Month: April 2020
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Military, retirees, spouses must wear face coverings
Those who want to shop at military stores will now have to cover their faces, the Department of Defense said today. Commissaries are requiring customers to wear some form of face coverings to enter the building, the DoD said in a news release. This policy falls in-line with the 5 April 2020 DoD guidance mandating […]
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Water district declares Phase I water shortage in Central, Southern regions
The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s (District) Governing Board voted today to declare a Phase I Water Shortage for the District’s central and southern regions, which include Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota counties. The primary purpose for a Phase I water shortage is to alert the public that watering restrictions […]
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USDA to implement Trump’s executive order on meat, poultry processors
(Washington, D.C., April 28, 2020) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to keep meat and poultry processing facilities open during the COVID-19 national emergency. “I thank President Trump for signing this executive order and recognizing the importance of keeping our food […]
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Tuesday’s state COVID-19 stats
TODAY’S TAKEAWAYS Reminder in today’s news section – In 2009–10, 60 million Americans had H1N1, and 18,000 died Multiple recent studies from Iceland, Germany, USC, Stanford and New York City all suggest that the fatality rate if infected is likely far lower than early estimates, perhaps under 0.1 to 0.4 percent, i.e., 10 to 40 […]
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Crystal River property owner discovers human remains
On Sunday, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) was notified by a landowner, who was surveying his property, of the discovery of skeletal human remains located in a wooded area near West Riverbend Road, in Crystal River. Detectives with the CCSO’s Major Crimes Unit and Forensics Unit, along with Medical Examiner’s Office, responded and secured […]
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Human remains found on April 4 in Crystal River now identified
The skeletal human remains recovered on April 4, 2020 by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, have been identified as those of 29-year-old, Kyle Clifford Corriveau. This investigation is ongoing, and there is no suspected foul play or any threat to public safety. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with additional information to contact […]