Weeki Wachee News

Florida state park enthusiasts will pay a few more dollars to enter the parks beginning Wednesday.

Two sinkholes had opened a few yards from the Ramirez house last winter and the couple grew furious with their insurance company.

There's been man trouble at Florida's mermaid park. Below the surface, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is where women dress as mermaids and perform tranquil underwater shows, but above the surface, things have been ... well ... kind of fishy lately.

Hernando County Public Library System will offer the following summer programs for boys and girls ages 5-12: "Rumpelstiltskin" will be presented at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Play'n Around Theatre at West Hernando Branch Library, 6335 Blackbird Ave., off State Road 50, near Weeki Wachee; and at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at the East ...

The manager of Florida's Weeki Wachee Springs State Park has been fired following allegations that he sexually harassed a mermaid.A Tall 'tails'? Tommy Ervin was let go last week after an investigation by the state's Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees the park located north of Tampa, the Associated Press reports.A According to ...

The former manager at Weeki Wachee Spring State Park was fired last week after an investigation revealed he had sexually harassed a former mermaid, falsified payroll documents for an employee and physically threatened another.

More than 70 firefighter candidates navigated the physical agility test Monday and Tuesday in the parking lot of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park.

State park visitors have until June 30 to purchase annual passes at the current rates of $40 for individuals and $80 for families up to 8 people.

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park mermaid manager Marcy Terry poses Tuesday atop the Sublime, a human-powered submarine built by a team of Hernando County students, from left, Curtis Weaver, advisor Steve Barton, Dylan Smith, Eric Cosma and Chris Sarabalis.

Duke Snodgrass smiled as he recalled his late son Kody. Kody Snodgrass was a 24-year-old Citrus County police officer who proudly used a bloodhound while on duty to sniff out suspects.

Admission to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is being cut in half for adults and even more for children.

They already have the reinforced windows. The garage door is also fortified against the worst a hurricane can offer.

St. Petersburg, FL -- A Bay area naval officer who just returned from a tour overseas had a chance to meet his musical idol.

Since his early teens Kyle Johnson has been a fan of jazz. The U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class is also a trumpet player an admirer of international jazz artist Arturo Sandoval.

Natalie and Adam Gillespie are on a mission to raise $30,000 by July. Their goal: To adopt twin 4-year-old girls from China, one of whom is crippled and developmentally delayed with cerebral palsy.

Linda Swafford is co-planner for this summer's L.I.N.D.A. convention, a national gathering for anyone named Linda.

A Weeki Wachee man was arrested Monday after authorities say he inappropriately touched two minor girls.

Weimaraner Emma, left, and Wally, a miniature long-haired dachshund, wait as dachshund mix Charlie laps it up Saturday at Kenwood Dog Park. [MELISSA LYTTLE Times] ST.

AT&T has activated three new cell sites in Pasco and Hernando counties. The new sites are among nearly 100 AT&T plans to add in Florida this year.

One fall day six years ago, social workers came and took Mariesol Cruz and her and two older sisters away.