Brooksville News

He claimed to be collecting money on behalf of Veterans Affairs, authorities said.

After a year of negotiation, the City Council has approved plans to convert a storage building at the Brooksville Quarry golf course into a senior enrichment center and an emergency special-needs shelter.

The Hernando County Health Department will have a free swine flu vaccine clinic for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 1:44 pm US/Eastern BROOKSVILLE, Fla. Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal.

Police arrested a local man Tuesday and recovered some $55,000 in goods taken in recent burglaries.

A second H1N1 vaccination clinic is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, the Hernando County Health Department announced this week.

Investors in a proposed commercial complex got some good news Monday night when the City Council tentatively agreed to proposed zoning changes along the State Road 50 bypass.

A University of Florida professor and his wife have been arrested for allegedly receiving fraudulent government contracts from NASA and other government agencies and moving the funds to their personal bank accounts.

A Hernando sanctuary has lost nearly 200 animals after a judge determined they were living in squalor.

Afternoons at the park, playing ball, running and laughter. Those are some of Tina Nichols' childhood memories.

Florida International Teaching Zoo's veterinary staff will offer a low-cost pet vaccination clinic from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Tractor Supply, 18741 Cortez Blvd.

Sheila and Michael Brewer are accustomed to rescuing cats, dogs and unwanted farm animals a ' but not a reptile so big they don't have a dog crate large enough for it.

At a time when American men and women are fighting and dying in two wars, banishing a years-old community photo tribute to military personnel may not be the wisest corporate decision.

Relish Magazine's in-house chef Jon Ashton will be in town for the Relish Cooking School Expo to be held Oct.

Those from both sides of the political fence agree seniors will likely see at least some government stimulus in 2010 to make up for a 0 percent cost of living increase from the Social Security Administration.

Boyett's Grove markets itself as a tourist site that allows people to get up close and personal with exotic animals.

A man was charged with DUI Monday night after getting out of a taxi and riding his bicycle along State Road 50, deputies said.

The Brooksville City Council voted unanimously Monday night to extend a one-year contract to Brooksville attorney Kenneth Warnstadt to serve as its new special master to hear code and ordinance violations.

Two people died when their pick-up trucks collided head-on Saturday night in eastern Pasco County.

Spring Hill United Methodist Men's Fellowship will hold its annual flea market from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.