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Friday, April 19, 2024

SWAT team serves warrants in Leesburg and puts five behind bars on drug charges

Law enforcement officers serving on the Mid-Florida SWAT Team were called into action Thursday night to execute two search warrants.

The team’s members – officers from Leesburg, Clermont and Mount Dora – handled the warrants for the Leesburg Police Department’s Crime Suppression Unit, a report says, adding that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Investigations Bureau also provided assistance.

The first warrant was served on Oak Drive and the second on Osceola Avenue. Five people were arrested between the two locations and charged with possession of methamphetamine with the intent to sell, possession of heroin and possession of Fentanyl.

Roosevelt Executive Golf Course should be downgraded to F grade

A Village of Bradford resident, in a Letter to the Editor, contends the Roosevelt Executive Golf Course has a D grade, but should be an F.

The press is biased against Trump

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Osceola Hills makes the case that the press is biased against former President Trump.

Former Morse South Gate attendant offers a little perspective

A former Morse South Gate attendant, in a Letter to the Editor, offers a little perspective after another letter writer was critical of attendants working that gate.

A lot of our presidents have committed adultery

A Village of Piedmont resident responds to Ralph Bennett’s assertion that Donald Trump is a fake Christian and she claims that many of our presidents have committed adultery. Read her Letter to the Editor.

DeSantis’ extreme agenda pushing medical providers out of Florida

A Village of Santo Domingo resident, in a Letter to the Editor, warns that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ extreme agenda is pushing medical providers out of Florida.