The Christmas season has proved to be a smoky one for a family living in an Inglis mobile home and for a retail store in Crystal River.

Two separate fires have broken out since Friday.

Fierce storms ripped through Citrus County both today and on Wednesday as a strong front pushed in from the Gulf of Mexico and throttled 14 counties in southwest Florida.

A fired-up Citrus County Commissioner Rebecca Bays said today she stands by her decision to vote in favor of what some county residents see as a controversial project to create a "Port Citrus" near Inglis.

What do Citrus County and the Panama Canal have in common?

The old Cross Florida Barge Canal near Inglis.

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Sea Cadets, Manatee Division, is looking for new members. The unit drills at Coast Guard Station Yankeetown on the second weekend monthly.

The Manatee Division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Corps drills on the second weekend of each month at Coast Guard Station Yankeetown.

Citrus County Sheriff's Office detectives continue to follow up on leads regarding escaped inmate Terry Davis, who fled on Dec. 22 while in the custody of a CCSO detective.

CRYSTAL RIVER - Citrus County Sheriff's Office deputies will continue to search for escaped prisoner Terry Davis throughout the night.

INGLIS - An inmate incarcerated at the Corrections Corporation of America jail in Lecanto escaped while in the custody of a Citrus County Sheriff's Office detective shortly after 1 p.m. today.