Bushnell News

The Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell has closed Columbaria #1 and Columbaria #2 temporarily.

A man who escaped from custody while serving a jail term in Winona on drug-sale charges has been apprehended in central Florida.

If you are entered in the 21st Annual Southwest Florida Best Ball Championship at Cypress Lake CC this coming weekend, one thing is for sure.

Leta s go back in time to 1835. The Second Seminole War began in December of that year, when U.S. soldiers were ambushed by Seminole warriors, who were resisting removal to a reservations, at what has become known as the Dade Battle in Sumter County, near Bushnell, Florida.

Martin Luther King Jr. once remarked, "Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny." That perspective also translates well to African-Americans' oft-overcast history in the Sunshine State.

A Clearwater woman died in a morning crash in Sumter County. Gloria Byers, 61, died in a crash at County Roads 475 and 314 in Bushnell, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The cemetery has been busy since Murphy started work there just a few months before Sept.

Each year, approximately 500,000 visitors travel to Sumter County and enter in the gates of the Florida National Cemetery located at Exit 309 on CR 673 in order to remember or bury their loved ones.

Here is a list of several events to observe Memorial Day throughout the Bay area.

World War II combat flier Bob Pospisil, 85, is a retired postal worker from Leesburg.

Published: Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. They come from different walks of life, many displaying their branches of service in some fashion or another.

Sumter County zoning board members are expected to decide today whether whether to allow cattle owners to dump eight truckloads a day of septage residuals onto their property.

Choices for the holiday weekend What's going on Memorial Day? Here are some options: Memorial Day Service , 11:30 a.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9236, 3435 Shoal Line Blvd., Hernando Beach.

Tens of thousands of motorcyclists rumbled through city streets, bringing much-needed business into the area during this year's Leesburg Bikefest.

The special-investigations unit at the Sumter County Sheriff's Office arrested 21 people for narcotic sales during a two-month "cleanup" operation, authorities said.

The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce provided a Ribbon Cutting for their newest member, Sylvia's Produce.

Have you heard the latest? Toronto Day in Florida celebrated its 40th anniversary on Feb.

Sumter County Chamber of Commerce welcomes the reopening of The Sumter County Youth Center Thrift Shop with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Two workers were hospitalized after being burned in Bushnell on Friday afternoon.

The AARP in Lake County, in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service , is sponsoring free tax-preparation assistance through April 15.