The Florida Department of Education recently honored the state’s top 11th grade students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics during its 28th annual Sunshine State Scholars Conference, ...

A battle ensued at the Fruitland Park Soccer Field on Saturday. Kids, their parents and other local residents and law enforcement officers and deputies from Fruitland Park Police Department, Lake ...

The sun was shining and the water was flowing Thursday morning at Everglades Recreation during this month’s S.T.A.R. activity featuring an exhilarating array of water games.

The Florida Native Plant Society of The Villages 9th Annual Garden Tour and Native Plant and Refreshment Sale is not just an opportunity to admire beautiful gardens.

Armed with paint brushes, paint and creative juices, attendees of the Special Talented Adult Resident, or S.T.A.R. program, used their imagination to travel to a galaxy far, far away.

Jerry Poquette, left, of the Village of Duval, watches as his grandson, Clay Poquette, 15, right, tosses his disc towards the basket during the Camp Villages Disc Golf event at the Everglades ...

Make that two consecutive weeks that poor weather has impacted a Villages High School track and field meet. Friday’s regular season opener was called off midway through the program after heavy rain ...

Offense sells tickets, defense wins championships. Offensively, the VHS boys’ basketball team produced its highest point total of the season; defensively, it held Umatilla to eight points in the final ...

Ashley Abbott didn’t expect to touch so many lives when her daughter, Bailey, was diagnosed with Turner syndrome 15 years ago. Abbott, of Oxford, and her family host the Bailey’s Butterflies Walk for ...

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office recently received grant money from the Florida Department of Transportation to create traffic enforcement and educational programs targeting drivers in Sumter County ...

For 1.8 miles and just less than two hours, four senior VHS cheerleaders honored fallen soldiers from 82 years ago. Ambyrlyn Drain, Ava Fernandez, Amaya Gonzalez and Kaitlin Johnson performed with the ...