Floral City News

When Bob Butterfield sees the Florida sunshine, he doesn't think in terms of SPF - he thinks in watts.

For 10 years Kathleen Barnes has been preserving the past for future generations.

" Governor Charlie Crist lauded the success of the Governor's Holiday Book Drive, an effort to collect book donations for local foster children, families and foster agency workers.

A 66-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually assaulted two young girls, deputies said.

It's a new dog day at Citrus County Animal Services. The operation is just purring along.

U.S. Border Patrol officials Wednesday released the names of two Mexican citizens they say were transporting five illegal aliens.

United States Border Patrol, with the help of the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, took seven people into custody Tuesday on possible human trafficking charges.

Federal agents continue to investigate an alleged human trafficking operation that was busted near Floral City this afternoon.

The lazy days of summer are long gone. Need proof? Just check out all the amazing events packed into this weekend tighter than the toys stuffed in Santa's sack.

Immerse yourself in local history and culture while enjoying entertainment and food during Floral City Heritage Days this weekend.

Theirs isn't the biggest team within the sheriff's office, but it's certainly an important one.

When Dotty Brunson was around, you couldn't help feeling happy. Always smiling, always joyful, always cracking jokes, her good humor was contagious.

A neighborly get-together reportedly exploded into an all-out brawl, leading to the arrest of an Inverness man and his sister early Sunday morning.

Not all sunken treasures are made of silver and gold. Combing the waters Wednesday at the mouth of the Weeki Wachee River in Bayport, local divers picked out small pieces of history that archeologists are working to preserve - bits of iron and other materials that could be remnants of a Civil War-era ship that burned more than 200 years ago.

Phyllis Lodder, of Floral City, makes her way up the Withlacoochee State Trail on a recent morning with her 10-year-old Pomeranian, Barney, in tow.

A Floral City man was arrested Monday afternoon on 140 counts of possession of child pornography and six counts of video voyeurism after the sheriff's office searched his home and found sexually explicit images of young girls.

It is a story 92-year-old Harrison D. "Dub" Miller doesn't tell very often - but others, including his wife Lottie, believe it's a story that deserves to be heard.

When Florence Langley steps up to the pulpit in front of the congregation at Mt.

Charming downtown Inverness will be transformed this weekend into an art lovers' paradise for the 38th annual Festival of the Arts.

It takes an artist to see beauty in a dilapidated old house, and it takes a history lover to fight to keep it from being razed.