Citrus County

While Naples was replaced by a Michigan town at No. 1, Florida still led the country with 53 of 250 locations worth of retirees' consideration. Changes in methodology shook up the rankings.

The Tampa-based system acquired 53 acres in Citrus Hills to build a hospital, medical office building, central energy plant and helipad for its TGH North division.

Citrus County concluded this year's scallop season, which business officials described as good, but not great. "We think that people are pumping their brakes a little bit, you know, because they're uncertain about the economy," said Josh Wooten, Citrus County Chamber of Commerce president and CEO.

The Southwest Florida Water Management District voted unanimously to allow Citrus County to manage the campground for the next 40 years.

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Carriers like Verizon and AT&T could use those towers, and in turn, strengthen connections in areas including Lecanto and Inverness.

The court's decision – involving a citizen who accused the Citrus County Sheriff's Office of misconduct – is the latest to provide new mechanisms for civilian oversight of law enforcement, even as others were curtailed in recent days by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led Legislature.

The new division extends TGH’s footprint into Citrus and Hernando counties. It includes three hospitals, an ER, two surgery centers and 10 clinics.

A rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus and its spread northward have heightened concern. The CDC is trying to make more doctors aware of the pathogen.

A woman in her 60s was sheltering in her bathroom at the Ridge View apartment complex in Crystal River when the tornado struck, causing significant damage more than a month after Hurricane Idalia.

It will provide a more direct route connecting Citrus, Hernando, Pasco and Hillsborough counties.

Commissioners will ask the Florida Department of Transportation saying to remove three of the routes recommended for expanding the turnpike from where it now ends at Interstate 75 in Wildwood.