Citrus County News

Commissioners defer decision on fire protection Fire protection is an essential but costly government service.

Police arrested a 38-year-old Homosassa man Tuesday after he allegedly admitted to stealing miscellaneous items including a gun and a handful of sweets from two different homes.

A Floral City man was arrested Monday afternoon on 140 counts of possession of child pornography and six counts of video voyeurism after the sheriff's office searched his home and found sexually explicit images of young girls.

A Citrus County teen has died after his dirt bike left the road and slammed into a row of mailboxes.

A 17 year-old Citrus County teen is dead following a dirt bike accident last night.

Police arrested a Dunnellon man Sunday afternoon in connection with an armed robbery.

A Hernando family has been displaced as a result of a Thursday afternoon fire that destroyed the doublewide mobile home they were living in.

A multi-county sex crimes task force netted several arrests around the state, including one in Citrus County.

Citrus County officials are negotiating to buy a small water and sewer utility near Homosassa where residents in August successfully fought a huge rate increase.

New center should boost small business Local entrepreneurs should get a boost when the Small Business Development Center sets up shop in Citrus County.

A circuit court judge released a Homosassa man charged with second-degree murder after his lawyers showed he was not properly Mirandized by law enforcement before confessing to the alleged murder.

Police arrested a disabled Homosassa man Wednesday afternoon after a search warrant revealed he was in possession of several images and videos of child pornography.

Citrus County Fire Rescue extinguished a fire early Thursday morning that began in the kitchen of a Citrus Springs home.

Divers have recovered the body of a Kentucky man who died Tuesday evening while diving in underwater caverns in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.

Ronald Counts and his attorney listened silently to the clerk announce the jury's verdict of guilty on all charges late Thursday evening.

A 46-year-old Inverness man was arrested Friday after being accused of sexually battering a 31-year-old woman during a party at her mother's home.

Our own Sen. Charlie Dean has proposed taking legal notices - those foreclosure, bankruptcy and public meeting notifications that regularly appear in our pages - out of the newspaper and putting them on the Web.

A Homosassa man accused of engaging in illegal sexual activity with a 16-year-old Inverness girl was arrested Wednesday on felony charges.

An alleged, sexual assault on a 15-year-old Hernando girl led police to arrest a Hernando man Wednesday on a sexual battery charge.

A 58-year-old man trying to save his own pet from a dog attack ended up being seriously hurt when the animals turned on him.