On any given day, 70 to 100 animals come into the county's shelter, many never to return to their original home. ...more

December 9, 2009

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November 10, 2009

For almost two days, the family of a 56-year-old woman who died after being rear-ended on Dale Mabry Highway late Wednesday was unaware of her death, officials said. ...more

January 3, 2009

For almost two days now, the family of a 56-year-old woman killed after being rear-ended on Dale Mabry Highway late Wednesday has been unaware of her death, troopers said. State law prohibits investigators from publicly identifying a person who has died until his or her family has been notified. Extraordinary circumstances, such as family living out of the country, have caused authorities to release victims' names in the media without notification but only after exhaustive efforts, law enforcement officials say. ...more

January 2, 2009

Heather Hasenstaub feels sharp pain each day. She cannot walk without a cane. She recently suffered burn injuries on her right arm and leg. Three of her top teeth were broken during a fall. She was trying to escape a burning house. ...more

December 4, 2008

It's also illegal in Hernando County. ...more

December 4, 2008

Deputy Darla Marie Van Wrinkle bounded into her new job at the sheriff's office Wednesday. ...more

November 21, 2008

It won't bring her daughter back. Hilary Sessions has long given up hope of ever seeing her daughter, Tiffany, alive again. ...more

July 30, 2008

It's a simple mathematical equation: One man holding a 36-inch sword 6 inches away from another man could equal trouble. ...more

February 6, 2008

When 51-year-old Timothy Jones and his 22-year-old daughter, Tiffany, arrived home Monday evening after shopping they were met by the woman's angry boyfriend who lives with them, according to the report. Justin Paul Gunter, 22, started yelling at Tiffany Smith, and her father told him to "knock it off," the report says. ...more

February 5, 2008