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BROOKSVILLE – In recent weeks, several Correctional Officers at Hernando Correctional Institution (HCI) contacted R News to report serious safety concerns among officers and inmates. Out of fear of retaliation and for their personal safety, the officers we spoke to asked that we not reveal their true identities. Officer "Jennifer Smith" tells R News that the recent extreme temperatures are creating serious health and safety concerns for the inmates and officers. Smith says t...
BROOKSVILLE – The woman who nearly sacrificed her own life trying to help an elderly woman cross Cortez Blvd this afternoon is going to be okay, according to family. Diane Conigliaro reached out to R News just minutes ago and said, "My daughter Ashlee Bell is ok she is alive and for that I'm grateful." 33-year-old Ashlee Bell stopped to help a 69-year-old Brooksville woman cross Cortez Blvd in front of Oak Hill Hospital (HCA Brooksville) when they were struck by a driver w...
BROOKSVILLE – A convicted sex offender who gained access to Gulf Coast Elementary School several times last year has been extradited from Missouri to Hernando County to face a charge of failing to register as a sex offender in Florida. On June 9th of this year, R News reported that 43-year-old Patrick James Hurd was dating Gulf Coast Elementary School Principal Melinda Heater and that she allowed Hurd to access the school several times in 2022. According to a probable cause a...
SPRING HILL – A death investigation that officials originally claimed was not a homicide has now led to the arrest of a suspect for that very charge. On the evening of May 28th, Sheriff's Deputies responded to separate residences on Galloway Road and Bonnet Way in reference to a physical altercation that turned deadly. According to witnesses, two men were sitting in the driveway of a residence on Galloway Road, when the victim approached the men while walking his dog. The s...
BROOKSVILLE – The former Winding Waters K-8 teacher who was investigated for showing a prohibited Disney movie to her students is back in the classroom at a local private school. Several parents contacted R News today, claiming Jenna Lynn Barbee, the "woke" progressive activist who made national headlines for showing the movie Strange World, has accepted a position at Entirety K-12 in Brooksville. One parent, who wished to remain anonymous, says she had no idea Barbee was h...
