Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 MLB: Yankees, White Sox play on ‘Field of Dreams’ /B1 FRIDAY T O D A Y C I T R U S C O U N T Y & n e x t m o r n i n g HIGH 90 P artly sunny w ith LOW afternoon storm s p o s s i b l e . 73 PAGE A4 w w w.chronicleonline.com AUGUST 13, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 310 NEWS BRIEFS EMT dies from COVID-19 Take a closer look at Florida’s Nature Coast EMS employee springs The S ierra Cub A dven- had ‘tough battle’ with disease COVID cases continue ture Cast w ill host a vir- tual m eeting, “B eneath BUSTER from Citrus Coun- the S urface of the Forida THOMPSON ty’s EMS provider. S prings,” from 7 to 8 p.m . Staff writer Berleth was 29. A u g . 1 v i a Z o m . “He was a be- to fill local hospitals G uest speaker R yan Nature Coast loved guy by so EMS announced many,” Nature FRED HIERS Department of Health data reported S m art, director of the For- Staff writer on the agency’s website. ida S prings Cuncil, w ill the death of one of Coast EMS spokes- its own from man and battalion That’s up from the previous speak about the state’s im - COVID-19. Justin chief Dan Brady Citrus County is being hit hard by week’s 657 new cases and 158 new periled springs and the ef- After “a tough Berleth told the Chronicle. the nation’s surge of COVID-19 as cases two week before that. forts to protect them . battle” with the virus, It’s the first reported the number of cases here continues Of those who got tested in Citrus To register, visit tinyurl. Emergency Medical Tech- COVID-19-related death of to rise seemingly unabated. County, 23.1% were positive during com /38hvpa36. Fr m ore nician Justin Berleth died a Nature Coast EMS medic, Between July 30 and Aug. 5 there the week ending Aug. 5. It was 11.2% inform ation, visit sierra Monday, Aug. 9, at Oak Hill Brady said. were 816 new cases in Citrus County, during the first half of July. club.org/florida/adventure- Hospital in Brooksville, ac- according to the latest Florida See CASES/Page A11 coast, the S ierra Cub A d- cording to a news release See EMT/Page A11 venture Cast G roup on F c e b o o k , c a l l 3 5 2 - 7 7 - 3 3 3 0 o r e m a i l s i e r r a clubadventurecoastcc@ g m a i l . c o m . Citrus County opens self-serve Rosewood group seeking help sandbag sites C t r u s C u n t y w i l l o p e n self-erve sandbag sites a t 8 a . m . F i d a y , A u g . 1 . The sites w ill rem ain open until further notice. The locations are as f o l l o w s : I B icentennial P ark, 5 01 N . B a s e b a l l P o i n t , C y s t a l R i v e r . I Hom osassa Area R egional P ark (tennis c o u r t p a r k i n g l o t ) , 4 2 10 S . G randm arch Ave., H o m o s a s s a . Sand, bags, and a few shovels w ill be available at each site. C l l 3 5 2 - 2 7 - 4 7 7 o r visit w w w .citrusbocc.com / departm ents/public_ w orks/index.php. Fred weaker, but likely to R ealtor.com drench Florida The John Wright house, which is being donated to the Real Rosewood Foundation. HAVANA — Tropical Foundation seeks info about relocating house associated with massacre D epression Fed headed for a drenching of Cba MARGO WILSON Real Rosewood Founda- help finance the move. and the Baham as on For the Chronicle tion want to find out. But they are elated Thursday on a forecast They are seeking that their dream of a mu- Can a historic house someone with seum seems closer, ever track that w ould carry it to- that’s more than house-moving expertise since the residents of the w ard S outh Forida as a 100 years old safely roll to advise them about the house, Ian and Hannah tropical storm by S aturday. down 35 miles of State feasibility of moving the Stone, decided to donate The m ain threat to the Road 24 from the site of house, which the county the house to the U .S. appeared to be heavy the former nearly all- Property Appraiser’s Of- foundation. rains affecting Forida and black community of fice says was built in Board member Jordan parts of the S outheast Rosewood to a spot in Ar- 1901. Can the home sur- Marlowe, the mayor of starting on Fiday, accord- cher, where it might be- vive the trip and how Newberry, said when ing to the U .S . N ational come the cornerstone of much might that cost? So some of the board met H u r r i c a n e C n t e r . a museum commemorat- far, board members hav- with the Stones in July Frecasters issued a ing the 1923 Rosewood en’t been able to find a and the Stones said tropical storm w atch for The Rosewood historical marker, along massacre? mover. They also would the Forida K eys and the State Road 24. Board members of the welcome donations to See HOUSE/Page A7 state’s southw est coast. It said 3 to 6 inches of rain w ere expected across the Forida K eys and southern peninsula by M onday, w ith isolated Judge denies dismissal in teens’ shooting case m axim um s of 8 inches. BUSTER weaken the prosecution’s Byron Simms Jr. and Jo- unlawfully shooting long sentenced to either pro- The tropical storm THOMPSON case. seph Shane Finn. guns Nov. 21, 2018, and bation or incarceration in w atch is in effect for the Staff writer Citrus County Circuit Aug. 30 remains as fired a round that fatally a youth detention facility. Forida Keys from O cean Judge Richard “Ric” when the teens are ex- struck 58-year-old Sandra Prosecutors with the R eef to the D ry Tortugas, With less than three Howard on Thursday, pected to start their three- Ryder roughly 400 yards State Attorney’s Office in and for the southw est weeks to go before three Aug. 12, denied a motion day trial together in away while she was out- April 2019 levied charges coast of the Forida P en- teenagers stand trial for a from defense lawyers to juvenile court. side her home off of West of manslaughter and pos- insula from B onita B each Homosassa woman’s dismiss the manslaughter Howard, and not a jury, Wayward Loop. sessing firearms as to O cean R eef. shooting death, a judge charges against Zoey will render a verdict on If Howard convicts — Fom staff and w ire reports struck down an attempt to Ellan Andersen, Jason whether they were them, the teens could be See COURT/Page A9 Classifieds . .C4 Crossword . .C7 INDEX Lottery Numbers . .B3 Obituaries . 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