Archive - Sep 2010
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Poll: Rubio leads Crist big in Fla. Senate race...

TALLAHASSEE — Republican Marco Rubio commands a double-digit lead among likely voters in Florida's U.S.

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Report: Jags WR pistol-whipped in attack...

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Kassim Osgood was pistol-whipped in an attack when the ex-boyfriend of a 19-year-old woman he was visiting confronted them, according to a report on the Florida Tim

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Florida Dems aim death blow at Charlie Crist...

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is getting the full Arlen Specter treatment as he struggles to hold on to Democratic support in his independent bid for the U.S. Senate.

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$50,000 reward set in Coral Gables bank heist...

CORAL GABLES, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- There is now a $50,000 reward for three men who took a Florida bank teller hostage and robbed his bank last week.

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County approves budget for Fiscal Year 2010-11...

The Citrus County Commission today approved its budget for Fiscal Year 2010-11.

The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

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Ottowa purchase still questioned by county residents...

The recent purchase of Ottowa Avenue drew criticism again today before the Citrus County Commission.

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Man dressed as Elmo attacked in Winter Haven store...

Winter Park -- Authorities in Florida are baffled by an act of violence over the weekend.

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South Florida man fatally shoots wife, four stepchildren before killing himself...

RIVIERA BEACH – A South Florida man spared his two biological children when he fatally shot his estranged wife and four stepchildren early Monday before turning the gun on himself, police said.

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Recovered from bullet wounds, FWC officer back at work...

After more than a year of intense and sometimes painful rehabilitation, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Officer Vann Streety is back to work doing what he loves - patrolling th

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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.