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Healthful cooking on menu for Kissimmee kids in after-school club
Wearing pint-sized chef hats and aprons, a gaggle of elementary-schoolers looks up expectantly from picked-clean plates. "Did you guys enjoy?" their instructor asks. "Yes!" comes back a chorus of voices. "Who wants seconds?" Eyes widen and...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Kissimmee, Salads, Diabetes, Molina Healthcare Incorporated
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Seminole, Brevard named "high performing" school districts, again
The Seminole County school district -- and neighboring Brevard County's -- are "academically high performing," based on Florida's annual designation. Both have earned the title in previous years. Seminole, in fact, has been so-named for six...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), The Seminole Tribe, Brevard County
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Traffic: Rain-slicked I-4 a big pain for drivers
Interstate 4 is rain-slicked mess this afternoon — again. Congestion is a problem on eastbound I-4 from Exit 78 (Conroy Road) to Mile Maker 91 in Seminole County. Slowdowns are being reported on westbound I-4 from Exit 84 (State Road 50) to Exit...
Tags: Sanford, Interstate 4, Traffic
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Charley Reese: Longtime Sentinel columnist was a popular conservative voice
Charley Reese, a retired Orlando Sentinel columnist who for decades argued forcefully for less government and more personal freedom, died Tuesday. He was 76. Reese, who lived in Seminole County, died of respiratory failure after a long illness, family...
Tags: U.S. Army, Lebanon, Periodicals, Washington, DC, Israel
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Orlando area high-school graduation ceremonies begin today
Orlando SentinelThousands of students throughout Central Florida will be starting a new chapter in their lives as high school graduations begin this week and continue into June. The ceremonies start today, with Seminole County's Lake Mary and Lyman high-school...Tags: Oviedo, Graduation, Schools, Amway, Orlando
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Seminole teachers to vote on pay raise, change to salary schedule
Seminole County's public school teachers are to vote next week on a contract that will give them a retroactive, average raise of 2.7 percent for the current school year -- but also put them on a new "salary schedule" their union opposes. The Seminole...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, The Seminole Tribe
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Traffic: S.R. 417 in Seminole slow because of crash
The right lane of the Central Florida GreeneWay is blocked before Exit 52 in Seminole County because of a crash. The trouble spot is just before the Exit, which leads to County Road 46A.
Tags: Oviedo, Lake Mary, Volusia County, Altamonte Springs, Orange City
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Head-on collision injures three in Seminole County
Three people were injured — two seriously — following a head-on collision on a Seminole County road early Monday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said James Johnstone, 23, of Orlando was headed east on County Road 419 about...Tags: Orlando, Florida Highway Patrol
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Weather: Storms to continue this evening in Metro Orlando
Storms that have been roaring through Central Florida will continue for another couple of hours, the National Weather Service in Melbourne said. Orlando, Volusia County and Lake County will continue to see rain, forecasters said. The worst of the...
Tags: Ocala, Bay Lake, Volusia County, Orlando, Orange County (Florida)
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Traffic: Delays remain on I-4 in Seminole
Late-morning delays remain on westbound Interstate 4 in Seminole County. The delays are reported: From Exit 101 to State Road 417. At mile marker 96 because of a crash. At mile marker 91, because of an accident. Traffic remains backed up for...
Tags: Lake Mary, Sanford, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Orlando, Orange County (Florida)
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Florida jobless rate dips to 7.2 percent in April
Florida's unemployment rate continues to fall, dipping from 7.5 percent in March to 7.2 percent in April — the lowest level in five years. Metro Orlando's jobless rate also improved, falling to 6.4 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage...
Tags: Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Government, Orlando, Orange County (Florida)
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FDLE: Crime rates down in Central Florida, across state
Central Florida counties saw lower crime rates in 2012 — mirroring the statewide trend — according to the annual crime report released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The overall crime rate in Orange County decreased by 4...
Tags: Pine Hills, Laws, Criminals, Orange County (Florida), Palm Beach County
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