Lecanto News

Deputies released a K-9 on a 19-year-old Beverly Hills man Thursday. Deputies pulled over Michael Richard Venticinque, of 5068 W. Ranger St., on West Flare Lane in Lecanto for speeding on North Lecanto Highway, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

Even though only one will win the prize, all five participants in the inaugural CHANGE outreach program already consider themselves winners.

Citrus County Fire Chief Larry Morabito looks over a house that was destroyed by fire Tuesday night at 1801 N. Crooked Branch Drive in Lecanto.

Father Jim Simeonidis blesses the cross placed Monday atop the new sanctuary under construction at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church in Lecanto.

Editor's note : Because of a technical problem, this report was not printed in its entirety in Tuesday's edition.

Just in time for hurricane season, Citrus County has its plan in place for its special needs shelter, and will assess applicants who would like to use it.

When its doors first opened in 2005, the Community Based Outpatient Clinic for veterans in Lecanto was hailed as a model partnership for governments at the federal, state and local levels to follow.

A year after Geoff Greene lost a tax exemption on his Lecanto property in what he calls a political move, the exemption is back in place.

Lott, who died June 7 of the disease Wegener's granulomatosis, was married to his wife for 36 years and was the father of one, stepfather of five, grandfather of 14 and great-grandfather of 14.

Workforce Connection has combined forces in recruiting with DZ Atlantic, a Day & Zimmermann company based in Norfolk, Va., specializing in support services for the power generation industry around the world.

Raymond Raphael is a 100 percent disabled World War II veteran. He suffers from a countless number of aliments, including post-traumatic stress disorder and damaged eardrums from explosions.

The Citrus County chapter of SCORE - counselors to America's small businesses - hosted its annual awards luncheon recently and reminded the community about its continuous steps forward that are giving our local economy a shot in the arm, all by volunteers.

A Southeastern Communications employee scales part of this 450-foot communications tower Thursday morning as he and others dismantle the structure.

Linda Swafford is co-planner for this summer's L.I.N.D.A. convention, a national gathering for anyone named Linda.

An ordinary-looking, isolated house in Lecanto concealed a bumper crop of marijuana, Citrus County sheriff's officials discovered Tuesday.

At its Monday meeting, the Citrus County Water and Wastewater Authority will consider the second phase of an incremental increase in a staff assisted rate case for the Forest Hills Water System.

Rosie the Riveter of World War II fame and Sweet Rosie O'Grady of song are familiar icons, and now Rosie Ruiz is carving a niche as Citrus County's own special Rosie, sharing her expertise in Latin cuisine at Havana House Cafe via a new weekly cooking show on local WYKE-TV. The cuisines of her Cuban heritage and other Latin American countries are ...

After the S.O.S. food pantry ministry of Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Lecanto put out an SOS earlier this year, they received a lifeline.

Volunteers who want to respond and assist during disaster events are invited to a Volunteer Reception Center drill training from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, at the Citrus County Resource Center in Lecanto.

Not many people can say they've lived on a ship that's at the bottom of the ocean, but Dan Groner can.