Dunnellon News

Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 11:40 p.m. Starting today, Marion County residents will pay more at the gas pump.

Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 7:06 a.m. Every fall for the last nine years, Operation Migration pilots have taken to the skies over Neceda, Wis., in ultralight aircraft with whooping crane chicks following closely behind learning how to migrate.

Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 12:29 a.m. Oak Hurst Plantation was already the site of a well-known local legend when an Ocala author used its ghostly history as the basis for a romantic novel set in the turbulent second half of the 19th century.

Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 4:57 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 4:59 p.m. A single-vehicle crash near Dunnellon early Sunday morning left two teenagers dead and a third clinging to life in a Tampa hospital, state troopers said.

Published: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 12:52 a.m. Plans by the Florida Office of Greenways & Trails to permanently close Inglis Lock were scrapped by the Army Corps of Engineers, which shut down the permit process for the $4 million project.

A man has been arrested and accused of beating a 62-year-old man and strangling and sexually battering the man's 80-year-old girlfriend.

Ever since that night, he'd been acclaimed as "Mr. Christmas," who celebrated the day better than any other.

Nancy Argenziano first got elected to the Florida House of Representatives from Citrus County because she promised to represent the little guy.

DUNNELLON, Fla. A 53-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak Dec.

Dunnellon Fire Department certified volunteer firefighters Kyle Robinson, left, and Sean Kelley look over a Chutes & Ladders game on Nov.

The deadline is getting close for two positions on the Masaryktown council. A vice president and one director are needed.

Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 12:49 a.m. A seventh-grader missing from her Dunnellon home since Wednesday was found and returned to her parents Thursday by sheriff's deputies, who arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with her disappearance.

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 12:37 a.m. A 20-year-old Marion County woman has died from the H1N1 virus, commonly called swine flu, according to the Marion County Health Department.

With a dozen years of law enforcement experience under her belt, Joanne M. Black had aspirations to do more with her career.

A 53-year-old Dunnellon woman has been arrested after alledgedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak.

Authorities arrested a 53-year-old woman Monday and accused her of hitting her live-in boyfriend in the face with a piece of raw meat because he wanted a roll instead of the sliced bread she served him.

Tourists are rolling in, snowbirds are back en masse and the lights and sounds of Christmas abound throughout Citrus County.

Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 4:57 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 4:57 p.m. A Marion County grand jury on Friday handed up a first-degree murder indictment against 19-year-old Zachary Snyder in connection with the killing of Doris Babcock, a 66-year-old Dunnellon resident who once offered the teen refuge from foster care.

Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 1:56 a.m. After an appellate court refused to take up his case for review Wednesday, Jeffrey Reed heads to trial next week to defend himself against charges of state gambling violations.

Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 30, 2009 at 10:19 p.m. To those who knew him, former Dunnellon Police Chief Bob Jackson is remembered as a caring man, a loving husband, a loyal friend, a man who uplifted people's spirits, a professional law enforcement officer who cherished his community and a man ...