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The FHP has announced their DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoints for the month of April.

They are on the following streets in Citrus County:

County Roads: 39, 470, 480, 486, 488, 490, 490A, 491, 494

Local Roads: Highlands Street, West Cardinal Street, Century Boulevard, Elkham Boulevard, West Pine Ridge Boulevard, Dunkenfield Road, Rock Crusher Road, North Croft Avenue, West Seven Rivers Drive, West Venable Street, Pleasant Grove Road, Green Acres Boulevard, Fort Island Trail, West Riverbend Road, Fishbowl Drive, Miss Maggie Drive, Gobbler Drive, North Citrus Avenue, Turkey Oak Drive, Dunklin Avenue, Yulee Drive West, North Citrus Springs Boulevard, Grover Cleveland, Turner Camp Road, Istachatta Road, West Highland Street, and Old Floral City Highway

I understand why they do the inspections and I love the fact that they tell us where they will be.

The Patrol has found these checkpoints to be an effective means of enforcing the equipment and driver license laws of Florida while ensuring the protection of all motorists.

What I don’t get is why they announce them when, you can avoid them.?  So becareful and drive safe.

Shuttle Discovery Liftoff (NASA)

Space Shuttle Discovery launched into space last night for mission STS-119, with a crew of seven including Japan’s first long-term resident of the International Space Station (ISS).

Living in Citrus County we do get to see the shuttle launch but it is usually not that good. Last night, however, the view was excellent.

Discovery was visible by  the magnificant  light emanating from its three main engines. It appeared as a very bright, pulsating, fast-moving star, shining with a yellowish-orange glow.

Smoke trail from Discovery seen from Homosassa

Nasa must have used a different flight path than normal, as Discovery seemed much closer and bigger than normal. We also witnessed for the very first time the solid rocket boosters seperating from the shuttle.

I have seen it on tv before but never from my Homosassa neighborhood.  It was simply the best launch that I have seen from home ever. Unfortunatly I had not been home all day and did not know that it was launching. We were outside in the yard when all the neighbors came out into the road. So I was only able to get this one picture of it.

If anyone has any other pictures of the launch please post them here in the comments section, or you can send them to  news @ searchcitrus.com   I would love to post them here.

Crystal River, Fla. – The Florida Lottery said Thursday that there were three winners in the Fantasy 5 Game Wednesday March 4th . Each of them will collect $81,727.67 each, the Florida Lottery said Thursday.

The winning tickets were bought in Crystal River, Miami and Telogia, lottery officials stated.

Other winners were as follows:

• 333 tickets matching four numbers won $118.50 each.

• 10,087 tickets matching three numbers won $10.50 each

• 103,973 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two numbers.

Wednesday night’s numbers were 1-15-17-23-32.

Is quiet Citrus County turning more violent? Is the crime rate going up? Is this all just a sign of the times?

Wednesday morning around 4:40 am an Inverness man reported being shot in the shoulder by an unknown assailant.  Then just before 5:00 am on the other side of Inverness, a man reportedly stumbles into an all night restaurant on Hwy 41.

He had been slashed in the neck and wrist with a knife or some kind of cutting instrument and was airlifted to Tampa Bay’s St. Joseph’s Hospital for treatment. In the man’s own words, he told authorities he’d been the victim of a robbery on the Withlacoochee State Trail in the vicinity of the Mossy Oak mobile home park nearby.

Read the Entire article here.

Please reply below with your comments and opinions of the crime in Citrus County.

Wow, it’s cold out.

How did I teleport north? I thought Citrus County was in Florida. Last night in Homosassa the temperature was 32° at 8:45 pm. Right now at 6:30 am the temperature is 19°!

Originally I am from Michigan and I could very easily get used to this weather. However, if we are going to have to put up with it we might as well get snow. Hey now, you should call me those things, it’s not nice.

Seriously it has been really cold the last couple of weeks, but they say it is going to warm up by the weekend. We should see temps in the mid 70’s Saturday and Sunday. Which personally I think that kind of weather is perfect.

After having these sub freezing conditions it will be nice to get out of the house this weekend. Maybe visit a park or wander around the flea markets. Just to get out and enjoy yourselves while it lasts. I don’t think that we have seen the last of the cold weather yet.

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While Congress was contemplating the $700 billion Bailout package I wrote to our Congresswoman, Ginny Brown-Waite expressing my anger about the package. Today I have received a response from her in regards to my comments, and I wanted to share them with you. Please read her letter below and comment on them here when you are done. Remember she is running for re-election this year while you read it.

I was unable to attend the Political forum held at the Armory in Crystal River. I was hoping to go and report back to everyone what the different candidates said. If any of my readers was able to attend, please click on the comments above and let us know what was said.

Thank you,