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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...
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...
