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Original: Lake County Supervisor of Elections Emogene Stegall, right, discusses precinct results with Absentee Ballot Coordinator Carolyn King at the elections office in Tavares on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.

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Low turnout leads to quick results

Low turnout leads to quick results LARRY ELL Staff Writer Counting all of Lake County's votes took little more than an hour Tuesday night after the polls closed at 7 p.m. because of low voter tu ...

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Heart attack claims Groveland leader

Friday, November 06, 2009

GROVELAND -- Groveland officials woke up Oct. 30 to news that City Manager Ralph Hester had died overnight.

Mayor Richard Smith said he was told Hester woke up around midnight not feeling well, then collapsed on his bed shortly after.

Smith said he received a call around 2:30 a.m. from Groveland's police chief telling him Hester had died.

"It's hard to believe it really happened," Smit ...

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Names released in fatal car crash

Friday, November 06, 2009

CLERMONT -- Clermont police on Monday released the names of the people involved in a Halloween night crash that killed one pedestrian and injured another.

According to Clermont's Capt. John Johnson, Mitchell Trompeter, 8, was killed after being struck by a vehicle as he was crossing State Road 50 with a family member Saturday evening.

Police said Trompeter was pronounced dead at the scen ...

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Original: Election signs line the sidewalk of Precinct 599 at St. Philip Lutheran Church in Mount Dora on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. width=

VOTERS SELECT TWO NEW SOUTH LAKE MAYORS

Friday, November 06, 2009

South Lake County will see some changing of the guards, especially in Mascotte and Minneola, where the city's top people were up for election.

In the Mascotte mayoral race, Jeff Krull edged out incumbent Felix Ramirez by just 12 votes, 114-102.

Krull, a five-year member of the city council, reclaimed the seat he'd lost two years earlier to Ramirez.

After Tuesday's vote, Krull said he is ...

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City taps Miller as interim manager

Friday, November 06, 2009

GROVELAND -- In a unanimous vote, the City Council appointed Assistant City Manager and Finance Director Dolly Miller as interim city manager on Monday. At the meeting, councilors led attendees in a moment of silence to honor the memory of former City Manager Ralph Hester ,who died unexpectedly on Oct. 30.

The board agreed to delay further discussion of the hiring process until after Hester's ...

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