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WEEKI WACHEE – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has released new details into yesterday's drowning of two cave divers in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Park Officials released the following statement: On 06-22-22 at approximately 12:20 p.m., a 9-1-1 call was placed to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office regarding a possible Drowning. The location provided was "Buford Springs Cave" which lies in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Park at 13243 Commercial Way in Weeki Wachee. The 9...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On Friday, June 17, 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1808, which prohibits governmental entities, including state agencies and local governments, from contracting with common carriers who knowingly transport illegal aliens into Florida. Today, Governor DeSantis has directed the Department of Management Services (DMS) to immediately enter into rulemaking to implement the provisions of the new law. Additionally, Governor DeSantis has directed e...
BROOKSVILLE – What started as a domestic battery in Port Richey, Florida, quickly escalated to threats to kill a child. According to the Pasco Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Noa Dominguez allegedly battered a family member on Mercado Drive in Port Richey, around 10:00 a.m. this morning. When police were notified, Dominguez grabbed his two-year-old son and ran out the back door, into a wooded area. During a press conference, Sheriff Chris Nocco said he immediately dispatched n...
UKRAINE - The flow of humanitarian aid continues to pour into Ukraine from neighboring countries, but none like Poland, which has been the top contributor of food and medical supplies since the war began. They've also opened their doors to over 6 million refugees, who are now living in Poland or have moved onto other locations around Europe. The war rages on in various locations around Ukraine, but eastern and southern Ukraine have been hit the hardest and suffered the most...
HERNANDO – There isn't a day that goes by that law enforcement officers aren't placing their lives in danger to protect citizens from loss of life and property. Of course, the mainstream media wants you to believe that the majority are just looking for someone to beat up, plant drugs on, or racially profile. Not to say that doesn't happen – it absolutely does, but that's like saying everyone who steps foot in the ocean is going to be eaten by a shark. Thankfully, there is tec...
HERNANDO – Nineteen children and two adults were killed this week in Uvalde, Texas, leaving an untold number of survivors to mourn the loss of their loved ones. The investigation into what drove the shooter, 19-year-old Salvador Ramos, to commit such an atrocious crime is just getting underway, but there is already evidence that Ramos was bullied at school for the way he dressed and spoke. Closer to home, Hernando County has seen its share of child tragedies, including numerou...
UKRAINE – The Greatest Generation; those who lived during the great depression and World War II, are nearing the end of their journey. Most who served in the last great war have already passed away, but their stories live on in hundreds of documentaries, movies, news reels, books, and magazines. At the tap of our fingers, we can view images of carpet-bombed villages, bodies lying in streets, mass graves, and of course the horrors men, women and children being ushered into f...
BROOKSVILLE – Bullying is a problem in every school around the country, but one mother says more could be done to prevent students from living in fear and becoming victims of violence. Carla Johns dropped off her Then-13-year-old son at West Hernando Middle School on January 18, like any other school day. What she didn't expect was the phone call from the principal's office, less than an hour later, advising that her son was involved in an altercation. Johns says that when she...
WEEKI WACHEE - Hernando County Fire Rescue responded to Buford Springs in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management area this morning, after receiving reports that two divers were unresponsive or missing. Officials arrived on scene and discovered one victim had already been pulled from the water and was deceased. The second victim had not surfaced and was presumed dead. The body of the second victim was later recovered, according to sources. Buford Springs and nearby Eagle's...
SPRING HILL – Investigators with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office are on the scene of a shooting that took place behind the Publix grocery store at 160 Mariner Blvd. According to officials, an incident involving the suspect and another individual took place in Pasco County and then resumed in Spring Hill at the current crime scene. That's where Sheriff Al Nienhuis says the suspect was arguing with an individual over items that he was trying to obtain, but in the midst o...
SPRING HILL – Fire Rescue and Law Enforcement are currently on the scene of a possible drowning at the 700 block of Challice Drive. According to sources, a 66-year-old man was found floating in a pool at the residence and was not conscious or breathing at the time Fire Rescue arrived on scene. Paramedics are performing CPR at this time. Major Case Investigators are en route to conduct an investigation into the incident. There are no further details at this time. This is the s...
BROOKSVILLE – Great news for recent furball graduates of the Heel to Heal program, after officials say all candidates have been successfully adopted. According to Hernando County Officials, Hernando County Animal Services (HCAS) and Hernando Correctional Institution 1st "Heel to Heal" canine obedience training program graduation took place on May 17, 2022. These dogs spent 8 weeks with pre-approved inmate volunteers to provide daily care for the dogs under the guidance of a c...
DADE CITY (HERNANDO) – On May 1st of this year, a passerby discovered the body of a Minnesota woman floating in the Withlacoochee River, near Reynolds Street and Treiman Blvd. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office launched a death investigation and sent to body to the Medical Examiner's Office in Leesburg to determine the cause of death. Prior to the discover of the woman's body, Investigators were already on the scene of another death that occurred on Jodi West Drive, which i...
REGIONAL – The Citrus County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) joined a multi-agency task force in executing ten arrest warrants for suspects involved in various child sex crimes. The following statement was provided by CCSO: Today, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office's (CCSO) High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU) is releasing the results of Operation Cyber Knights, a strategic undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) operation to apprehend dangerous, cyber predators who had the i...
SPRING HILL – A Homosassa woman is facing Organized Fraud charges after she took donations from a local church to pay her mortgage and take a vacation. On April 12th of this year, the Elder Board with Northcliffe Baptist Church mailed letters to its congregation, advising them of an investigation into its financial records. Several members of the church reached out to R News regarding the investigation, claiming that an employee had been caught stealing donations. Upon f...
PASCO – If there is anyone who can appreciate life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, it's someone who has lived under the thumb of an oppressive communist regime. Just 90 miles off the coast of Miami, Florida is one such dictatorship that has committed untold numbers of human rights violations against its own people. According to the U.S. Department of State, Cuba's Raul Castro and his late brother Fidel are responsible for numerous arbitrary killings, including e...
BROOKSVILLE – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of a 13-year-old D.S. Parrot Middle School student, after he allegedly threatened to blow up a school bus. According to officials, on October 18, 2021, an employee at Hernando County School Bus Transportation Depot in Brooksville contacted the Sheriff's Office, after receiving a call from a 12-year-old boy who was inquiring about job. The employee says the suspect threatened to blow up a school bus, a...
TAMPA – Officials with the Tampa Police Department are reporting the arrest of a Tampa Bay Buccaneers player, after an early morning traffic stop on N. Dale Mabry Highway. According to reports, 25-year-old Travis Zion Jonsen was observed speeding and weaving in and out of lanes on N. Dale Mabry Highway, just north of I-275. A traffic stop was conducted but Jonsen refused to submit a breath sample to officers during the investigation. Jonsen was taken into custody and c...
SPRING HILL – A death investigation is underway, after a body was discovered inside an abandoned vehicle. According to sources, Sheriff's Deputies responded to the Aldi grocery store on Wendy Ct., around 1:30 p.m. today, after a white SUV was scene in the same parking space since yesterday. Witnesses say the vehicle was running for hours on Thursday, but nothing seemed suspicious at that time. This morning they say the vehicle was no longer running and that someone appeared t...
LAND O' LAKES – One person is dead and another behind bars after an early morning crash on CR-54, Sunday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 31-year-old Land O' Lakes man was walking in the northbound lane of CR-54 around 2:30 a.m., when he was struck by a GMC Sierra near the intersection of Hyde Park Blvd. The victim suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. Upon further investigation, FHP determined that the driver, 27-year-old Erick Enrique Zheng-Sam of M...
Spring Hill - A shooting on Hanover Ct. has left one person with a gunshot wound to the head and the suspect on the run. The male victim was alert and standing up when Fire Rescue arrived on scene. He has been taken to a trauma center for treatment. The suspect is described as a Hispanic, heavy set middle aged male, last seen driving a silver Ford Explorer, according to unconfirmed reports. The investigation is just getting underway. We will bring more on this story as it...
WESLEY CHAPEL – An early morning crash on I-75 injured seven people, including five children, and resulted in one arrest. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Buick Encore driven by 26-year-old Ashley Clairmonte of Tampa was traveling southbound in the inside lane, when she decided to stop her vehicle in the roadway. Moments later, a Chevy Tracker occupied by a 24-year-old female driver from Philadelphia and five children slammed into the rear of Clairmonte's vehicle. Th...
PASCO – The westbound lanes of SR-54 were closed for several hours last night, while the Florida Highway Patrol investigated a crash that claimed the life of one person and severely injured another. According to officials, a 25-year-old New Port Richey man was driving eastbound on SR-54, approaching Country Place Blvd in the inside lane, when for reasons unknown, the driver lost control and struck the center concrete median. The vehicle overturned, ejecting the driver, a 2...
ST. PETERSBURG – Reverend Andy Oliver of the Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg is no stranger to controversy, but his recent criticisms of Gov. Ron DeSantis crossed the line with a group of vocal conservatives. In response to Gov. DeSantis's removal of several math books from Florida schools, over what he says contain Critical Race Theory (CRT), Common Core, and other "woke" content, Rev. Oliver posted to the church signboard, "DeSantis is banning math books...
HERNANDO BEACH – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is searching area of Comanerp Entra in Hernando Beach, after an elderly man disappeared early this morning. According to officials, 74-year-old Richard Joseph Adolphe Paquet and his wife recently moved to the area from Nova Scotia, Canada. On May 3. 2022, Paquet was involved in a minor vehicle crash in the city of Brooksville but no one was injured in the crash. Later that evening, Paquet backed his pewter-colored panel v...
