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After the River Cross development was denied at multiple levels of county government, rural Seminole County residents have now turned their eye towards another development that could put 300 homes on an 800-acre lot east of Snow Hill Road and north of the Econlockhatchee River, part of land once owned by the Yarborough family.

Orange City resident Angela Callegari got a shock earlier this summer when she opened her mailbox to find a summons for court on criminal theft charges.

The only problem? She hadn’t been arrested or committed any crimes.

As the work day was starting Wednesday morning, agents with Homeland Security and the Air Force raided Todd’s Quality Tomatoes on Beardall Avenue.

No information was available to the media as to why, except that law enforcement had executed a search warrant on the property for an unstated reason.

The dust of the primary elections has settled and according to Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel, the number of voters increased drastically this year compared to the last midterm election year, with 28 percent of registered voters turning out this year as opposed to only 17 percent in 2014.

Days after he won the election to be the new District 2 commissioner for the City of Sanford, Kerry Wiggins was at work like nothing had changed.

“This is home for me,” he said, gesturing to the football field at Seminole High School where he's coached in the past, but referring to the city at large. “It’s an environment I love. Sanford is a great city. You have to respect the city.”

The historic dry cleaners building at 113 S. Palmetto Avenue was sold on Tuesday morning to the people who are currently transforming the adjacent Old Jail building into a restaurant and bar, according to Deputy City Manager Tom George.

A cut above

Deputies arrested a 66-year-old Casselberry man Tuesday after they said he spoke inappropriately to a woman during a hair cut.

When the numbers for the City of Sanford election came in Tuesday evening, Mayor Jeff Triplett nearly held his seat without a run-off. However, he was just shy of being re-elected as mayor, garnering just short of half the votes at 49.03 percent. Instead, he will have to go through a run-off on Nov. 6 against Pasha Baker, who gained 23.12 percent of the votes. 

On Sunday afternoon, writer and daredevil Cynthia Morrison, or “The Great Cindini” as she’s known on stage, made a pilgrimage to Lake Mary’s Oaklawn Memorial Park to visit the grave of her old friend Charlie Carlson Jr.

Seminole County Commissioners on Tuesday finally made the decision to purchase the Rolling Hills Golf Course in Longwood for $3.99 million.

The decision marks the culmination of an effort started by residents of the neighborhood nearby to save the defunct golf course and turn it into a park.