Citrus County News

Citrus County Fire Chief Larry Morabito looks over a house that was destroyed by fire Tuesday night at 1801 N. Crooked Branch Drive in Lecanto.

Enjoy celebration of country's independence Across the nation, America's birthday will be celebrated in time-honored traditions at public and private events.

Pitchman Billy Mays on the set for an infomercial for Arm & Hammer Baking Soda on March 31, 2009 in Gulfport, Fla.

A crash in the northbound lanes of US 98/Highway 19 took the life of the driver according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Lawsuit cannot be dimissed as mere legal wrangling An attorney says a lawsuit filed on behalf of the owners of the Freezer bar in Homosassa against his client and the county is little more than a delay tactic.

Once again, the unemployment rate for Citrus County surged above 11 percent in May 2009 statistics, making it the 10th highest in the state.

Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:22 p.m. The Ocala Star-Banner reported last month that retired general Pat Howard had applied for the position of county administrator in Citrus County.

The owners of the Freezer bar in Homosassa ratcheted up their zoning case late Wednesday by filing lawsuits against the county and a neighbor who is leading the fight to shut the bar down.

A lawsuit alleging that the Citrus County Commission improperly used millions of dollars collected from landowners in Citrus Springs will go forward, the Fifth District Court of Appeal has ruled.

An ordinary-looking, isolated house in Lecanto concealed a bumper crop of marijuana, Citrus County sheriff's officials discovered Tuesday.

A man died early afternoon Sunday in what the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said was an ongoing dispute with his neighbor.

Seasoned county tax collector Janice Warren will take on a new role in September, as the newly elected president of the Florida Tax Collector Association.

A Homosassa resident is the ex-wife of James von Brunn, the 88-year-old Maryland man charged with the murder of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday.

Citrus County School District students and their chaperones on a safety patrol trip to the nation's Capitol are all accounted for and safe, said Ed Lattin, owner of Inverness-based business Education Tours.

Members of the Kings Bay Rotary Club, Keep Citrus County Beautiful and Crystal River Public Maintenance Department planted new crepe myrtles Friday at Hunter's Spring Park as a part of the revitalization of the popular spring-fed swimming park in Crystal River.

The Little Rock Cannery has been saved - at least for now. Dozens of residents petitioned members of the business and finance committee on Tuesday not to close the facility near the Hernando/Citrus county line north of Brooksville.

Sometimes you have to wonder if government is really on the side of the people it's supposed to serve.

It took Pat Fagan several seconds to vote whether to allow out-of-county students to enroll at least one more year at the local magnet high school.

Tough economic times open - and sometime push - the door to smarter thinking, innovative ways to do things better, and even such efficient ways to operate that we might ask ourselves, "Now why didn't we do that in the first place?" It was recently announced that Citrus County School District and Citrus County Sheriff's Office officials, and ...

Hernando County will receive some $600,000 in federal stimulus money to help residents facing eviction through foreclosure not become another homeless statistic.