Citra News

For more than 10 years, Marion County Fire Rescue firefighters have helped meet the needs of families struggling to eat, stay warm and bring joy home during the holiday season.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. Alachua County commissioners will likely decide tonight whether to move forward with a planned airboat curfew.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. Earlier this month, the Marion County Code Enforcement Board delivered the verdict that Patricia McBee had dreaded: It declared her collies Skye and Gracie, and her Australian shepherd puppy Frosty to be "dangerous dogs." More Photos: Animal ...

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:09 a.m. The Marion County woman who pulled two of her children off a burning school bus last September and subsequently sued the corporation that owned the semitrailer that rammed into the back of the vehicle has settled with the company, court documents ...

What kind of person would leave a plush condo in South Tampa to live in a trailer with a tiger for a neighbor? And who would lose part of a leg in a dog attack yet go on to make sure animals are well fed? The kind of people who wind up as finalists for Animal Planet's Hero of the Year award.

Published: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 3:48 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 28, 2009 at 3:51 p.m. Compiled by Jeff Brooks for the Ocala Business Journal.

Published: Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 3:46 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 3:46 p.m. Two Santa Fe College students were killed early Sunday morning when their vehicle overturned at the intersection of County Road 329 west of Northeast 30th Court in North Marion County near Citra as they were fleeing from a Marion County ...

A former credit union branch manager who swindled the institution and a customer out of thousands of dollars by creating fictitious loans, turned himself in to authorities Wednesday.

Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 11:26 p.m. Marion County commissioners on Tuesday opted to reject a special use permit authorizing construction of an outdoor motorized recreation facility in rural Fort McCoy.

Published: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. The animals seized in Marion County's largest animal cruelty case in recent memory are recovering.

In a 5-0 vote, Marion County Commissioners rejected a special use permit to allow production and transportation of water for bottling purposes from an existing well on 159 acres in Citra.

Animals, especially exotics such as tigers and other big cats, and the people who care for them have a hero in Jaye Perrett.

A two vehicle crash on County Road 318 killed one person and a second was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries early Thursday, according to Florida Highway Patrol troopers.

Published: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 11:06 p.m. POLICE BEAT Elderly man rescued from On Top of the World fire A man rescued from his smoke-filled home by two bystanders on Wednesday was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Marion County Fire Rescue ...

Sheriffs deputies seized 432 animals today living under filthy conditions from two suspected animal hoarders north of Ocala.

It's literally a "wild kingdom" today at the animal services department in Marion county, as they try to process more than 400 animals taken from a residence late last week.

More than 400 animals, many of them sick and filthy, are seen being removed from a Marion County home.

Authorities removed 432 animals from a Citra home Thursday and Friday, to the delight of neighbors who say the menagerie was noisy and unsightly.

'This is what I wanted to do in the first place,' says Marie Harrington, owner of the downtown Ocala shop increasingly known as a premier outfitter for the everyday home kitchen.

A 17-year-old resident at the Heart of Florida Youth Ranch was arrested last week and accused of threatening to stab a staff member.