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Squawk Box
March Unemployment
Drops to Lowest in Years
From CLM Workforce Connection
Joblessness in Citrus, Levy and
Marion counties dropped in March, fol-
lowing a statewide trend that saw decreas-
es in unemployment over the year in 61 of
67 counties, according to today’s release
of unemployment data from the Florida
Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI).
That trend, coupled with growth
in the labor force and increases in the
numbers of those with jobs may signal
that Florida’s economy has turned the cor-
ner.
Unemployment in the three-
county region fell to 12.1 percent, down
0.07 percent since February and a de-
crease of 1.3 percent over the year. The
rate fell from 13.2 to 12.5 percent in
Marion County – the lowest it has been
since December 2008. In Citrus County,
the rate dropped from 12.2 to 11.6 percent
and from 11.4 to 10.8 in Levy County.
Out of a labor force of 208,604,
there were 25,184 unemployed residents
in the region; at the same time, the num-
ber of those with jobs was 183,420, up by
nearly 2,500.
Kathleen Woodring, Workforce
Connection’s chief operating officers, said
Saturday was a day for Elvis Presley in Inverness and lovers of his music turned out, many in clothing of that era. The celebration was all about
the report provides “good background
Follow That Dream filmed 50 years ago in 1961 which used several local Inverness sights in the movie, including the courtroom scene. Photo
for the upswing that we have seen in job
Two Die in Four Man Caught In About An Hour And
by Sally Price, Continued on page 3 - When Elvis Came to Town.
openings the past couple of months.”
“We are optimistic that we are
beginning a trend that will move us into
Vehicle Crash Charged With Robbing Winn-Dixie
our much anticipated recovery stage,” she
said.
lieve that all the stolen cash was recovered,
From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
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Near Bronson
according to the report.
A 46 year-old Homosassa man,
The
report
Custom
Maynard McNulty, Jr., 4699 W. Foxhill
stated that McNulty
From the FHP
Ln., was charged with the robbery of the
went to a checkout
Wood Products
Winn Dixie store located at 3565 N. Lecan-
register and told the
A four-vehicle traffic crash at 9:47
to Hwy., Beverly Hills.
cashier that he had a
p.m., Tuesday, April 12, resulted in two
According to the Citrus County
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deaths. The crash occurred on U.S. Hwy.
bomb. McNulty in-
Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a call
Alt. 27 at N.E. 101st Court, approximately
structed the cashier to
shortly after 6:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 17,
one mile east of Bronson in Levy County.
place all the money
Your plans or ours
that the Winn Dixie had been robbed, and
According to the Florida Highway
from the register into
the man had left the store on foot, carrying
Patrol, the four-vehicle crash started when a
a bag, then to place a
McNulty
50 years experience
a plastic grocery bag.
2005 Toyota driven by Savannah Rose Pom-
Pillsbury cake mix on
Due to the “excellent witness re-
peo, 16, of Williston, violated the right-of-
top of the money. He then grabbed the bag
ports and physical descriptions,” the arrest
way of a 2005 Yahama motorcycle driven by
and left the store.
Wood Products Division
Jeremy Parrott, 61, of Ontario, Canada.
report stated, deputies located McNulty
When he was located a short time
The first vehicle, Pompeo’s Toyota,
in just slightly over an hour’s time. He
later, McNulty was placed under arrest and
Enviro Group of Florida, Inc.
was traveling north, across the west-bound
was taken into custody. Although the total
transported to the Citrus county Deten-
lanes of Alt. U.S. Hwy. 27 (S.R. 500). The
amount taken was undetermined at the time
tion Facility, McNulty’s bond was set at
352-586-9598
of the report, detectives have reason to be-
$10,000.
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