Voter turnout strong on Election Day
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. (4:40 p.m. ELECTION DAY) – Voters continue to pour into precincts to cast their ballots in person, this despite a record number participating in early voting. Hundreds lined up outside Graceway Church on Radio Road, for example. No one seemed irritated at the idea having to wait. Many seemed downright cheerful, which…
Early voting records shattered
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – More than half of the county’s 254,810 registered voters cast record early ballots Thursday four days before Election Day. “On October 25 we had 10,293 people show up to vote early-- that’s the highest number of early votes cast in one day in Lake County history,” said D’Anne Mica, spokeswoman for...
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — A judge has sentenced a Lake County, Fl. man to life in prison for committing heinous sex acts on a child and sharing the images on social media. Jesse A. Keifer, 38, of Clermont pleaded no contest to sexual battery of a child younger than 12, five counts of lewd and…
Man sentenced to life in prison for online sex abuse of child
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — A judge has sentenced a Lake County, Fl. man to life in prison for committing heinous sex acts on a child and sharing the images on social media. Jesse A. Keifer, 38, of Clermont pleaded no contest to sexual battery of a child younger than 12, five counts of lewd and…
Don’t let baloney blitz keep you from voting.
Thomas Jefferson said, “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” I saw one post on social media by a person who said they were not going to vote because the election is going to be stolen anyway. Show me the evidence. Let’s don’t let our divided…
Don’t go bats over bats
Just in time for Halloween, state wildlife officials are telling people not to harm bats that might be literally hanging around in your house. Unlike vampire Dracula, Florida bats are beneficial, capable of eating hundreds of insects each night, including mosquitoes and crop pests, and acting as pollinators. In fact, it is illegal to kill…
Man gets life sentence for strangling stepmom at cemetery
TAVARES, FLA. — Ian Anselmo, who strangled his pregnant stepmother in the cemetery she was later buried in, was sentenced to life in prison Friday. Anselmo’s lawyer, Richard Hornsby, argued that while there were aggravators, there were also “extreme” mitigating circumstances that called for a lower sentence. He suggested 15 to 20 years. The extreme…
Hurricane Milton death toll rises
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The death toll from Hurricane Milton climbed to 3 in Lake County with the discovery of a couple in Tavares that died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator at their home. The bodies of Perry Leintz, 67, and Constance Albrecht, 85, were discovered Tuesday afternoon at 24 Holly Drive…
‘Say ‘cheese’ security cameras, odd sweatshirt leads to murder arrests
LEESBURG, FLA. – A suspect’s unusual fashion statement and a series of security cameras has led to his and a codefendant’s arrest for the murder of an 87-year-old man at a gas station. Police have arrested Kenneth D. Bailey and Craig A. Stevenson Jr., both 22, in the slaying of Clarence H. Ervin on Sept….
87-year-old robbery victim dies, police arrest 2 men
LEESBURG, FLA. – The 87-year-old man who was robbed and shot at a gas station on Sept. 28 has died, and two of the three suspects have been arrested, police announced Monday. Clarence Ervin died Sunday of his injuries in the brazen daytime attack at 2101 W. Main St. Kenneth D. Bailey, 22,…