Shady Hills News

Salvation Army needs help for food baskets It's not too late to help out the Salvation Army of Hernando County provide more than 380 local families with Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas dinners.

The gate opened and the emaciated horse limped along the driveway and bent its head straight toward the high grass along the edge of the sandy road.

New school needs a name; got an idea? When the Pasco County School District put out a call for ideas to name its newest elementary school in Odessa, leaders hoped to receive more suggestions than they had fingers.

BROOKSVILLE Chocachatti Elementary School will feature a "Veterans Field of Glory" at the school located at 4135 California St.

William Dennis Cheatley Jr., 34, of 4229 Athens Ave. in New Port Richey, had 14 marijuana plants, loose marijuana, grow equipment that included lights and transformers, pipes and scales, deputies said.

Two days after a small plane crash killed 3 people in Zephyrhills, a second aircraft has crashed in Pasco County, injuring 2 people.

The following Halloween parties and events are planned: Haunted Trail on Golddust, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 5277 Golddust Road, west of Brooksville .

If you're looking for some Halloween fun, there are plenty of events this year to delight princesses and goblins alike.

Just the other day we posted about how a Calgary, AB school was allowing its students to use iPods .

First-grader Kristen Walters, 6, raises her hand to alert retired teacher and Sertoma volunteer Carol Clayback that she hears a sound during her screening.

Shady Hills Elementary has added the use of iPods to its reading curriculum. At top, a kindergarten student watches a video about firefighters, which will be followed by a comprehension exercise.

According to Michael Henry, this is what happened Monday afternoon: He was home alone, playing games on his computer, when his two dogs began barking.

When the disguised individuals banged on his door and demanded he open it, the young man did just that.

Deputies arrested an Inverness man Tuesday after he allegedly tried to rob a man at gunpoint.

Four days after the Shady Hills United Methodist Church was vandalized, Pastor Christopher Schmidt asked his congregation to bow their heads and pray for the three boys accused of the crime.

Life sentence for years of sexual abuse A 43-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of capital sexual battery on a child under 12 and sentenced to life in prison - with another 15 years on top of that for lewd and lascivious battery on the same girl when she was a teenager.

One of the smashed church clocks stopped at 11:20 p.m. That might have been when the spree happened.

At Shady Hills United Methodist Church, dozens of volunteers keep busy on Thursdays preparing meals for the needy.

Ed Alcorn, director of the Humane Society of Pasco County, was nursing three raccoons, although he didn't have a wildlife rehabilitation permit, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said.

The following Labor Day events are scheduled for Monday: VFW Post 10209 Labor Day cookout, 11 a.m., 14736 Edward R. Noll Drive, Spring Hill.