Citrus County Commissioner,
By MICHAEL D. BATES Chronicle Reporter Michael Bates Reporter Author email
The Citrus County Commission has several names in the Capitol. Commissioner
COUNTY COMMISSION Their names are in the Capitol. Finegan wants them in Citrus. By MICHAEL D. BATES Chronicle Reporter Michael Bates Reporter Author email
CRITICAL – PRESERVE ALL SPECIFIC DETAILS:
– DATES: Include exact dates (e.g., “January 15, 2026”, “Monday night”, “this weekend”)
– TIMES: Include specific times (e.g., “3:00 PM”, “around 10:30 a.m.”, “early morning”)
– LOCATIONS: Include street names, intersections, specific addresses when available
– NAMES: Include full names of all people mentioned (first and last name)
– AGES: Include ages when mentioned
– NUMBERS: Include all statistics, scores, dollar amounts, counts
– EVENTS: For events, ALWAYS include date, time, and location
– INCIDENTS: For crimes/accidents, include when and where they occurred
– ORGANIZATIONS: Include full organization names
WRITING REQUIREMENTS:
– Maintain ALL factual accuracy – do not omit any specific details
– Write in clear AP Style journalism
– Use active voice and short sentences (most under 20 words)
– Answer who, what, when, where, why, how in the first 2 paragraphs
– Put most important/specific details (dates, times, names) early in the article
– Add local context when relevant
– Format with HTML paragraph tags:
First paragraph.
Second paragraph.
– If the article contains MULTIPLE distinct items (e.g., list of locations closing, people honored, roads affected, agenda items, charges filed), present them as a numbered HTML list:
- Item 1
- Item 2
after an intro paragraph.
– NO asterisks, NO bold markers, NO em-dashes (use commas instead)
– Include 2-3 external links to credible sources (prefer original source URLs from the article)
Format links as: text
RELEVANCE CHECK:
This article MUST be relevant to Hernando, Pasco, or Citrus County in Florida. If the story has NO connection to these counties or the cities of Brooksville, Spring Hill, Dade City, Hudson, Weeki Wachee, Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Inverness, or Crystal River, set location to “NOT_LOCAL” and we will skip it.
CATEGORIZATION:
Determine the PRIMARY location (be specific): Brooksville, Spring Hill, Dade City, Hudson, Weeki Wachee, Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Inverness, Crystal River, Hernando County, Pasco County, or Citrus County
Determine category: Crime & Safety, Traffic & Accidents, Local Government, Community Events, Business News, Education, or Weather Alerts
Create ONE specific tag like: “Fatal Crash”, “DUI Arrest”, “City Council”, “Grand Opening”
Create a 2-4 word focus keyphrase that’s SPECIFIC to this story (e.g., “Brooksville sex crimes”, “Spring Hill crash”, “Dade City festival”, “Zephyrhills shooting”, “Crystal River manatee”, “Inverness council vote”)
CRITICAL – JSON FORMAT:
Return ONLY valid JSON. Do NOT include markdown, explanations, or notes.
All text values must have quotes escaped properly.
Do NOT use newlines inside string values – use
tags instead.
Return this exact structure:
{
“title”:”Headline here”,
“content”:”
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
“,
“excerpt”:”Summary 140-160 chars”,
“focusKeyphrase”:”2-4 words”,
“location”:”City or County”,
“category”:”Category”,
“tag”:”Tag”
}
Originally reported by Citrus County Chronicle – Inverness
Sources: Citrus County Chronicle – Inverness
