1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (591+ words) TAVARES, Fla. — A longtime Lake County pastor was arrested for felony battery after video captured him elbowing a man over 65 during a confrontation at Wooton Park earlier this week. Richard Edward “Rick” Pughe, 60, of Eustis, started HopeCity Church in Mount…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (983+ words) LEESBURG, Fla. — Three newly released 911 calls provided additional details about what was reported before and immediately after Lake County sheriff’s deputies fatally shot 32-year-old Erik Leopold Sharpe at a Leesburg-area home Aug. 20. The calls, obtained by Inside Lake, included two…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (161+ words) LEESBURG, Fla. — Lake County Fire Rescue will celebrate the opening of its new Fire Station 71 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house Sept. 2. The event is scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. at the new station, 33661 County Road 473 in Leesburg. Members of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (208+ words) LEESBURG, Fla. — Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to an armed domestic battery call near Leesburg discharged their firearms after being confronted by an armed person Thursday afternoon, according to LCSO. Just before 3 p.m., deputies responded to 10110 Morningside Drive…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (228+ words) FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. — An Amazon delivery driver who was found unresponsive and later died has been publicly identified, but her cause of death is still unknown more than a week after she was found. Jaylene Vargas Gonzalez was found unresponsive…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (205+ words) CLERMONT, Fla. — A 31-year-old Haines City man was killed early Saturday after a witness told investigators he walked into a lane on U.S. Highway 27 and laid down in the path of a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Just…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A Tavares man was killed Thursday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Just after 5:30 p.m., the 33-year-old man was driving a 1999 Ford F-350 westbound on Jones Avenue approaching Dirt…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) CLERMONT, Fla. — A man wanted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was taken into custody Thursday afternoon with the assistance of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team. Agents with the FDLE Task Force located Malikai Gaskins, who was…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (285+ words) MOUNT DORA, Fla. — A missing person report Wednesday led Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies to the discovery of two deceased people, including the missing person and a neighboring resident identified as the suspect, according to the sheriff’s office. Around 5:30 p....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (175+ words) Marilyn M. Aciego is the Publisher of Inside Lake and a veteran journalist with more than two decades of experience covering Lake County. Born and raised locally, she is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College, where her…...