Sumter County

Florida has the largest population of Haitian TPS holders. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on whether they can continue to live and work in the U.S. will impact the state's caretaking industry.

She was 21-year-old Maureen L. Minor Rowan of Tampa, a mother of two young children. As for her killer, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office says her estranged husband, now dead, is a "person of interest."

In Marion and Sumter counties, for example, local ordinances passed in 2021 wiped out dozens of storefront gambling dens and curbed related crime.

John Temple, 49, is a a former teacher, principal and administrator in the Sumter County schools. He represents House District 52, which is made up of Sumter County and part of Hernando County.

The 5th District Court of Appeal, in a Sumter County case, rejected arguments that requiring the designation on licenses violated First Amendment rights.

"Some days you barely smell it, some days it about knocks you down."

Residents say the Florida Department of Transportation should widen Interstate 75 instead of creating a new toll road from Wildwood to U.S. 19 with all its impacts on the environment and rural communities.

One resident said the Florida Department of Transportation is "making a billion dollars" off the purchase of land in the community, "and they don’t give us chump change.”

Prosecutors accused the commissioners of lying under oath during a criminal investigation into complaints that they had communicated about county business outside of public meetings.