THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
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The Florida League of Cities (FLC) recently recognized Inglis Mayor Drinda Merritt, Live
Oak Mayor Sonny Nobles, Yankeetown Mayor Debra Weiss and White Springs Council-
member Helen Miller with 2016 Home Rule Hero Awards. These local government of-
ficials earned this prestigious award for their tireless efforts to advance the League's leg-
islative agenda and help protect the home rule powers of Florida's cities during the 2016
legislative session. The awards were presented at a recent meeting of the Suwannee River
League of Cities. "These mayors are some of the Florida League of Cities' biggest advo-
cates for municipal issues, always willing and ready to contact legislators and travel to Tal-
lahassee to be sure a local voice is heard on issues that are important to cities," said Florida
League of Cities Legislative Director Scott Dudley. "It is clear that these public servants
have devoted themselves to Florida's citizens and will remain loyal to their cities and state
far into the future." Home Rule is the ability for a city to establish its own form of gov-
ernment and enact ordinances, codes, plans and resolutions without prior state approval.
The Home Rule Hero Award recipients are local government officials - both elected and
nonelected - who consistently responded to the League's request to reach out to members
of the legislature and help give a local perspective to an issue.
Homosassa college student killed in
N4EK, Ed of Crystal River and WA6QFC, Jerry of Citrus Springs, members of the Citrus Coun-
ty Amateur Radio Emergency Service were on hand Saturday morning, at the Citrus County
head-on Arkansas collision Police, a
Hazards & Hurricane Expo held at the Crystal River Armory. They were at the Expo, along
with many other service groups providing information to help citizens prepare for inclement
weather and emergency situations. Get ready - Hurricane Season is just around the corner!
According to a preliminary fatal crash summary by the Arkansas State
For additional information, contact the Citrus County Sheriff's Office at 352-249-2705.
Homosassa woman and an Arkansas man were killed in a head-on crash in Walnut Ridge
(Lawrence County), Arkansas on Monday night, May 2. The two killed were 20 year-old
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Britny Jean Vickers of Homosassa, Florida and 59 year-old John Elledge of Pocahontas,
Arkansas. Both were the drivers and only passengers in two of the three vehicles involved
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in the crash. Two others in a third vehicle who were injured in a secondary collision, were
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5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, of Cherokee Village, AR, and his passenger 67
year-old James Estes of Ash Flat, AR.
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Numerous media reports stated that Ms. Vickers was a student at Williams Baptist
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