A Citrus County fire truck that skidded off the road and rolled onto its side during a rainy Friday was driven by a 21-year-old volunteer on a training mission.

A Citrus County Fire Rescue fire truck rolled over around 3:30 p.m. Friday on County Road 491 in Lecanto near Brashear's Pharmacy.

Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 12:09 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 12:10 p.m. Florida's Coast to Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross has opened an Ocala Annex at 932 N. Magnolia Ave.

They don't make fire chiefs like Brown Dumas Jr. anymore. It was nothing for Dumas, clad in white shirt and tie, to leave his desk as president of Crystal River Bank to lead the brigade at a fire or traffic accident.

Citrus County officials hope they have found a compromise to allow a Lecanto 4-H group to continue meeting in the canning center.

On the first Wednesday of each month, I moderate the American Cancer Society Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group in my office in Lecanto.

Representatives from Citrus County government agencies, churches and civic organizations met again Saturday in Lecanto to assess the progress of fundraising efforts for Haitian relief.

Leaders of a Lecanto 4-H club say the county is allowing a belly dancing class to bounce them from the Citrus County Canning Center where the group has met regularly since 1978.

Farmers, a silent sector in the county's economy, have formed a group and are speaking up, four members said Wednesday at the Citrus County Chronicle's editorial board.

"The Hills." Lady Gaga. Hooking up. Texting. Sexting. HPV vaccine. Cosmo Girl. MTV's "The Real World." Magazine articles on "How to Snag Your Crush." Dating.

David Nee knows of the devastation in Haiti firsthand. The Crystal River resident, who regularly does missionary work in the country, took part in the relief efforts this week to help those affected by Tuesday's magnitude 7 earthquake.

According to Steve Smith, former clown with Ringling Bros. Circus, the art of clowning dates back to the days of the Pharaohs, and can be traced across the years and over time from the Courts of Kings to the Italian Commedeia dell'Arte; from Native American and Australian cultures to English Music Halls and American Vaudeville.

The freeze of 2010 has approached record-setting levels with the worst yet to come Sunday night.

Sea cows will make a big splash this weekend in Crystal River, but a variety of other events are also worth bundling up for and braving the cold weather.

Every economic class has rules. For many in poverty, some of those rules keep success out of reach.

As the search continues for an inmate who escaped almost two weeks ago, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office has launched its own administrative investigation to find out what happened.

The Chronicle asked its readers to vote online for the story they felt was the most impactful or relevant to them through 2009.

At 5 p.m. Wednesday, a lone black male entered the Chevron station located at 2205 W. Norvell Bryant Hwy.

The Chronicle asked its readers to vote online for the story they felt was the most impactful or relevant to them through 2009.

You feel tired, sick - and sick of being sick and tired. It's not so much the cancer itself as it is the treatment.