BROOKSVILLE - Local donors and companies continue to show their support for the schools with financial and other gifts to the Hernando County Education Foundation. Board member Mark Johnson said at the April 25 School Board meeting that a local couple was donating $1 million for various...

HERNANDO BEACH, Fla. - Locals call it the "Hernando Beach Triangle" and they say it's an intersection that has a history of crashes.

SPRING HILL - Carisa Kenyon, 15, wants to help spread the message that smoking is bad for your health, and most smoking soon will be banned at Hernando County parks and beaches. In December, the Hernando County Commission passed an ordinance to prohibit smoking and vaping in Hernando County parks...

Commissioners had mixed feelings about reintroducing the one-half-cent sales tax referendum on the 2024 ballot during a discussion on the matter at the April 25, 2023 Board of County Commissioners meeting. Chairman John Allocco is opposed to the referendum, based on the results of the last public...

Whenever he is asked to pinpoint the exact location of his real estate office at Hernando Beach, Tom Dishman, co-owner of Weaver Group Realty, with his wife Tammy, he always offers the same response. "Watch for the mermaid!" he says with a smile. Indeed, Dishman's office at 3436 Shoal Line Blvd.

Hernando County Government will be hosting an unveiling ceremony for the county's mermaid statue on Friday, May 5, at 2 p.m. at the Hernando County Government Administration Building. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be provided and you will have a chance to meet Tifara: Mermaid Goddess of...

BROOKSVILLE - He's not leaving, even if some on the County Commission and several other people want him gone. Hernando School Superintendent John Stratton has withdrawn from consideration for the job of superintendent in Brevard County, it was announced at the School Board meeting on April 25.