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The Uber pilot agreement with five Seminole County cities to provide discounted rides ended on July 5, and Sanford was the most heavily populated in terms of rides, seeing 74,243 trips and costing $133,643 over the last two years.

Uber spokersman Javi Correoso told the Sanford Herald that there was an “obvious demand” for such public-private partnerships.

At Monday’s City Commission meeting, the commissioners talked contracts with WastePro, passed through a new energy-efficient system people can enter into, and delayed a discussion on a controversial Ohio Avenue development for the second time.

An arrest was made Tuesday morning in the case of a prowler stalking local neighborhoods earlier this month, police said.

The suspect was a juvenile, and arrived at 7:30 in the morning accompanied by his parents to confess to the crime.

Because of his age, his name wasn’t released to the public.

At the second installment of the Sanford Chamber’s “Great Debates” series Thursday night, candidates for Seminole County School Board squared off and compared notes on charter schools, school safety and more.

Residents of east Seminole County frustrated with the lack of a tax collector office and DMV service need not be frustrated much longer, as Tax Collector Joel Greenberg announced the opening of a new office, their seventh, in Winter Springs.

It will be located at 1495 E. State Road 434 in Winter Springs, a press release states.

Some Geneva residents are concerned about speeding in their community, saying that sometimes drivers barrel through their small country roads at 80 miles per hour in 25 miles per hour zones.

Seminole County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Winter Park man, 54-year-old Timothy Curran, for over 20 counts of child pornography on Wednesday.

They also stated Curran possibly had “inappropriate contact” with children as well, which they’re still investigating and hope any victims will come forward if they exist.

SunRail begins running service on a new schedule beginning Monday, July 23. The new schedule features more mid-day time slots, as well as running later at night. Service is increasing from the current 18 round trips per day to 20 round trips per day.

Mr. Johnson kept his johnson

Officers responded to an apartment Tuesday on Chase Avenue after a man said his wife threatened him with a butter knife.

The office of GreenStar Medical on Sun Drive in Lake Mary looks like any other doctor’s office, with a small waiting area, furnished with chairs and magazines and the news playing on a wall-mounted television, and a quiet, professional atmosphere.