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Days before political consultant Michael Shirley was found guilty of profiting greatly from a bribery-and-kickback scheme with Joel Greenberg, Seminole County commissioners agreed to explore how to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money doled out by the disgraced tax collector for “no work” contracts. “The fact that, we believe, there were no-work contracts that happened in ...

Seminole commissioners have a short list of candidates for the county manager's post, including two former Orange County administrators.

A federal judge ordered River Cross Land Co. to pay Seminole County $432,198 in legal fees and court costs.

Seminole County will receive more than $1.3 million in restitution from Joel Greenberg, County Attorney Bryant Applegate said Tuesday.

Seminole County will receive more than $1.3 million in restitution from Joel Greenberg, County Attorney Bryant Applegate said Tuesday.

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Seminole County will receive more than $1.3 million in restitution from Joel Greenberg, County Attorney Bryant Applegate said Tuesday.

Pulte Homes Co. has pulled back its application to Seminole County asking that it be allowed to build a water treatment plant in the rural boundary.

"In the last few weeks, we have received an incredible amount of rain," Harris said. "Even if we do not get a direct hit, this will be a flood event for us."

Seminole starts a new search for a county manager and agrees to hire S. Renee Narloch and Associates to search for candidates.