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A collection drive for Hurricane Michael victims on Friday saw Police Chief Cecil Smith working with local bar The Barn to gather hoards of supplies into a truck.

Seminole County ranks in the top 25 counties in the state for traffic crashes resulting in serious and fatal injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists.

After her 18-year-old grandson, Adrian Edwin Diaz of Winter Springs, died late last month from drowning after two witnesses reportedly failed to help him, Diane Hernandez is taking action.

Seminole County Animal Services took 12 dogs under its wing after Hurricane Michael hit, and they’ve been getting adopted fast.

Now, after only about a week, only one dog still remained up for adoption from the ones taken after the storm, according to Animal Services Foster Care and Education Director Diane Gagliano.

At Monday’s City Commission meeting workshop, the commissioners batted around the idea of a registry of rental properties in the county.

The rental property registration idea would be a database that could be consulted on every known rental property and manager of said property in the city.

Sanford commissioners discussed Monday how to deal with public donation bins around the city.

Donation bins refer to outside boxes where people can drop off unwanted clothes and other items for people in need to take for themselves.

A lawsuit from the developers of the River Cross project, voted down at several levels of county government, alleges that Seminole County is propagating racial segregation by enforcing the Rural Boundary and not allowing River Cross to come in.

In doing so, they also want to eliminate the Rural Boundary line entirely and force the county to let their project go through.

Among the manpower sent to help in the cleanup and rescue missions after Hurricane Michael two weeks ago were several Seminole County firefighters’ units.

Communication was still shaky all around the affected areas even late this week, with a lack of phone lines or power making it difficult to find people who were still missing.

Several young people were arrested Wednesday in connection with a string of vehicle burglaries stretching from Winter Springs to Longwood, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputies said.

The suspects arrested were Steven Walker, 18, Hailey Ann Lynn Schulte, 18, Dashaun Patrick Gonzalez-Actie, 21, Trey Michael Anderson, 17, and Jordan Dominick Jenkins, 18.

Sanford Brewing Company is expanding their craft beer operation to Maitland and Oviedo in the next two years, said owner Robyn Esser.

After being asked how it felt to be looking at expansions, Esser said, “Exhilarating.”

“And terrifying,” chimed in fellow owner Bo Hallowes.