Sumter County Florida

A truck from Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida will be there with bags of veggies, meat and other food for 1,000 families. The first 500 get a frozen turkey.

Royal is a historically Black rural and agricultural community -- with a tradition of property ownership in 40-acre and 80-acre land grants passed down from generation to generation. In Royal, the family’s land ownership is everything.

Prosecutors accused the commissioners of lying under oath during a criminal investigation into complaints that they had communicated about county business outside of public meetings.

As part of a 4-1 vote Tuesday night, the Sumter County Commission surrendered its claim to a $2.7 million refund from The Villages fire department.

In the meantime, AMR has hired more people to try and help lessen the response times and increased pay.

Committee member Leland Greek, a former county fire chief, argued for the separate, county-run ambulance service.

Union president Stewart Eubanks says AMR recently boosted EMT wages in Sumter County by 70 percent and paramedic pay by 58 percent.

The increase in fees for new construction was going to take effect next week.

Deputies arrested a Tampa man on homicide, eight counts of aggravated battery and a weapons charge.

On Tuesday, Sumter County commissioners picked an ad hoc committee of five volunteers steeped in EMS and hospital management.