Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy talks to local, state and national media about the death today of John Evander Couey, convicted of kinapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford five years ago. (Citrus Times photo: Robby Douglas)
Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy today called a news conference after hearing of the death this morning of John [...]
TALLAHASSEE — Prison officials in Starke say the man who kidnapped, raped and buried alive 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford has died of cancer.
Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said John Evander Couey, 51, died at 11:15 a.m. today at a Jacksonville hospital.
She said Couey had been ill for some time. She declined to provide any specifics, [...]
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Jim Hunter
Citrus County Public Information Officer
Citrus County officials had been under the assumption this year that the community of Sugarmill Woods was meeting water use permit limits set by the regional water district.
They learned recently however, that the county’s contractor responsible for reporting pumpage from county wells supplying the southwest [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would decide whether the constitutional right of individuals to own guns takes precedence over state and local laws, reviving the legal battle over gun rights in America.
The nation’s high court agreed to decide the reach of its landmark ruling last year that the Second [...]
BETHESDA - President Barack Obama used a visit to suburban Maryland this morning to promote $5 billion in scientific research that is being underwritten by funds from the $787 billion stimulus plan he signed into law earlier this year.
The event, dubbed Recovery to Discovery, took place on the Bethesda campus of the National Institutes of [...]
WASHINGTON — A Democratic congressman from Florida is refusing to apologize for saying that Republicans want Americans to “die quickly” if they get sick.
Rep. Alan Grayson made his comments on the House floor Tuesday night while criticizing Republican health care proposals as a “blank piece of paper.”
“If you get sick, America, the Republican health care [...]
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called distracted driving a “menace to society” Wednesday, kicking off a two-day meeting on preventing drivers from using mobile devices behind the wheel.
The Obama administration reported that nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, a striking indication of [...]
LONDON — British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will next week begin shipping its swine flu vaccine Pandemrix across Europe, the group announced on Wednesday following approval by regulators.
“Following the (European) Commission’s approval we expect to commence shipments of Pandemrix to European governments from next week,” said Jean Stephenne, President of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, in a company statement.
The news [...]
Authorities say the death toll has risen to more than 110 after a powerful undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit South Pacific islands.
The majority of the fatalities occurred in Samoa, where rescue workers say at least 84 people have been killed.
Another 24 people are confirmed dead on American Samoa, while at least seven [...]
Valerie and Bryan Post in happier timesA Crystal River woman died on Monday after contracting Swine Flu.
Valerie Post, pregnant at 24 years old, died after her battle with the illness at Tampa General Hospital.
Her baby, Nora, was delivered by Cesarean Section after Valerie was placed into a medically induced coma on Aug. 7 – the [...]
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