Brooksville News

I want to offer accolades to the Brooksville Police Department, especially Sgt. Shawn Terry, for their timely investigation of a sexually-triggered incident at Hernando High last week.

Police are looking for a Spring Hill man wanted on 10 counts of sexual battery with a child under the age of 18.

Patricia Lambright helps Kaydias Slaughter try on jewelry Friday at Patricia's Boutique in Brooksville.

Man, 72, accused of molesting, e-mailing teen A 72-year-old man was accused of lewd behavior toward a teenage girl and allegedly sent the girl sexually suggestive e-mails, authorities say.

A 72-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he fondled and sent obscene e-mails to a teenage girl, deputies said.

Murder defendant John Kalisz waived his arraignment today and will enter an absentee plea of not guilty, court sources said.

A man accused of a January shooting rampage that left three people dead has pleaded not guilty to 2 of the murder charges.

Brooksville Garden Club will meet Wednesday, March 10, at First Presbyterian Church, 250 Bell Ave., Brooksville.

Italian American Club will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2301 Deltona Blvd., Spring Hill.

James Trefz had just taken off from Winter Haven Municipal Airport, bound for Lakeland to pursue his dream.

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The city is considering changing the way residents pay for fire service, moving to a flat fee instead of the current method of paying through property taxes.

Sheriff's deputies Saturday caught a transient who broke into the Learning Tree Daycare in Brooksville.

Clewiston's A.J. Richmond captured the men's division and Briana Whaley of Clearwater took the women's crown of the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic 15-kilometer run this morning in downtown.

During a meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, March 1, Brooksville city council members are expected to consider amending the city ordinance to fund the Brooksville Fire District.

Central High School will host a ninth-grade orientation at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the gymnasium.

It's been nearly five years since carnival operator Frank Sutton bit into a chicken sandwich at a McDonald's in southwest Virginia.

In August, when Andrea Means-Montmarquet went to Colour Concepts Hair Design salon for her regular haircut, she confided in her longtime hairdresser and friend Carrie Hanks that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Water and sewer lines aren't pretty. Once installed, you can't even see them. Commissioner Rose Rocco knows that.

It takes a lot to snuff out the oldest profession on earth. Brooksville is trying to do its part.