Hernando County News

When it comes to money, amounts are relative. A car that breaks down may be an inconvenience for one family but the financial tipping point for another.

A Spring Hill man accused of firing a gun at someone at a party last month was arrested Friday and charged with attempted murder.

The search for the district's chief executive is now in the School Board's hands.

The fourth annual Winter Festival will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in the school courtyard.

Hernando County Animal Services removed six malnourished horses Thursday from a residence in western Hernando County that billed itself as a horse rescue and adoption facility.

Hernando County is in the midst of a search for its next superintendent. Former superintendent Wayne Alexander was shown the door by the School Board in September, a year before the end of his contract.

A Brooksville man was killed late Sunday night after his 1996 Ford pick-up collided with a county fire truck off Centralia Road.

Hernando's high schoolers and soon-to-be freshmen can now study the proposed attendance boundaries for the 2010 school year.

Hernando County commissioners continue to aim low. Tuesday, commissioners halved the county's impact fees on new construction for the next year after listening to unsubstantiated statements that it will stimulate home-building activity.

The public will be given the chance to pepper their legislators with questions and concerns during the annual Hernando County legislative delegation meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.

A corporation with holdings in Hernando and Pasco counties that wants state approval for private utilities now faces opposition by both counties.

Hernando County Sheriff's deputies were called shortly after 9:45 a.m. to Jenkins Creek Park for a report of a body floating in the water.

A Hernando County judge on Thursday set a trial date for a Spring Hill couple accused of imprisoning a 17-year-old boy in a bathroom for months.

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.

A 61-year-old man faces a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm after deputies say he fired a rifle at a group of four people who had come to his house to inquire about a vehicle they left for him to repair.

A scuba diving accident in Florida near Tampa has left a Madison County man dead.

Plucking a Christmas card from the mailbox always generates a feel-good experience.

Dorothy Kraft went to the house Tuesday afternoon and noticed a door to the garage was open.

HILL 'N DALE - Authorities have identified the pedestrian who was killed last week when he was hit by three vehicles on State Road 50.

Fire Commissioner Amy Brosnan has said emphatically she did not violate any residency requirement when she was elected to the fire board last year.