Brooksville News

Government officials and south Brooksville community leaders have a bright idea on how to enhance the neighborhood.

Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church , 200 Mount Fair Ave., Brooksville, is offering Faith Kids Camp for children in second to eighth grades from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays next week and the weeks of July 20 and July 27.

Clarence Clark Sr. is keeping his fingers crossed and hoping his beloved Kennedy Park will see a revival.

The area was under a flood advisory this morning and more dangers might be on the horizon as long as the tropical moisture continues to hover over the Tampa region today and tomorrow, according to the National Weather Service.

Hernando County investigators are looking for someone who may have starved, then abandoned a horse in Brooksville.

When Joachim Buttke was looking for the right American community for expanding his German business, he sent inquiries to all the counties on the gulf side of Florida, a state he knew from sunny vacations.

Calling the Little Rock Cannery Hernando's "golden egg," a Brooksville businessman is working with the county to develop a marketing plan for the facility off Citrus Way.

One of the revenue-generating red-light cameras is at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Broad Street in Brooksville.

Having watched her students at Eastside Elementary School perform poorly on Florida's standardized reading tests, principal Beverly Chapin knew the kids needed some help.

Even I thought I might be blowing smoke last year when I wrote that Dr. Paul Farmer could someday win a Nobel Peace Prize.

The Hernando County Public Works Department announced Friday that Barnett Road has been temporarily and partially closed due to flooding.

Brenda Gause walked out to her pasture Wednesday night and saw a horse that didn't belong to her.

Going green in Brooksville will require some blue. Beginning Sept. 2, residents will have curbside service to pick up their recyclables for the first time.

Hernando County Sheriff's deputies say a Lowe's zone manager stole $70,000 from the Brooksville store over two years.

Kathleen Nani loves a challenge. She is the owner and primary design consultant of Weeki Wachee's Gionani Interiors.

Hernando County Public Library System will offer the following summer programs for boys and girls ages 5-12: "Rumpelstiltskin" will be presented at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Play'n Around Theatre at West Hernando Branch Library, 6335 Blackbird Ave., off State Road 50, near Weeki Wachee; and at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at the East ...

Authorities are asking for the public's help finding an absconded Jacksonsville sex offender believed to be in Brooksville.

In the end, there were no arrests. There was some finger-pointing and excited shouting, but that was the limit of the drama at a protest Wednesday outside U.S. Rep.

And in underwear news, Brooksville, Fla., officials have mandated that all city employees wear drawers to work.

Tourist Development Council sets meeting Hernando County Tourist Development Council will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Best Western I-75, 30305 Cortez Blvd., east of Brooksville.