77, Tavares, died Friday. Hamlin &...

Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37...

    Team: Apopka 2012 Record: 13-2, won 8A state championship Spring Ranking: 1 Coach: Rick Darlington Top Returners: Zack Darlington (Sr., QB), Isaiah Buehler (Sr., DL), Martez Ivey (Jr., OL), Rakeem Smith (Sr., DB), Robert Thomas (Sr., DB), J.J....

Every now and then a photo of something relatively mundane takes on a life of its own. Such is the case for the picture of a frowning President Obama looking up at a rainy sky (how's that for a metaphor about recent White House missteps?) while a...

  Team: Dr. Phillips 2012 Record: 13-1, lost to Apopka in state semifinal Spring Ranking: 2 Coach: Rodney Wells Top Returners: Deionte Gaines (Sr., ATH), Roderick Proctor (Sr., WR), Marvin Brown (Sr., DB), Davin Pierce (Sr., DB), Ia Wolfgramm (Sr., LB),...

In April 2007, Amanda left a prom after-party with a friend who had been drinking. On the way home, the driver crashed into a ditch. Amanda's spinal cord was injured, and she was paralyzed from the neck down. She was hospitalized for five months and...

Damaging detour The Wekiva Parkway, the last link to be built in Orlando's beltway, was designed to minimize its impact on the environmentally sensitive Wekiva River basin. The $1.66 billion, 25-mile toll road will connect State Road 429 in Apopka...

Brevard BEVERLY A. KELLEY, 71, Rockledge, died Wednesday. Davis-Seawinds Funeral Home, Melbourne. Lake MOSE BOYKIN, 90, Mount Dora, died Saturday. Marvin C. Zanders Funeral Home, Apopka. RUTH J. HARRIMAN, 92, Eustis, died Sunday. Allen J. Harden...

 A look at Central Florida's all-area boys alcrosse honorable mentions. The first team can be viewed HERE. HONORABLE MENTION Garrett Spek, Sr., M, Apopka; Trey Hendrickson, Sr., D, Apopka; Brett Forward, Sr., A, Dr. Phillips; Kevin Hoppey, Sr., D,...

Thousands of spectators cheered and hollered as track runners bolted toward the finish line in this weekend's Special Olympics Florida's Summer Games. Alex Hernandez's mother and coach watched from the sidelines as the 18-year-old Winter Garden...

Brevard RICHARD INGALLS BOYD, 81, Merritt Island, died Thursday. Wylie-Baxley Merritt Island Funeral Home. MYRTLE C. TARDY, 85, Merritt Island, died Wednesday. Wylie-Baxley Merritt Island Funeral Home. Lake HELEN H. TOBIE, 79, Eustis, died Friday....

Occupational licenses issued recently by county and municipal governments in Central Florida; data collected by Market Force Corp. of Newtown Square, Pa. Lake The London Fish and Chippy, restaurant, 3242 Cypress Grove Drive, Eustis, 32736. Kapa Reno...