50.8 F
The Villages
Monday, December 23, 2024

$5,000 reward offered for information in death of Royal woman

Rhea Shontee Moore
Rhea Moore

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information about the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old Wildwood woman during a card game on the night of Oct. 17 in Royal.

Rhea Shontee Moore was shot at about 8:30 p.m. and transported by EMS personnel to Ocala Regional Medical Center where she died at 11:41 p.m.

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office had been called to 9688 County Road 235 after shots were fired and Moore had been found lying on her back under a large canopy where a group of people had been playing cards.

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance from the Royal community. Anyone with information should contact Detectives John Adams or Darren Norris at (352) 569-1600 or CrimeLine at (800) 423-8477 (1-800-423-TIPS)

Rebuttal to response to my letter about too many TVs in restaurants

A snowbird offers a rebuttal to a fellow reader who criticized an objection to the number of televisions distracting diners in restaurants in The Villages.

There never was a Palestinian country or state

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Sunset Pointe resident points to historical and Biblical evidence that there never was a Palestinian country or state.

Bridge lighting, maintenance building and dock are not amenities!

A resident contends that three items of recent discussion - the bridge lighting, maintenance building and dock renovation - are not amenities. Read his Letter to the Editor.

Why are residents paying for advertising on the bridge at Spanish Springs?

A Villager is wondering why amenity money is being used to light up the bridge with advertising for The Villages.

Banning of faith-based Batterers Intervention Program in Florida

In a Letter to the Editor, a reader laments a decision by lawmakers to hand the reins of the Batterers Intervention Programs over to a state agency.