.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Local News

  • Road work rolls on

    LECANTO — Workers on the State Road 44 resurfacing project have hit the ground running.
     

    The project is barely six weeks old and already the first layer of resurfacing has replaced broken concrete on miles of roadway lanes.
     

    D.A.B. Constructors Inc. of Inglis has the $9.5 million contract to resurface 11 miles of S.R. 44 between Stokes Flea Market near Lecanto and County Road 581 in Inverness.
     

    Click here to read more...
  • PSC approves Progress Energy agreement

    The News Service of Florida
    TALLHASSEE — In what one member described as an “unprecedented” settlement, the state Public Service Commission approved a plan Wednesday that will resolve big-money questions about Progress Energy Florida’s base electric rates and two controversial nuclear projects.
     

    Progress customers will see their monthly electric bills go up in 2013, though they also will receive $288 million in refunds related to a repair project at the Crystal River nuclear plant.
     

    Click here to read more...
  • Judge doles out 30-year sentence for probation violation

    INVERNESS — A young man’s fateful decision to break the terms of his probation has drawn him a 30-year sentence.
     

    Circuit Judge Ric Howard sentenced 25-year-old Robert John Michael Egan Wednesday  for “absconding” from a probationary jurisdictional area in Texas to his home state of Maine.
     

    Click here to read more...
  • Magic number nears

    Editor’s note: Throughout 2012, the Chronicle is following local residents who have made commitments to improve their health, including losing weight, periodically running follow-up stories on their progress.

    Pine Ridge residents Chris and Carol Winterbottom, each beginning with weights more than 300 pounds, have additional challenges with diabetes, sleep apnea, back, hip and knee problems. Chris’ beginning weight: 335. Carol: 311. They’ve chosen to follow the Weight Watchers program.

    This story is the second in the Winterbottoms’ saga.

    Click here to read more...
  • Levy Commission passes on Inglis meeting

    Lou Elliott Jones
    Special to the Chronicle
    INGLIS — The Levy County Commission is saying “thanks but no thanks” to an invitation to attend a public meeting in Inglis to discuss an upcoming vote on dissolving the city’s police department.

    The vote on the proposed amendment to the city charter is March 13. To that end, city officials invited the county commission, Property Appraiser Oz Barke and Sheriff Johnny Smith to attend the public meeting at 6 p.m. March 6 at the town hall.

    Click here to read more...
  • State chief to guide traffic planners

    Chris Van Ormer
    Staff Writer
    The group charged with keeping vehicles moving in Citrus County will host a workshop Thursday that should affect its direction.

    Don Skelton, District 7 Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), will lead a roundtable discussion for the Citrus County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO).

    Click here to read more...
  • Park needs plan

    A.B. Sidibe
    Staff Writer
    CRYSTAL RIVER — It is the well-appointed and well-hidden municipal gem of the manatee city. Locals use it to swim and laze around during hot summer days and boaters covet the way it cozies up to King’s Bay.


    But time and use has caught up with Hunters Spring Park and the city wants to rework it and make it shine.

    Click here to read more...
  • Woman says fine came with no warning

    HOMOSASSA — Janice Windreich was more than a little upset when she received a Notice of Irrigation Violation from the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners Water Resources Department with a $100 citation attached.

    Apparently she unintentionally and unknowingly watered her lawn at her Sugarmill Woods home on the wrong day due to a sprinkling system timer error.

    Click here to read more...
  • Soldier's bittersweet homecoming

    BEVERLY HILLS — As bagpipes played, Jerry Maltman wiped away tears.


    He had planned for this day, a welcome home for his son, Army Sgt.1st Class Scott Maltman, who has been serving his sixth military deployment, this time in Afghanistan.


    He wanted it to be a surprise, with a color guard and fanfare, with neighbors and friends and members of local military organizations.


    He wanted it to be perfect.

    Click here to read more...
  • County better prepared for disaster after training

    Chris Van Ormer
    Staff Writer
    Citrus County just became a safer place to live if a disaster happens.
    Last week, 67 people from county government and other agencies completed a training session at the National Emergency Training Center Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Md.

    Click here to read more...