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Florida Highway Patrol: Heathrow woman, 21, killed instantly after slamming her Chevy Malibu head-on into the back of a dump truck on I-4 in Orlando

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 21-year-old Heathrow woman was killed Tuesday night when she slammed into the back of a large dump truck on Interstate 4, the Florida Highway Patrol said. 

Sheriff Dennis Lemma: Seminole County a safe place to live, but 'there's always the exception to the rule'

Headline Surfer photo and video by Henry Frederick / Seminole Country Sheriff Dennis Lemma is shown in an interview in his office regarding his approach to keeping this Central Florida County a safe place despite the proliferation of guns and the opioid crisis, the latter of which has reached crisis proportions in overdose deaths in neighboring Orange County (Orlando) to the west and and Volusia County (Daytona Beach) to the east along the I-4 corridor.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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BREAKING NEWS: Sanford cops: Alleged gunman sought in Seminole Towne Center Mall parking lot shooting apprehended

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Sanford cops apprehended Lewis Thomas Boone tonight for the shooting of another young man that occurred on Tuesday in the parking lot of the Seminole Towne Center Mall.

Half dozen pooches on 'Declared Dangerous Dogs List' in Seminole County

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Each year Animal Services receives and investigates dozens of complaints about potential dangerous dogs. Some investigations result in a dog being declared a dangerous dog in accordance with the Florida Statutes, Chapter 767, and the Seminole County Code, Chapter 20.
 

Lake Mary HS student & relief aid volunteer Christina Cardona: No quick fix for Puerto Rico

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LAKE MARY, Fla. -- The Seminole County School district has seen a dramatic spike in student enrollment in the past couple of weeks.

Dramatic enough to fill the equivalent of three classrooms, district officials say. The sudden influx comes from families leaving Puerto Rico, many of them to Central Florida since the massive devastation from Hurricane Maria.   

Seminole County School Board Chairwoman Amy Lockhart: 'We're going to do all we can for Puerto Ricans who need to relocate here'

SANFORD, Fla. -- School Board Chairwoman Amy Lockhart is all too aware of the suffering of Puerto Ricans with the utter devastation inflicted on the island a week ago by Maria, which made landfall on the commonwealth as a category 4 hurricane.