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The freezes during the latter two months of 2010 may not have done a great deal of harm to the agriculture industry in Citrus County, but farmers and ranchers here can apply for government low-interest emergency loans.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture designated 26 Florida counties as primary natural disaster areas because of losses from frost and freezes that occurred between Nov. 5 and Dec. 17, 2010.

By Mark Scohier

It was in May 2004 when then-Gov. Jeb Bush dedicated a historical marker in Rosewood in honor of the predominantly black Levy County community that was destroyed in a 1923 race riot.

Lizzie Jenkins, executive president of the Real Rosewood Foundation and sponsor of the Rosewood marker, said she fondly remembers the dedication event. About 500 people, including descendants of the original Rosewood inhabitants, showed up, coming from as far away as Jacksonville and Miami.

Firefighters Captain Lance Potter, right and Jose Fuxa, left, from Citrus County Fire Station 7, moved Theodore Knight, 63, of Hernando, after he was injured in a Thursday afternoon crash. His 2001 Mercedes Benz was hit in the rear by a 2010 Jeep driven by Donna Thompson, 43, of Homosassa. The minor 2:51 p.m. accident tied up traffic at the corner of County Road 486 and State Road 44 in Crystal River. Both sides of the roadway were closed to clear the debris. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts and transported to Seven Rivers Medical Center.

A man authorities believe shot and killed his neighbor Monday in Ozello expressed tremendous remorse Thursday.

“It’s terrible. I can’t speak about it,” James W. Conner III said during a brief telephone interview Thursday afternoon. “It’s killing me. It’s tearing me up. I can’t say any more than that.”