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Greenlea Salazar School: Mount Dora Christian Academy  Sport: Track and Field - Javelin

Noah Graczyk  School: East Ridge High School & Lake-Sumter State College Sport: Soccer 

What began as a small beach volleyball tournament among friends in downtown Tavares has

When Tim McRae retires this month after 18 years with Akers Media Group, he’ll

The chaos of the emergency room was where Colleen Wallace, AGNP, began working in

Generations of hardworking families have shaped Lake and Sumter counties with community-built enterprises and

Emmy Luke School: Eustis High Sport: Softball Class: 2027 (Junior) Age: 16 Position:

Brett Widmann School: The Villages Charter High School Sport: Football & Shot Put

On any given week in Lake County, Jared Massey can be found on the

In a region better known today for subdivisions and shopping corridors, the Fickett family

Change is rarely comfortable or without emotion.  Yet as much as we humans resist

Back home, Duct-Man Mechanical continued operating while Quan completed boot camp and technical school,

What began as a simple idea to show a pig at the Lake County

Victoria Barajas School: Tavares High Sport: Weightlifting Age: 18 Class: Senior  State

Bobby Jones Potash School: First Academy Leesburg Sport: Golf  Age: 14 Class: 8th

Leesburg High School’s tennis program may not have the visibility of football or basketball,

Amanda Gaskin doesn’t do rushed medicine. She doesn’t do “wait two weeks for an

2nd Grade   |  Fruitland Park Elementary School For Amanda Hanke, teaching

4th & 5th Grade English/Language Arts | Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School  Grace

AVID  |  Tavares Middle School Rachel Sadlemire knew early on that she