Authorities say friends of an ill man dumped the 54-year-old from a car and planned to meet him at a hospital, but the man died on the side of a Seminole County road. ...more

September 27, 2009

PENSACOLA (AP) — Perdido Key firefighters say two Louisiana tourists drowned at a Pensacola beach and 11 swimmers were rescued. ...more

September 16, 2009

As police investigate Michael Jackson's sudden death, questions swirl around the King of Pop's cardiologist and his actions in Jackson's final days. ...more

June 28, 2009

Police are looking for two men they say shot a 39-year-old woman inside the Picadily Sports Bar on 2806 E. Busch Blvd early this morning. ...more

June 13, 2009

A 3-year-old child was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital as a precautionary measure Friday morning after nearly drowning in a pool at 1230 Lake Lotela Drive in Avon Park. ...more

April 10, 2009

A 79-year-old man drowned in a pool at his daughter's house after a pool door alarm was switched off by a house guest, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

March 14, 2009

With the home inventory market rebounding slightly, it would be more prudent for the county to rethink its proposed Comprehensive Plan for Recovery (CPR) and focus more on creating jobs, the president of the Hernando County Association of Realtors said. ...more

February 28, 2009

Adkins: CPR Gives County A Fighting Chance We have two major issues in Hernando County that are hindering the road to economic recovery: home foreclosures and rising unemployment. We can all debate until we are blue in the face whose fault it is. Unscrupulous lenders, overdevelopment, Wall Street, borrowers in over their head, a culture of over reliance of credit. ...more

February 22, 2009

We're glad to see government and community leaders working together to come up with new ideas to help spur the gloomy economy in Hernando County. ...more

February 14, 2009

The first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing his mother will begin Wednesday morning in Pasco Circuit Court. ...more

January 20, 2009