Weeki Wachee News

Top: Sheriff Al Nienhuis meets with deputies at the start of Saturday's expo. Left: Expo organizers had to divert traffic to other locations when the Weeki Wachee Springs parking lot reached capacity.

A 52-year-old Brooksville man was killed Friday evening when lost control of his vehicle and was ejected onto the roadway while driving along U.S. 19, north of Weeki Wachee.

Maurice Paradise, 82, relishes seeing his newly repaired 1942 half-ton Chevrolet pickup.

Ann-Gayle Ellis, public information officer for the county health department, said roughly $157,000 was awarded to Hernando County that will cover the cost of all tobacco-free education and cessation efforts.

LINE DANCE SOCIAL: A Brookridge Good Times Line Dance Social will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. today at the Brookridge Clubhouse, 8150 Hampton St., Brookridge.

Within driving distance of Tampa are numerous springs that have long attracted the public for swimming, canoeing, kayaking , and sometimes camping.

Neil Simon's Broadway comedy Barefoot in the Park , about newlyweds with different views of life, is showing through May 20 at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill.

The County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to opt out of a state mandate that requires counties and municipalities with large springs to adopt an inspection ordinance.

The Florida Department of Health today unveiled a new website designed to assist localities on the new septic tank requirements outlined in House Bill 1263.

Kristin Lynn Piccirilli, 37, of Spring Hill, was riding on a 2003 Harley Davidson with her husband shortly after 3:30 p.m. along Forest Oaks Boulevard when it was struck by a sedan, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 13-year-old Weeki Wachee boy was seriously injured Saturday afternoon in an All-Terrain Vehicle crash in Hernando County.