The City of Wildwood earned special recognition recently, for their Downtown Master Plan. The City received a Diamond Award from the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC).
This is a series to introduce the public to some of Sumter County’s newest teachers. This week, the focus is on Sherrita Pope – Wildwood Elementary School.
High school students can now sign-up for interactive programs giving them hands on experience to guide them on their future career journey
Sumter County’s Michael Bumpus was named as one of Lake Technical College’s January Student of the Month. Bumpus is training as a CNC Machining Specialist. Bumpus is second from left - holding the A letter.
Dear Rusty: Last month I tried to contact Social Security who never picked up a phone on their end. The same with the IRS. When I finally got through, they said I had to join ID.me before they could help me. That took me over a week, and many applications and rejects, to get through. The la…
Spending time in the district and being active the community is one of my priorities. I have community relations representatives who serve as my extra set of eyes and ears. Representing four counties and fulfilling my voting and committee responsibilities in D.C. often prevents me from being…
In 2018, Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis successfully championed legislation to provide vital PTSD benefits for Florida’s first responders under the state’s workers’ compensation system.
Alexander Carter plays tuba for the South Sumter High Raiders superior-rated marching band.
Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School is celebrating their third through fifth graders who earned straight A’s for the second quarter, with the Straight “A” Café. A total of 38 students worked hard and earned an amazing Super Bowl Lunch party with chicken wings, nachos, chips, popcorn, drinks a…
The monthly Alpha Delta Kappa meeting of Delta Gamma was held at the home of Joyce White at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26.
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on health care has made it more important than ever for nursing schools to educate the next generation of front-line providers. Now, thanks to an effort by Florida lawmakers to combat the nursing shortage, the University of Florida College of Nursing plans to b…
Mark Stephen “Steve” Doggett
Everybody was diving deep at Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School (LPES) for Literacy Week.
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South Sumter High School marching band is featuring their seniors this year, starting with flautist Emily Burkes, 17.
On Dec. 16, 2022, Jontae Solomon Haywood was reported as a missing juvenile. That evening, Haywood’s body was found near C.R. 557 in Bushnell, deceased due to a gunshot wound. Investigators were able to determine the people responsible for Haywood’s death were negligently handling a firearm,…
A Wildwood man was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 21 on eight counts of child pornography, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO).
