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  • Chassahowitzka ramp closed May 10-14

    The county’s public boat ramp at the Chassahowitzka Campground will be closed from today through Friday, while the ramp is reconstructed....
  • CFCC to officially celebrate name change on May 25, 26

    Central Florida Community College will become College of Central Florida on Tuesday, May 25, and celebrations are planned collegewide. At 9 a.m., there will be an official unveiling ceremony at the CFCC Citrus Campus, 3800 S. Lecanto Highway....
  • Public invited to 'Hometown Democracy' amendment forum

    Proposed Florida Constitutional Amendment 4, also known as “Hometown Democracy”, will be on the ballot in the fall.There has already been a lot of buzz being generated. But what is it all about?...
  • FBI, IRS raid NY state senator's Bronx clinic

    NEW YORK — Federal authorities raided a government-funded clinic run by the state Senate's majority leader one day after New York's attorney general accused him of siphoning money from it....
  • Oil rig blaze off Louisiana leaves at least 11 missing

    U.S. coast guards are searching the Gulf of Mexico for at least 11 oil workers missing after an explosion and fire on a drilling platform....
  • Poland sets new presidential election for June 20

    WARSAW, Poland — Poland's parliament speaker on Wednesday set June 20 as the date for an early presidential election after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash, kicking off an election season overshadowed by the tragedy....
  • Commission grapples with impact fees, land development code

    The Citrus County Commission's plate on Tuesday had sideboards on it in an agenda-item cornucopia that that spanned nearly five hours.Commissioners heard from Duncan and Associates in the company's studies of the county impact fee system and land developm...
  • Space shuttle Discovery lands safely in Florida

    Space shuttle Discovery has landed at Kennedy Space Center after 238 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,232,235 miles....
  • Dorothy I. Height, founding matriarch of civil rights movement, dies at 98

    Dorothy I. Height, 98, a founding matriarch of the American civil rights movement whose crusade for racial justice and gender equality spanned more than six decades, died early Tuesday morning of natural causes, a spokesperson for the National Council of ...
  • Iranian cleric ‘blames quakes on promiscuous women’

    Promiscuous women are responsible for earthquakes, a senior Iranian cleric has said....
  • Iraqis say Qaeda deaths will not improve their lives

    (Reuters) - Iraqis welcomed Tuesday the killing of al Qaeda's top local leaders but said they were more concerned about the power cuts, lack of jobs and corruption that blight their daily lives....
  • Goldman reports doubled profit amid SEC maelstrom

    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., at the center of a legal maelstrom triggered by last week's securities fraud charge against the Wall Street giant, reported Tuesday a first-quarter profit that doubled from the same period a year ag...
  • Early morning fire severely burns man in Homosassa

    The state Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of an early morning fire on Saturday that severely burned a man in Homosassa....
  • Community information meeting on TBARTA April 15

    There will be an informational meeting hosted by the Citrus Springs Civic Association on the Tampa Bay Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA) for county residents at the Citrus Springs Community Center at 7 p.m. on April ...
  • Authorities seek driver of SUV that dropped off suspect

    Citrus County Sheriff's Office detectives are still trying to piece together all of the details associated with Wednesday evening's fatal carjacking....
  • CCSO investigates death of FHP trooper, wife in Floral City

    The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths of a long-time Florida Highway Patrol trooper and his wife of 29 years. ...
  • Friends of wildlife park to host Easter egg hunt on April 3

    HOMOSASSA – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Friends of Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park, Inc. is planning a big Easter Egg Hunt event at the Wildlife Park on Saturday, April 3....
  • County officials urge a ‘total count’ for Census 2010

    Citrus Countians have are receiving their 2010 Census forms in the mail this week, and Board of County Commission officials are urging them to make sure everyone gets counted....
  • Commission implores legislative leaders to stop unemployment tax hike

    The chairman of the Citrus County Commission on Thursday sent a letter to Florida legislative leaders asking them to stop an automatic increase in the state’s unemployment taxes on employers....
  • For Citrus County, it's all about jobs

    An Inverness masonry contractor's address to the Citrus County Commission on Tuesday put the county's unemployment picture in focus....

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