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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 Weightlifting: Lecanto boys finish second in district / B1 SATURDAY TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next morning HIGH 72 Sunny and cool, LOW breezy. 46 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com APRIL 3, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 176 NEWS BRIEFS 2 die in Capitol incident Citrus County COVID-19 cases Man rams car into 2 Capitol police at barricade; 1 officer, driver are killed According to the Florida Department of Associated Press from the Jan. 6 insurrection. told The Associated Press that the prayers,” Pittman said. “This has Video shows the driver of the suspect stabbed one of the offi- been an extremely difficult time Health, 20 positive WASHINGTON— A Capitol Po- crashed car emerging with a knife cers. The officials spoke to AP for U.S. Capitol Police after the cases were reported lice officer was killed Friday after in his hand and starting to run at were not authorized to publicly events of Jan. 6 and now the in Citrus County since a man rammed a car into two offi- the pair of officers, Capitol Police discuss the pending investigation events that have occurred here the latest update. cers at a barricade outside the Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman and spoke on condition of today.” Three new deaths U.S. Capitol and then emerged told reporters. Authorities shot anonymity. Police identified the slain offi- were reported, for a wielding a knife. It was the second the suspect, who died at a “I just ask that the public con- cer as William “Billy” Evans, an total of 432. line-of-duty death this year for a hospital. tinue to keep U.S. Capitol Police To date in the department still struggling to heal Two law enforcement officials and their families in your See CAPITOL/Page A6 county, 10,355 people have tested positive (including 90 non-residents). Two new hospital- izations were re- ported, for a total of Screaming School Day success 675 hospitalized. Totals reflect prelim- inary reports received by the state, and are subject to revision. Vaccine registration system open DOH-Citrus’ prereg- istration system to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for individuals 40 and older and frontline health care workers is now available. Individuals can now be added to a waiting list for vaccine ap- pointments and be no- tified when appointments are available in Citrus County by visiting myvaccine.fl.gov or by calling 866-201-0442; Four-year-old Grayson Montgomery reacts with his 4-year-old sister Skylar Rathbun on Friday, April 2, at the Citrus County Fair School TTY is 833-476-1036. Day. School-aged children received free entry into the fair to take in all the sights, sounds, thrills and chills the fair has to offer. Each county has a designated number that individuals can Chronicle photo editor Matthew Beck captures the fun, excitement call and preregister with if they do not have internet access. chool Day at the 72nd annual Citrus County Fair was a big draw for Citrus County’s num- big crowds Friday, April 2, at the Citrus County Fairgrounds. School- For more ber is 833-540-2058. photos, click aged youths were admitted free, with a special price on armbands, on this story at — From staff reports S allowing for unlimited rides. The fair, which comes to a wrap Sunday, www.chronicle Motorcyclist April 4, will open at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 3, with a special on daytime online.com. dies in crash armbands until 4 p.m. Carnival rides will be available from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Florida Highway Patrol released more information about a vehicle crash in South Dunnellon that led to the death of a motorcyclist. According to an FHP news release, which doesn’t ID the motorists involved in the 2:01 p.m. collision Thursday, April 1, a 73-year-old man from Ludington, Michigan, was riding a motorcy- cle south on U.S. 41, approaching the inter- section with West New Lenox Lane. At the same time, a 29-year-old Citrus Springs man driving a sedan north on U.S. 41 overtook another vehicle leaving the Personal Mini Stor- age driveway. In doing so, the sedan traveled into the motorcyclist’s path and caused a head-on collision be- tween the vehicles, Riders swing in circles on the Yo-Yo on the midway of Riders are whipped around in circles as music blares Friday on the Rock and Roll ejecting the motorcy- the Citrus County Fair Friday, April 2. attraction on the Citrus County Fair midway. (See more photos on Page A3.) clist, who was wear- ing a helmet, according to FHP. Emergency re- sponders transported the motorcyclist to a Woman accused of getting painkillers using faked prescriptions hospital, where he later died from his in- FRED HIERS substance totaling nearly 900 oxy- a doctor’s office in Dunnellon 897 oxycodone pills with the juries, and the se- Staff writer codone pills in three months. where she worked and took them fraudulent prescriptions between dan’s driver suffered According to the Marion County to the Winn-Dixie pharmacy in October 2018 and December 2018. minor injuries. An Inverness woman was ar- Sheriff ’s Office arrest report, the Dunnellon to get them filled. The deputy alleges that the writ- rested on a Marion County war- investigating deputy reported that According to arrest documents, ten prescriptions showed her — Buster Thompson rant and now faces 19 charges Cheyenne Morgan, 36, of Inver- the Marion County investigating alleging she obtained a controlled ness filled out prescriptions from deputy reported Morgan obtained See PRESCRIPTIONS/Page A6 Classifieds . .B6 Crossword . .B9 INDEX Lottery Numbers . B2. Obituaries . .A5 Comics . B5. Editorial . A8 Lottery Payouts . B2. TV Listings . .B4 Horoscope . A4 Entertainment . .A4 Movies . .B6 A2 Saturday, april 3, 2021 Citrus County (FL) ChroniCLe TRADE IN! 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