Bushnell News

Court office moving today to Center site The Hernando County Clerk of Circuit Court Recording Division is moving today and Friday to its new office in Room 362 of the Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St.

With years of experience at the controls, David S. Garber knew how to pilot a plane, and if anything went wrong in the air, he knew how to do the least damage on the ground, his relatives said.

There are hundreds of thousands of men and women in St. Augustine who have put on a uniform in service of their country.

Four people including a pilot from Sumter County were killed Monday in a small plane crash some 70 miles west-southwest of Corpus Christi, the FAA said tonight.

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Falling down one after another, almost 40 suspected drug dealers have been arrested within the past week throughout Sumter County in what officers called "Operation Dominoes." The arrests were the result of a three-month investigation that was ignited with undercover drug buys and capped off with warrant sweeps, raids and the seizure of nearly 30 ...

A python named Delilah was moved by Florida Wildlife officials to a temporary home when his cage near Lake Apopka, Fla., was deemed unsuitable on Friday, Sept., 11, 2009.

Seniors who for years have made flu shots a fall ritual are being sent to the end of the line for the swine flu vaccine.

The 17th Annual St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading is scheduled for Saturday, Oct.

For years, the 173-bed Sumter County jail has left inmates cramped, with many bunking on floors or having to crash at jails in other counties.

U.S. Army Spc. Justin Coleman had been assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, N.Y. Friends and family members will remember a soldier from Hernando County who was killed in Afghanistan last month.

U.S. Army Spc. Justin Coleman was buried as a soldier Monday and remembered as a friend.

Spc. Coleman's funeral, burial set for today The funeral and burial for Army Spc.

Visitation for Army Spc. Justin Dean Coleman, who was killed July 24 in Afghanistan, will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Downing Funeral Home, 1214 Wendy Court, off Commercial Way.

Hernando County residents will have several opportunities in the coming days to show their support for the services rendered by local military members and their families.

James Jenkins hugs daughter Nicole Coleman with Army Sgt. 1st Class William Kamer nearby.

A Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory has been issued for Sumter County including the Bushnell area until 3 p.m. and for western Pasco County until 4:30 p.m. Near steady rain is also being produced by stationary storms over western Sumter, eastern Hernando and central/western Pasco counties.

The Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell has closed Columbaria #1 and Columbaria #2 temporarily.

A man who escaped from custody while serving a jail term in Winona on drug-sale charges has been apprehended in central Florida.

If you are entered in the 21st Annual Southwest Florida Best Ball Championship at Cypress Lake CC this coming weekend, one thing is for sure.