Citrus County News

Bond $5,500. * David Charles Duncan Jr. , 52, at large, at 4:30 a.m. Friday on active Citrus County warrants for felony charges of kidnapping, aggravated battery using a deadly weapon and burglary and for failures to appear on original misdemeanor charges of petit theft and failure to register a motor vehicle.

The Florida Ports Council released a five-year mission plan Friday. It shows Florida continues to lead the nation in cruise operations while waterborne cargo increased 18.2 percent to $82.7 billion in 2011.

They're called Crosses of Mercy, three tall crosses - two pale blue and one gold - planted across at least 29 states and Washington, D.C., plus Zambia and the Philippines.

In this May 23, 2012 photo, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Norman J. Brozenick Jr., shakes hands with I Made Sudiantara, of Indonesia, after a demonstration featuring SOF forces from ten different nations, in Tampa, Fla.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the International Special Operations Forces Week conference gala dinner at the Tampa Convention Center on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in Tampa, Fla.

Hernando County Fire Rescue crews worked to contain a brushfire off U.S. 41 near Powell Road on property owned by Universal Ground Services and Construction Co.

State election officials recently told county supervisors that they had identified as many as 182,000 voters who were on the rolls despite not being eligible to vote, but a list they disseminated with the names of 2,600 voters was rife with errors, supervisors say.

It set up perfectly for Stephen Toner Jr. this election cycle. He was the only judicial candidate to make the filing deadline.

Citrus County Sheriff's Office DUI Arrests * Robert Mauro, 25, 7463 W. Grover Cleveland Blvd., Homosassa, at 1:26 a.m. Wednesday was arrested on charges of driving under the influence , violation of probation and driving while license suspended.

Florida is calling on county election supervisors to remove more than 53,000A dead people from the state's voting rolls.

Pinpoint Weather Forecast A mild and humid Wednesday morning, then mostly cloudy with scattered, mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

A state decision to shift responsibility for a Manatee County groundwater protection program to a neighboring county Tuesday drew a sharp protest from the Manatee County Commission.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- Sheriff's deputies are looking for a missing man in Marion County.

In a few short weeks, it will all be over - at least for another school year. Our high school and college seniors will don caps and gowns, march with purpose and pride and collect their diplomas.

Last month Julianna Lozoya received a home from Habitat for Humanity in Citrus County.

When Julianna Lozoya took possession of Citrus County's 76th Habitat for Humanity home at an ceremony April 7, only a few people in the crowd knew the secret she had been keeping during the eight months she'd spent helping build her new three-bedroom, $75,000 house.

Yes, but only if there's a clause stipulating the buildings revert to county ownership if vacated or not kept up.

INVERNESS, Fla. - The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is investigating an overnight homicide in Inverness.

Along with a host of concerts, a parade of floats, art shows, vendors, blueberry pie contests, and a blueberry pancake breakfast, there also will be a 2-day car show, hosted by Brooksville's own Monster Transmission & Performance, and showcasing some of Hernando's finest looking show cars and trucks.

A Homosassa man who adopted a dog from Hernando County Animal Services is blasting volunteers who he said purposely gave him an aggressive animal just to save it from possibly being euthanized.