County commissioners today approved the final version of a deal to extend State Road 56 east of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. The deal, which took months to hammer out, frees $12 million set aside for the project by the developers of Meadow Pointe IV. That development's Community Development District is overseeing the construction of S.R. 56 between Bruce B. Downs and Meadow Pointe boulevards. The deal was sealed last month after county officials and the road builders met behind closed doors with representatives of Publix. ...more

September 8, 2008

Labor Day weekend provided a boon of drunken drivers and authorities were there to catch them. All told, the Florida Highway Patrol, Hernando County Sheriff's Office and Brooksville Police Department reported 10 arrests. Here's a brief rundown on who was arrested on suspicion of DUI; reports were not available on all the arrests. ...more

September 5, 2008

An 89-year-old woman was killed in a three-car crash at the intersection of Forest Oaks and Deltona boulevards Tuesday afternoon. ...more

September 3, 2008

An 89-year-old woman was killed in a three-vehicle wreck this afternoon. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the woman failed to stop at a red light and slammed into two cars at Deltona and Forest Oaks boulevards. ...more

September 2, 2008

Developers extending State Road 56 across Wiregrass Ranch met face to face for about an hour Thursday with officials from Publix in an effort to resolve a 2-year-old dispute. ...more

August 22, 2008

A Spring Hill man was arrested Wednesday after he reportedly snatched a purse from the front seat of a car parked at a Publix grocery store. ...more

August 22, 2008

A new proposal for a condominium tower at Patriots Corner calls for a shorter building than the one rejected last year by city council but still needs a height waiver. ...more

August 20, 2008

Any plans for the county to do away with its volunteer planning and zoning board and replace it with a paid hearing officer were firmly dashed Wednesday. ...more

August 14, 2008

Gourmet grocer The Fresh Market is a prospective tenant. So is Lifestyle Family Fitness. ...more

July 27, 2008

Tampa police are investigating a deadly motorcycle accident at Kennedy and Brevard boulevards this morning. ...more

July 20, 2008