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  • Rescuers Free Entrapped Occupants of Rollover Crash

    Tom Lemons, November 20, 2024|Updated Nov 20, 2024

    BROOKSVILLE, FL – Two people suffered serious injuries this afternoon in a rollover crash at a notoriously dangerous intersection. According to Hernando County Fire Rescue officials, just after 12:30 p.m., a rollover crash involving a pickup truck at Ayers Road and Culbreath Road left two occupants trapped in the wreckage. Responding units were forced to cut away the roof to free the two occupants, who both suffered serious injuries, according to reports. Ayers and C...

  • UPDATE: Victim Dies in Hit and Run Crash into Residence

    Tom Lemons, November 19, 2024|Updated Nov 20, 2024

    UPDATE 11/20/2024: According to officials, the victim expired this afternoon from injuries suffered overnight following a hit-and-run crash. The assailant remains at large at this time. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call *FHP (*347) or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS. LAND O'LAKES, FL – A Tampa man was seriously injured after a vehicle crashed into a residence on US-41 early Tuesday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, a C...

  • Family Demands Answers After Patient Dies at Local Mental Health Facility

    Tom Lemons, November 17, 2024|Updated Nov 19, 2024

    SPRING HILL, FL – A death investigation is underway at a local mental health facility after a 27-year-old man died Saturday. The decedent's aunt, Valorie Brown, contacted R News Sunday after officials at Springbrook Hospital notified her that her nephew, Jerod Travis Tabor, had passed away while in their care. Brown told R News during a tearful interview that her nephew was diagnosed with schizophrenia after smoking marijuana and doing 'Spice' in college several years ago, b...

  • Spring Hill Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash

    Tom Lemons, November 17, 2024|Updated Nov 17, 2024

    SPRING HILL, FL – A single-vehicle motorcycle crash claimed the life of a Spring Hill man Saturday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 41-year-old driver of a Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Spring Hill Drive when he lost control and struck a median near Spring Park Way. Subsequently, the driver was thrown from the motorcycle and suffered serious injuries. Transported to a nearby hospital, the driver later died from his injur...