Several months ago I prepared a request to the county's audit services group asking that an audit of the workers compensation department be conducted related to questions that I had on the expenditure of workers compensation reserve dollars on Hernando County Fire's equipment. ...more

November 4, 2009

A man was killed and woman critically injured when a tire separated and sent their vehicle tumbling on Interstate 75 in Sarasota County Saturday evening. ...more

April 19, 2009

Firefighters have managed to secure an area in eastern Hernando County where a 600-acre brush fire threatened at least 50 homes. ...more

March 22, 2009

Authorities say a Georgia man was saved by his pants when he decided to climb 35 feet up a power pole and slipped. The pants luckily caught on the metal tower, stopping his fall. ...more

March 7, 2009

"Here, There and Everywhere," is the title of a famous Beatles song. ...more

March 6, 2009

The law regarding use of workers' compensation benefits is clear: It is to be paid out to someone who is hurt or injured on the job. ...more

February 26, 2009

Officials say the mobile home where a repeat sex offender raped and murdered a 9-year-old Florida girl in 2005 has burned down. ...more

February 16, 2009

Their job is to put out fires. But there have been times during the past four years that members of the Seffner-Mango Volunteer Fire Rescue Association felt like lighting a fire beneath Hillsborough County officials to get their permanent fire station constructed sooner. The volunteers have been operating out of a 1,300-square-foot house on Kingsway and Cactus roads for four years while waiting for the county to construct a permanent fire station at 105 Cactus Road. Now, with a groundbreaking scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, the crew of Fire Station No. 18 is finally seeing some progress. ...more

February 6, 2009

Slump? What slump? Two entrepreneurs are defying the economic downturn with construction projects at downtown New Port Richey businesses. ...more

December 20, 2008

Slump? What slump? Two entrepreneurs are defying the economic downturn with construction projects at downtown New Port Richey businesses. ...more

December 13, 2008