The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help locating Billie Jo Green. She was last seen Feb. 27, 2026, in the area of State Road 450 walking eastbound on Wilson Parrish Road in Umatilla.

Armed robbers targeted a casino in Umatilla around midnight on Thursday, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

As many people in Central Florida face uncertainties surrounding benefits such as SNAP during the government shutdown, a local restaurant in Umatilla is stepping up by giving away free food to kids who need it.

A bicycle was found at a Lake County intersection this week, nearly two months after its owner went missing from the same spot, according to the sheriff’s office.

Carrie Jarrett said lightning from a passing storm struck her home and sparked a fire that quickly spread to the attic.

A 41-year-old Umatilla man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 51-year-old Ocklawaha woman died after the SUV she was driving crashed near Umatilla, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Nearly two dozen Marion County firefighters battled a large structure fire in Umatilla.

A 45-year-old Umatilla man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Arthur James Young, 59, faces charges of aggravated assault, child abuse and kidnapping, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

A 20-year-old Umatilla man riding a motorcycle through Lake County was killed when he was hit by a pickup truck that was traveling the wrong way, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Florida wildlife officials investigate a death on a lake in Lake County.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was back out in Central Florida to award millions for infrastructure projects in Lake County.

Two people were found dead in a Umatilla home after a possible murder-suicide, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Florida troopers investigate a fatal wreck in Marion County.

The children kept hitting his fence with the ball from the edge of his driveway, so he walked out to confront them, pulling out a handgun and shooting the ball, deputies said.

A man has been arrested after deputies said he stole a pickup truck and nearly caused several head-on crashes while driving at high speed from Lake County to Volusia County.

A 27-year-old Umatilla man died after the car he was driving crashed into a tree in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

FBI agents arrested a Umatilla man on Wednesday and charged him with attacking two police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Police are looking for 87-year-old John Bradley, who was reported missing out of Umatilla on Thursday and was last seen driving through Orlando around noon.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office is asking municipalities to pay for dispatch services based on population.

A 44-year-old Umatilla man riding a bicycle on U.S. Route 441 in Marion County was fatally struck early Friday in a hit-and-run crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A missing Central Florida woman is found safe by Python hunters.

A missing 75-year-old woman with dementia was found safe by python hunters, according to officials.

A single-vehicle crash that left two people dead is currently under investigation near Umatilla, according to a statement Saturday from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Lake County detectives are investigating a shooting death that happened Wednesday.

Marion County detectives are seeking information on a man who attempted to force a girl into a car at an Umatilla bus stop nearly two weeks ago.

An attempted robbery at a gaming establishment in Dona Vista Wednesday evening ended with one person being taken to the hospital after being shot, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

A community has come together to support a veteran-owned café after it announced plans to close its doors due to inflation costs.

A 64-year-old DeLand man riding a motorcycle in Umatilla was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Florida Silver Alert was issued Sunday for a missing 77-year-old man out of Umatilla, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

An Umatilla man died Thursday morning after he lost control of a car and it crashed into a tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A gun raffle is causing controversy in Lake County after a group of parents posted about the fundraiser on social media.

An Umatilla man died Saturday morning after an ATV he was riding overturned in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A man charged with setting a string of fires in Umatilla in 2019 has pleaded no contest to all of the charges against him and agreed to prison time.

A woman faces a murder charge after she sold fentanyl to a Leesburg man who ended up dying from an overdose, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Health officials in Marion County say a raccoon in the area recently tested positive for rabies.

What started out as a first day of school exercise, turned into a month's long project, resulting in a book called, "Through Their Eyes."

Authorities are searching for the gunman behind Wednesday's shooting in Umatilla. (Lake County's Sheriff's Office)LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A person was critically wounded during a shooting in Umatilla Wednesday morning and now deputies are looking for the gunman, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the shooter went to the victim’s residence on Highland Avenue around 11:20 a.m., shot him or her and then fled in a dark-colored sedan with tinted windows. LCSO released a photo of the vehicle that fled the scene, asking for the public’s help in finding it. Detectives are urging anyone with information about the shooting to call the sheriff’s office at 352-343-2101.

(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)UMATILLA, Fla. – A Central Florida school district will not reinstate a middle school teacher who lost his job last year after making “lewd and offensive” TikTok videos that were seen by his students. The Lake County School Board agreed last month to uphold the termination of Todd Erdman's teaching contract, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Telfer heard two days of testimony and then ruled in November that the school district had just cause to fire Erdman, the newspaper reported. “Those TikTok videos contain lewd and offensive material,” he wrote in his Nov. 6 order. “Those TikTok videos made their way into the public sphere, and were viewed by students and parents in the school district, as well as school district personnel.”Erdman was overseeing the middle school’s in-school suspension program when he was removed from his post in 2019.