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Today's News

  • Local man kidnapped at gunpoint

    A trip to a Beville’s Corner convenience store last week resulted in the kidnapping of a Bushnell man who was reportedly held at gunpoint and forced to drive to Georgia.
    The kidnapping happened on Friday, May 11, according to a sheriff’s office report. About 9:05 p.m. a Sumter County sheriff's deputy was approached at the Spirit Travel Center, 293 E C.R. 470, Lake Panasoffkee, by a woman who said her husband had been kidnapped. 

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  • 5 injured in school bus crash

    Five Sumter County students were treated at local hospitals for minor injuries after their school bus was hit by a vehicle Monday afternoon near Wahoo.
    The school bus was stopped in the westbound lane of County Road 48 at County Road 628 letting off students at a bus stop, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. The students ranged in age from 4 to 11 years old.

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  • Five arrested in separate burglary investigations

    The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has made a series of arrests on unrelated burglaries throughout the county.
    The first burglary occurred on May 8, in the 12000 block of C.R. 685 in Webster. Kenneth M. Walters, 36, and Michelle C. Ewell, 36, of Webster were arrested and charged with burglarizing a structure on the property.
    Walters was found removing property on May 8, but was intercepted by neighbors.

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  • Those shiny trucks

    “We did really well,” said Kerri Farkus of the number of trucks that rolled in for display and the number of spectators who came out for the 75 Chrome Shop’s 14th Annual Truck Show.
    Held April 27 through April 29, this year’s show included a display of 48 trucks, from a rebuilt 1957 Kenworth to a 2007 Peterbuilt covered in bronze and chrome.

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  • A DAY TO PICNIC

    The Bushnell Men’s Club and a host of volunteers opened the picnic and their pockets, as they hosted their annual Bushnell Community Spring Festival on Saturday, April 28.
    Held at Lincoln Park, the picnic was planned as a way to honor veterans of all military services, seniors 75 years and older and the Team Bushnell 10UAA Florida Travel Ball players.
    The response at the picnic and from the community since then has been great, according to member Jessie Hill.

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  • Sergeant recognized for saving inmate

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  • BUSHNELL TRANSFORMATION UNDER WAY

    If you squint a bit, they sort of look like gigantic soft ice cream cones dotting the landscape in front of Bushnell City Hall.
    In actuality, they are 18 Canary Island date palms topping off at about 17 feet high.
    The reason the trees may look a bit unusual is because their fronds have remained tied up and bound.
    It takes between 21 and 30 days after planting before the binding is removed, said Bushnell City Manager Vince Ruano. During that period, the trees are becoming stabilized to their new environment and roots are beginning to grow.

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  • Police: String of burglaries solved

    Sheriff’s investigators say they’ve solved a series of burglaries in The Villages that resulted in 19 household appliances being taken from 16 different houses in less than two months.
    The burglaries started happening about March 1 and ended with the arrest of a suspect in April.
    That arrest led to the arrest of another suspect last week who is suspected of organizing the burglaries, according to sheriff’s Capt. Kevin Hofecker.

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  • Woman dies in single vehicle wreck

    A Ridge Manor woman died early last Wednesday morning when the car she was driving crashed into a tree near State Road 50.
    Jacqueline Rose Medina, 37, was returning from St. Petersburg in a 1996 Subaru about 1 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2, traveling eastbound on State Road 50, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. For an unknown reason, Medina failed to negotiate a curve and traveled into the west bound land of S.R. 50 and onto the north shoulder of the road west of County Road 478A.

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  • Stomp out arson

    As part of Arson Awareness Week May 6 to 12, one group is asking Florida citizens to help “Stomp Out Arson” by participating in a video contest that brings awareness to the dangers of woods arson.
    The Florida Forestry Arson Alert Association, a direct support organization of the Florida Forest Service, is hosting the contest to bring awareness to arson-caused wildfires in an effort to curb growing woods arson statistics.

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