A pajama-wearing 8-year-old boy found running along a country road in Crystal River last week wasn't abducted after all but left home on his own, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

March 25, 2009

The downward spiral of advertising revenue and circulation, coupled with rising debt, has claimed two more newspaper companies in a two-day span. ...more

February 23, 2009

an announcement that comes one week after its embattled leader asked for a transfer. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is taking the lead in the investigation into the disappearance of a small plane off the coast of Homosassa. The agency said it will be responsible for releasing the identity of the remains found in the Gulf of Mexico last week. ...more

December 16, 2008

Alafia Elementary School will have a new principal by early January -- an announcement that comes one week after its embattled leader asked for a transfer. ...more

December 16, 2008

The identity of a person's remains found in the Gulf of Mexico this week has not been established, and it will require DNA testing to officially determine, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office today. An aircraft carrying Darien Peckham of Tampa and Zachary Schlitt of West Palm Beach crashed into the Gulf on Nov. 30. ...more

December 10, 2008

Deputies in Citrus County found a 2-year-old girl this morning hours after authorities in South Carolina issued an Amber Alert for the child. ...more

August 24, 2008

Cops and doughnuts are the eternal punch line. But keeping in shape is no laughing matter for first responders. ...more

July 31, 2008

KEEPING IN SHAPE A PRIORITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ...more

July 31, 2008

The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport - the third such incident at a major airport this month. ...more

July 24, 2008