Hernando Beach News

Demand was so high for shady spots along Clubhouse Road where the High Point Community's Fourth of July parade would pass that Jenny Mounce decided to get there early Saturday morning.

A federal judge in Tampa, Fla., has permanently barred eight men including five tax preparers and two Certified Public Accountants from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme involving bogus income tax credits.

Dredge project public meeting set for July 15 The Hernando County Engineer's Office will conduct a public meeting regarding the dredge of the Hernando Beach channel at 6 p.m. July 15 at the Coast Guard Auxiliary, 4340 Calienta St.

Hernando/Sumter Head Start will present "1-Man Rally2 a ' 1-Family @ A Time" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Kennedy Park field located at 875 Kennedy Blvd., Brooksville.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on the Hernando Beach dredge permit Friday, setting the stage for the next phase of the project: seagrass removal.

Brooksville Elks Lodge 2582: Fourth of July celebration for members and guests, 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, 14494 Cortez Blvd.

Do you know the whereabouts of this missing teen? The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is looking for help in finding a teenage girl who has been missing for more than a month.

Anytime THE Bus is up for discussion, a small but dedicated band of patrons show up at the county commission meeting to sing the praises of the little-used public transportation system.

Patrick and Garret Pinder of New Port Richey were spearfishing with their father about 20 miles off Hernando Beach in May when they saw someone waving from the water nearby.

The event is part of the annual National Field Day for Amateur Radio, with FCC licensed amateur radio operators, also known as hams, in contact with other amateur radio stations across the United States, using their short wave radio equipment and antennas.

Judge L.R. Huffstetler, who served a colorful 15-year term as a circuit judge in Hernando County, died Friday morning at Oak Hill Hospital at age 70.

About 20 homes and the Bayport Inn Restaurant in the middle of a western Hernando County residential area were evacuated Thursday as winds up to 30 mph spread a brush fire across 750 acres of land.

Show compassion and open showers for the homeless The opportunity to help another should not be taken lightly.

Spring Hill Garden Club will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at Forest Oaks Lutheran Church, 8555 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill.

The developer of Southern Pines Condominium has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection reporting assets and liabilities of between $1 million and $10 million.

County Commissioner Dave Russell unloads his belongings into a desk Wednesday at his new location in the Hernando County Airport Administrative Office.

Ban is lifted; Go ahead and burn yard waste The Hernando County Commission voted Tuesday afternoon to lift the ban on the burning of residential yard waste, a ban that has been in place since February.

Brooksville, FL - Monday was moving day for county commissioners, who began relocating to their new satellite offices throughout the county.

Closing government offices one day a week; ending the sheriff's marine, aviation and traffic units and substations; new fees for county parks, and shuttering the Little Rock Cannery.

Embroiderers' Guild of America, Sandhill Crane Chapter: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Christ Lutheran Church, 475 North Ave.