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Oviedo police responded to the Oviedo Emergency Room last Friday after staff reported a man was “being belligerent and drinking beer in the room,” according to his arrest report.

According to a new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Florida is the most dangerous state in the country for bike fatalities.

The rate in Florida overall is 6.2 deaths for each million people, and the number was closer to 7 deaths per million in the Tampa area, particularly Pinellas County.

At Monday’s City Commission meeting, the commissioners passed $14 million to construction company Wharton-Smith Inc. for the construction of a Sea Wall for Lake Monroe to move forward.

The Sea Wall will be 12,000 feet long and will serve to curb flooding on the streets as the lake rises from rains or future hurricanes.

Residents of Midway are concerned about sewage leaking into their yards, one resident, Emory Green, told the Sanford City Commission on Monday night.

Facing multiple developers willing to buy the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce building at 400 East 1st Street, the City Commissioners were at a crossroad for their plans for the building at Monday’s 4 p.m. workshop.

At Thursday’s Historic Preservation Board meeting, the loss of former Historic Preservation Officer Christine Dalton was felt intensely as the board tried to navigate what they said was an incomplete proposal to repair a resident’s home in line with historic district guidelines

Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting at Mama Coot’s earlier this month that left Derek Williams, 28, dead.

Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Michael Ertel wants to warn voters about what he says are “deceptive” mailers intended to scare people off from voting or confuse them enough that they won’t do it.

After months of delays, the development on Ohio Avenue that could have put 14 houses on a small plot of land near Lake Silver has been withdrawn by the developer, Miller Construction.

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