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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: Teaching and Learning, The Seminole Tribe, Teachers
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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: Weather Reports, Weather, Lake County (Florida), Celebration, Bay Lake
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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: Deltona, Highway Transportation, Orange City, Oviedo, Traffic
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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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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: Polk County, Politics, Executive Branch, Rollins College, Unemployment
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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: Orange County Sheriff's Office, Criminals, Laws, Lake County (Florida), Palm Beach County
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Central Florida Republicans rally to take out Castor Dentel
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Republican House District 30 candidate Bob Cortes, who hopes to defeat freshman Democrat Karen Castor Dentel next year, is holding his campaign kickoff and fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the Longwood Community Building. Castor Dentel ...Tags: Orlando, Elections, Melbourne, David Johnson, Parties and Movements
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Seminole to spend $7.4 million to buy land near airport for new sports complex
Seminole County took its first major step in building a complex for sports tournaments when commissioners agreed Tuesday to spend $7.4 million on almost 100 acres southeast of Orlando Sanford International Airport. The complex on East Lake Mary...
Tags: Interstate 4, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Local Government, Lake Mary, Sanford
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DNA evidence may clear Honduran man sentenced to death in Florida
ReutersBy Barbara Liston SANFORD, May 14 (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking to overturn the murder conviction of a Honduran man who has been on Florida's death row since 2006 presented new DNA and blood stain evidence in a Florida court on Tuesday. Clemente Aguirre-...Tags: Crimes, Trials, Lawyers, Murder, Justice System
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Florida prepares for massive insurance signup
WASHINGTON – Facing the next big health-care challenge in Florida, Uncle Sam plans to enlist hundreds of consumer "navigators" over the next several months to help enroll up to 3.5 million uninsured state residents by January, when everyone is...Tags: Medicaid, Tampa, Parties and Movements, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Sebelius
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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: Orlando, Interstate 4, Traffic, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Lake Mary
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Suspected bank robber in hospital after car crash
A suspected bank robber is in the hospital Saturday but will be transported to jail later in the day, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said. Two men were arrested Friday after Seminole County deputies said they robbed a bank near Lake Mary and...Tags: Interstate 4, Bank Robbery, Seminole County Sheriff's Office, Winter Springs, Motorvehicle Accidents
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