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Articles from the July 4, 2022 edition


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  • Sheriff Nienhuis Defies Calls for Transparency, Chooses Not to Protect Deputies and Community with Body Cams

    Tom Lemons|Updated Sep 23, 2022

    BROOKSVILLE – The Hernando Board of County Commissioners held a budget meeting on Tuesday, outlining every nickel and dime the county expects to spend, collect, or save during fiscal year 2022-2023. Like most counties, the largest piece of the budget pie goes to public safety. Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis's proposed budget is $69,575,299. That's a 10.1% or $6,390,441 higher than last year. Nienhuis attributes the increase to explosive growth, inflation, and high gas pri...

  • Speeding and Smoking Weed Leads to Substantial Drug Bust

    Tom Lemons|Updated Aug 16, 2022

    SPRING HILL – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of a Hudson woman, after deputies discovered trafficking amounts of illegal drugs in her car during a traffic stop. According to reports, around 9:32 a.m. this morning, Deputy W. Harsanyi observed a vehicle traveling 86 mph in a 55-mph zone, northbound on Commercial Way, near Hunters Lake Road. Harsanyi conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, 29-year-old April Dallaire. Harsanyi i...

  • Troubled Teen Responsible for Intentionally Crashing into Sheriff's Office

    Tom Lemons|Updated Aug 16, 2022

    BROOKSVILLE – Last night, R News broke the news of a vehicle crashing into the Sheriff's Office located at 18900 Cortez Blvd. This morning the Hernando County Sheriff's Office released the full details into exactly what transpired prior to the intentional act committed by a teenager. According to reports, at 10:41 p.m., a Hernando County Sheriff's deputy observed a vehicle traveling eastbound on Sheriff Mylander Way without its headlights being activated. The deputy a...