Citra News

Native to Florida, more than a dozen varieties of this wildflower bloom in a range of yellows and golds, and one kind, sometimes called "swamp coreopsis," produces pink flowers.

A light rain didn't matter. Dennis and Becky O'Neill had just heard about some new plants for their three acres in Micanopy: Florida plums and beautyberries and other native species.

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:21 a.m. Face it.

Four people who had arrest warrants for either sale or possession of crack cocaine or sale and possession of a controlled substance, were picked up by members of the Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Team on Friday morning, according to officials.

Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. Law enforcement officers arrested a 20-year-old homeless man Tuesday who they say carjacked a woman in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Silver Springs and then led police on a chase across the county.

Pardon the pun, but the owners and operators of Rosas Farms, an organic and specialty foods business in north Marion County, have a full plate as the summer approaches.

The 88th annual Festival of States Day Parade is Saturday, April 18, at 10 a.m. Raymond of the Championship Tampa Bay Rays will serve as Grand Marshall and lead more than 60 units including floats, Krewes, motorcycle drill teams, clown groups and marching bands.

The tractor-trailer driver who rear-ended a Marion County school bus near Citra in September, killing an eighth-grader, was arrested Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The truck driver who rear-ended a Marion County school bus near Citra on Sept. 23, killing an eighth-grader on the bus, was arrested Tuesday morning.

Published: Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 3, 2009 at 11:16 p.m. A bill that would have changed the location of a Levy County school bus stop where a fatal accident occurred this week won't make it out of the Legislature.

Emilia Carr and Joshua Fulgham made their first court appearance Wednesday morning, just hours after their arrests on charges of kidnapping and murdering Fulgham's wife, Heather Strong.

Marion County deputies have arrested two people for the murder of a Citra woman.

Marion County sheriff's investigators say Heather Strong died inside a storage trailer near McIntosh on Feb.

Late last week, a three-judge panel from the 5th District Court of Appeal rejected Marion County's plea for another hearing in its bid to block the pumping of a half-million gallons of water a day, to be sold for bottling, from a site near Citra.

Foul play is suspected in the case of a missing 27-year-old Marion County woman who was last seen in mid-February, sheriff's deputies said.

Published: Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. MCINTOSH - Marion County sheriff's investigators have found a body buried in the McIntosh area that may be the remains of a woman reported missing in February.

Investigators on Thursday found a body buried in the McIntosh area that may be the remains of a woman reported missing in February.

The body of a missing woman in Marion county has been confirmed as Heather Strong of Citra.

Marion County deputies have unearthed human remains they think belong to a missing Citra woman and have arrested her husband, although they have not charged him in her disappearance.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers need assistance finding the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian Monday, then left the scene without providing aid.