A captain with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, Scott Bierwiler, died in a head-on car crash this morning. ...more

February 19, 2009

Realizing there are millions of communities nationwide firing off capital improvement wish lists to Washington, D.C., in hopes of getting President Barack Obama's stimulus money, county commissioners have decided to find out which of their projects would create the most jobs. ...more

February 14, 2009

Income tax assistance and tax preparation programs offered through April. ...more

February 13, 2009

Bruised, bleeding and battered, the teen struggled in the dark to free his wrists of the packing tape that bound them together. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Spring Hill woman was arrested Tuesday on charges that she locked a teenage boy in a bathroom for two years and beat him with a plank of wood. The 16-year-old managed to escape Monday and go to a neighbor's house for help. A responding deputy said he found the boy covered in bruises and cuts. ...more

February 12, 2009

Commercial real estate follows residential. The housing market came to a halt a couple years ago, but commercial sites continued to emerge along busy streets. Many of them remain empty. ...more

February 8, 2009

The southwest corner of Lake-in-the-Woods Drive and U.S. 19 is being considered by a development group for an ambitious mix of commercial and residential activity. ...more

February 7, 2009

HEALTHY HAPPENINGS ...more

February 5, 2009

Target will open this summer and could provide a boost to the local job market. ...more

February 4, 2009

With all the communities across the nation vying for a piece of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus money, Hernando County will be fortunate if it gets even one green-lighted project, County Commission Chairman David Russell said Tuesday. ...more

February 4, 2009