By Gail A. Tierney
CCSO Public Information Officer
Gail Tierney
From a nationally recognized School Resource Officer program to the mandatory Teen Driver Challenge classroom and hands-on instruction, the Sheriff’s Office and the Citrus County School District have shared a homegrown partnership for more than two decades.
Starting in July, their innovative partnering will enter into an entirely uncharted [...]
Starting Wednesday, Florida hopes to stoke its real-estate market by becoming one of the few states to offer $8,000 in down-payment assistance to qualified homebuyers so they can benefit upfront from a new federal tax credit.
The state Legislature set aside $30 million to create the Florida Homebuyer Opportunity Program, aimed at first-time buyers and others [...]
MANATEE — Drivers might start seeing along Florida highways those “click it, or ticket signs” that are so ubiquitous in many other states.
A state law went into effect today giving law enforcement officers authority to pull over and ticket drivers and front-seat passengers for not wearing seat belts.
Before today they could write tickets for failing [...]
A Yemeni airliner has crashed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Comoros, with 153 people on board.
Officials say one survivor, a child, has been rescued. The bodies of three other people were also recovered.
Officials from Yemenia Air say the plane went down early Tuesday morning while flying from the Yemeni capital of [...]
Casting a degree of doubt on Yao Ming’s immediate and long-term NBA future, Rockets team physician Tom Clanton on Monday described the extent of the center’s foot injury.
And with the league’s free-agent shopping season set to begin at 11 p.m. today, the Rockets will quickly discover how far the shock waves reach.
The fracture in Yao’s [...]
WASHINGTON – Countering criticism that he has done little to advance gay rights, President Obama commemorated the 40th anniversary yesterday of the birth of the modern movement by welcoming its leaders to the White House and reaffirming his commitment to their top priorities
“I will not only be your friend; I will continue to be an [...]
Former Pirate Bay founders
IDG News Service – The owners of The Pirate Bay have agreed to sell the site to a Swedish Internet cafe operator for 60 million Swedish kronor (US$7.8 million), the company said on Tuesday.
Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) said it wants to find ways to pay content providers and copyright holders when [...]
June 30 (Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co. will pay Hong Kong $3.5 billion ($452 million) to add rides like “Toy Story Land” and “Grizzly Trail” at its Hong Kong theme park and raise its stake in the project, said its partner, the city’s government.
Three new themed areas will be built over five years, said Hong [...]
Security forces were everywhere, all leave cancelled, for fear that the bombers might strike again.
But even the checkpoints were garlanded with flowers and flags, and many had music blaring.
They were marking the arrival of the last day of June, the deadline for US forces to be out of Iraqi towns and cities.
It’s been named Sovereignty [...]
Kathleen Sebelius
Two of members of the Obama Administration would not rule out the possibility of a tax on health benefits to pay for a system-wide overhaul in TV interviews.
Secretary of Health and Human Service Kathleen Sebelius appeared on Fox News Sunday (June 28), indicating that President Barack Obama is partial to paying for reform efforts [...]
Student raises money for injured dog 
Volunteers ‘carry the day’ at special gathering
Five seated on housing advisory committee
Fire Rescue now offers ‘enhanced services’ to county
Senior Care recognized at commision meeting
Citrus Memorial announces 2011 Volunteer of the Year
CF administrators recognized for National Guard support