For years, techical career training was conducted at Marchman Technical Training Center. Students enrolled in programs would leave their high school at mid-day and take courses at Marchman. The shifts in courses include: 1. Veterinarian assisting to Hudson High; 2. Criminal Justice to the new Fiva [Read More]

Hernando County and the school district are preparing to apply for a grant totalling $315,000 under the Safe Routes to School program for the purpose of building a three-quarter mile stretch of sidewalk along the South side of Powell Road from Spring Park Way to the existing sidewalk in front of Ch [Read More]

The Gasparilla Invasion is scheduled for 11:30 today (Saturday) and the parade is from 2 to 6. It is an annual event in Tampa and quite unique. Pirates invade the area at 11:30 and the party begins! There was an interesting story on Bay News 9 where a woman from Tallahassee attended the Gasparilla [Read More]

  Lu the Hippopotamous is celebrating his 50th birthday at the Homosassa Wildlife State Park. Two parties are scheduled for Lu Lu is one of the oldest Hippo's in captivity. Lu is an African Hipo that was part of the Ivan Tors Animal Actors which used the Homosassa attraction as its wi [Read More]

January 24th-30th is Florida Severe Weather Awareness Week, and with the weather we've been having lately, what better timing? The Hernando County Sheriff's Office, Emergency Management Division will be hosting a presentation on preparing for severe weather. On Monday, January 25th between [Read More]

Florida Classis Clusters AKC ALL BREED DOG SHOW is taking place here in Brooksville , Hernando County. This event began with Cluster #1 taking place January 14-19th and cluster #2 beginning tomorrow Jan 20th-24th from 8:00am until 5:00pm. Thereare breed classes and judging, obedience and rally tria [Read More]

There is a group of people in Hernando County working together on a "community grow-op" located just off State Road 41 and north of Spring Hill. The food is grown either in stacks hydroponically or in the ground soil/compost. No pesticides or chemicals are used on the plants. Expansion pl [Read More]

Hernando County (Spring Hill, Brooksville, and Weeki Wachee) grew at a pace that probably was too fast in the past decade. It unfortunately caused us economical problems, such as unemployment which caused foreclosures. Hernando hit a high of new home building in 2005 (as did other places). There we [Read More]

Don't forget to mark your calendar off January 9th & 10th to visit the Manatee Festival located at US HWY 19 & Citrus Avenue in Historic Downtown Crystal River located in Citrus County. This annual festival offers something for everyone from a Fine Art Show with exhibitors from around [Read More]

Florida State officials in Tallahassee, Leon County are urging residents to prepare for temperatures to drop near or below freezing throughout the week as a number of cold fronts sweep across the state! The last time Florida experienced such a stretch of cold weather was nine years ago, in January [Read More]