In a letter to his constituents, Congressman Rich Nugent outlines his reasons for voting against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Congressman Nugent serves the 5th District in Florida which covers a large portion of The Villages.

"Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH provided an object lesson on the not-so-Affordable Healthcare Act when it announced this week it would no longer provide health insurance for its students," according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.

At its regularly scheduled meeting on May 14, the Lake County School Board unanimously approved an amendment to the Code of Student Conduct & Policy Guide that could alter student dress code for the 2012-2013 school year.

Older adults who drank coffee — caffeinated or decaffeinated — had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee, according a study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and AARP.

United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced that Glenn Stephen Hansen (49, Orlando) pled guilty to aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a settlement agreement with Cardinal Health, a pharmaceutical wholesale distributor headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, that suspends for two years its ability to sell controlled-substance (CS) medications from its Lakeland, Florida, distribution facility.  The settlement also includes a signed Administrative Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), the terms of which will apply to all of Cardinal’s 28 registered distribution facilities.

On Tuesday, May 15, Aviation Pilot Sgt. Don Standridge (MCSO) and Lt. Butch Green (OPD) were flying in the area of 13100 NE 38th Lane in the Silver Springs area of Marion County following up on a marijuana grow tip. Sgt. Standridge and Lt. Green are “certified spotters” for outdoor marijuana grow operations and have been trained to recognize the plants from the air.