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SPRING HILL – Numerous deputies responded to Buccaneer Bay at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park today, after a dispute led to pandemonium inside the park. The incident occurred around 5:00 p.m. today, after sources say a deputy attempted to remove several individuals from the park. When they refused, chaos erupted and an urgent call for backup went out across the radio. Numerous deputies arrived on scene within a few minutes of the call and detained at least five people. Fire R...
HERNANDO – As Primary Election Day draws near, candidates are putting away their mud pies and preparing to watch the results with nervous anticipation. Hernando County is notoriously vitriolic, when it comes to dirty politics and mudslinging. Candidates in past races who have attempted running "clean" campaigns, have ultimately found out the hard way that it's not a conducive strategy to winning. There is a well-known "secret" among the local elite, that if you aren't part o...
PORT RICHEY – A 12-year-old boy Chasco Middle School student is in hot water, after officials say he fired an airsoft gun on school grounds. According to officials, deputies responded to the school this morning, after witnesses say the student fired several shots into a backpack, while in the cafeteria. The child has been charged with disruption of a school function. No one was injured during the incident....
TALLAHASSEE - Today, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet invested more than $56 million to acquire seven properties across the state that will be designated for conservation. The seven parcels total nearly 20,000 acres, more than 98% of which are within the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a recently designated network of connected lands that are crucial for wildlife habitat. "Acquiring lands for conservation and recreation is a top priority for my administration," said...
CITRUS – The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of an Ocala woman for allegedly murdering a Marion County Detention Deputy. According to officials, at approximately 3:30 p.m. on August 19, 2022, Citrus County Deputies responded to a residence in the Pine Ridge subdivision, after reports of a potential suicide of a 31-year-old male. The victim, Cory Schweitzer, an off-duty Detention Deputy with the Marion County Sheriff's Office had suffered a gunshot w...
SPRING HILL – The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is investigating an unusual smash and grab burglary that occurred early this morning at a local hardware store on Spring Hill Drive. According to sources, around 4:00 a.m. this morning, burglars used a vehicle to smash through the side of Crowder Brothers Hardware, which is located at 12480 Spring Hill Drive. The business is a well-known gun and pawn store and usually keeps several firearms in stock. It is unknown what the b...
TALLAHASSEE - Today, Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Broward School Board Members Patricia Good, Donna Korn, Ann Murray and Laurie Rich Levinson from office following the recommendations of the Twentieth Statewide Grand Jury to suspend these board members due to their incompetence, neglect of duty, and misuse of authority. Even four years after the events of February 14, 2018, the final report of the Grand Jury found that a safety-related alarm that could have possibly saved l...
