Hernando County News

The Brooksville airport picked up 2.81 inches of rain in a 15-hour period Tuesday as a moisture-laden front from the north parked over the area.

A camper and a counselor at a Christian youth camp are the latest confirmed cases of the swine flu in Pasco, county health officials confirmed.

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

Now the real budget work and the debates over property tax rates can begin. The Property Appraiser's Office has sent the 2009 taxable values to the county's taxing districts, and the numbers are about what officials feared: A decimated housing market has shaved hundreds of millions of dollars from the tax rolls.

Three Lowe's employees, two of whom were managers, have been arrested and charged with stealing $70,000 worth of merchandise over a two-year period from the Brooksville store.

Ideas sought for budget priorities Hernando County Administrator David Hamilton will host his final budget workshop and community meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in the commission chambers at the Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St.

Because of the economic downturn, many Hernando County residents find themselves in need of a job.

Dennis Bixler picks berries along a row of plants at Bramble Creek Farms, south of Brooksville, on Tuesday.

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

Get your hair cut and shelter will benefit A "Clips for Tails" fundraiser to benefit the SPCA of Hernando County will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at HairMasters of Brooksville, 14974 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.

An Ohio woman is accused of befriending a Hernando County man over the Internet, moving in with him, and obtaining several credit cards using his name.

10. Open scalloping areas on Florida's Gulf coast extend from the west bank of the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the Pasco-Hernando county line near Aripeka.

Seven candidates will get a chance to interview next week for the school district's No.

The controversy over the ineligible Nature Coast Technical High School students isn't over yet.

Maybe you think it's all exaggerated. Maybe you don't quite buy the idea that life in Hernando County was so much rowdier just a few decades ago, so much more entertaining.

Arts and Crafts Club: An arts and crafts club is forming in Hernando County. Plans for meeting locations and other details have not been determined.

Fanned by winds a day earlier and threatening homes near Bayport by Friday morning, the marsh fire mostly was contained hours later by crews from three agencies.

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.

The Hernando County Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed reduction in THE Bus, the county's fixed-route transit service, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Commission Chambers at Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St.