CHULUOTA

The grandmother of a 2-year-old who died after falling into a home daycare swimming pool is calling for changes after investigators announced no charges would be filed in the case.

Crews responded to a fire at a million dollar mansion in Chuluota on Monday afternoon, according to a tweet from the Oviedo Fire Department.

Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is looking into the policies set in place by the Chuluota Cemetery Association limiting what items loved ones can leave at gravesites.

A low and slow burning vegetation fire is moving through the Chuluota Wilderness Area, according to Seminole County Fire Rescue.

Florida troopers are called to east Seminole County, where a deadly crash took place.

A death investigation is underway after an unresponsive child was pulled from a swimming pool at a home in Chuluota, deputies say.

A Seminole County man who fled the U.S. and was eventually arrested in Croatia has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $7.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds.

A woman lying in the road in Seminole County was struck and killed by a car early Thursday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Karen Zielke from the Chuluota Free Vegetable Distribution shares the story of how her grassroots push to feed people turned into a community effort.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Bradenton man is accused of using $7.2 million from Paycheck Protection Program funds to buy a mansion in Chuluota, according to court records. Don Cisternino was indicted on two counts of wire fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft and three counts of illegal monetary transaction. Records show Cisternino applied for Paycheck Protection Program loan established as part of the federal CARES Act relief bill. Cisternino is accused of saying MagnifiCo had 441 employees with an average monthly payroll of $2.88 million. Records show after the application the Small Business Administration issued $7.2 million in PPP funds to MagnifiCo.

Twice a month, the couple creates up a pop-up farmers market in front of VFW Post 10139 in Chuluota. “Would you like some spinach?” Zielke asked one of the nearly 70 people who make their way to the fresh vegetable food bank. “That gave us an idea that we could go there and help them by purchasing some of the food they couldn’t sell,” Mike Zielke said. “It’s something we thought would be very short term,” Mike Zielke said. Friends suggested he stop by the Chuluota food bank.