A new state report shows that 475 manatees had died in 2024 in Florida as of Oct. 11.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to hold a 10 a.m. news conference Thursday at the Citrus County Property Appraiser.

A 42-year-old woman from Weeki Wachee is facing a slew of charges after leading law enforcement on a nearly 20-mile chase on I-95 before a trooper ended the pursuit with a PIT maneuver.

A reported 130 manatees died in Florida during the first two months of 2024. Here are the counties with the most manatee deaths.

The 1974 homicide of 24-year-old James Norris in Dixie County remains unsolved nearly 50 years later, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is asking for help to crack the cold case.

The story begins in Citrus County with a stolen truck and a thief who tried to run two deputies down. “All I had to do was travel the opposite direction and meet up with them,” trooper Curtis Vaughn said. Trooper Vaughn was watching the silhouette of the driver. At speeds topping 80 miles an hour, Trooper Vaughn attempted several PIT maneuvers (Pursuit and Intervention Technique) to stop the truck. For Trooper Vaughn it was just another day at the office on wheels.

INVERNESS, Fla. One Florida school board is shelling out $343,000 to lease iPads after some 1,100 units were either damaged or not returned when school ended in the spring. Citrus County School Board members agreed this week to spend the money after being told that the number of broken or missing iPads had more than doubled, the Citrus County Chronicle reported. A message on the screen says that the iPad belongs to the Citrus County School District and should be returned. The school board either owns or leases 16,500 to 17,000 iPads, according to Mike Mullen, the district's assistant superintendent. Parents sign contracts with the school district, agreeing to return the iPads at the end of a school term, the newspaper reported.

Reports from the task forces are due in 13 months, and construction is slated to begin in three years. "This is really a defining moment for our state," Department of Transportation Secretary Kevin Thibault said during the meeting of the task forces. Citrus County officials, which has three commissioners serving as task force members, voiced support for efforts to extend north the Suncoast Parkway. Each task force is comprised of about 40 people, including local officials, environmentalists, representatives of agricultural interests, transportation planners, members of business groups and educators. The task forces include representatives from 1000 Friends of Florida, Audubon Florida, Defenders of Wildlife, The Nature Conservancy and the Florida Wildlife Corridor.