Lake County

Critics say the changes approved by lawmakers Thursday still wouldn’t protect local home rule power.

The burn ban will stay in place until drought conditions improve and the wildfire risk goes down.

The bill -- Senate Bill 694 -- was sent to the House, where a similar bill has so far made no progress.

Those four young Black men -- Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, Ernest Thomas and Charles Greenlee, who was only 16 -- were wrongly prosecuted or killed for the alleged rape of a white woman in Lake County in 1949.

Dry conditions are prompting concerns about water shortages and wildfire risk in Central Florida.

The proposal would allow the Ocklawaha to breach a dam currently limiting the river’s flow of water into the St. Johns River.

Cold overnight temperatures continue across Central Florida this week.

As cold weather moves in, Central Florida counties are preparing to house residents in warm shelters starting Thursday.

Thirteen construction projects are planned for regional trails this year, including nine projects in Central Florida.

The St. Johns River Water Management District is the first of three water management districts to approve the regional water supply plan.