Archive - 2010
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Appraiser office places 5th in statewide budget reductions...

The Citrus County Property Appraiser's Office has ranked fifth in the state for its percentage of budget reduction (-20.27%), according to the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR).

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Home invasion reported in Inverness...

The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is looking for three men who are said to have broken into a home in Inverness and stabbed a man.

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CMH volunteer logs 20,000 hours of service...

Citrus Memorial Health System would like to commend Iva Reese Puckett for completing 20,000 hours of volunteer service.

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Cold snap causes little additional damage to already hit crops...

Tallahassee, FL - Temperatures dropped to near freezing Wednesday morning in Florida’s citrus belt but didn’t get low enough to do substantial additional damage to an agricultural industry that to

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Strategem for dealing with Lionfish invasion: Eat them...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida marine conservationists have come up with a simple recipe for fighting the invading lionfish that is gobbling up local reef life -- eat them.

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Iraq war veteran, wife, assaulted outside theater by teen mob...

He was an Iraq war veteran home on leave in time for Christmas. She was looking forward to a night out with her husband after so much time apart.

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County’s annual road resurfacing program to begin in January ...

Citrus County is preparing to begin its annual road resurfacing program to resurface about 30 miles of publicly owned roads, mostly residential with some collector roads.

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Floral City family loses home in early morning fire...

A Floral City family lost their home in an early morning fire on Wednesday.

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Boil-water notice issued for Sugarmill Woods area...

A boil-water notice has been issued for a portion of Sugarmill Woods.

Citrus County Utilities is performing maintenance on water valves.

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Florida GOP chair candidate explains DUI arrest...

The quest to become Florida's next Republican Party chair became more difficult for Deborah Cox-Roush this week when a 2004 driving-under-the-influence arrest resurfaced, forcing her to explain the in

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Local News

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County moves budget workshop to Inverness auditorium...

Figuring that public input at its budget workshop would cramp its regular chambers, the Citrus County Commission on Tuesday moved its discussion of the next fiscal year's budget to the county auditorium in Inverness.

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Sheriff's deputy cleared in February shooting...

A Citrus County Sheriff's Office deputy has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the Feb. 24 shooting of a Beverly Hills man.

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Commissioners sending letter to Gov. Scott to protest Medicaid bill...

During the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, commissioners approved a resolution to send a letter to Gov. Rick Scott expressing their objections to the recent Medicaid Cost Shift Bill (House Bill 5301).

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Homosassa Walmart begins countdown to Grand Opening...

The countdown has begun for Citrus County’s newest Walmart store to open.

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Private company plans Miami-to-Orlando passenger train service...

Florida East Coast Industries is planning a $1 billion project to develop a three-hour Miami-to-Orlando passenger train service by 2014, using a right of way that runs through the downtown areas of S

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... And all for one

Volunteers don't get any money, but that hasn't stopped nearly 800 Citrus County residents from volunteering their time and expertise to make the county safer.

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CCSO Banquet

An estimated 380 people met in the Citrus Springs Community Center to honor county law enforcement officers

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Helping the helpless

The Sheriff's Office is using what is being called a lifesaving tool.

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Floats their boat

Citrus County has christened a new website dedicated to its Port Citrus dream project.