Weeki Wachee News

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has issued a Silver Alert for an elderly Weeki Wachee man who was last seen Thursday night.

Natalie Goff of Weeki Wachee remembers those days when her husband and father used to sit on the porch whiling away the time with a good bourbon.

Carole Liparoto's top Tampa Bay area music tips: Zola Jesus, Richard Thompson They Might Be Giants, Keb' Mo' and more n eight-city tour of Florida? In February? With a DJ sharing top billing? What rock band in their right mind would think this sounds like a good idea? "Some people don't think it makes sense, but we say we're not a band," Sleigh ... (more)

Weeki Wachee High School English Teacher Kimberly Koparan leads a group of her freshmen English gifted class Tuesday morning at the school.

When his accused accomplices detailed Winn's involvement during their interviews with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, it clinched it, said Sgt.

Most of the old attractions from Florida's first tourism heyday are gone forever.

Mermaids and a "Singing Tower" are highlights of the old-time attractions that carry on with quirky flair in the state's center.

The list reads like alphabetized destinations for a world tour itinerary. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, South America, Spain and Switzerland .

The state is continuing to withhold funding from Weeki Wachee stemming from an unresolved dispute concerning financial paperwork that officials never filed.

Deputies said the recently captured copper thieves were carrying out their county-wide crime spree in order to feed their drug habits.

For more information or to submit comments, write to Dennis Dix at dennisd@hernandocounty.us or Steve Diez at stevend@hernandocounty.us , Arthur Kelland, 87, of Spring Hill, said he does not use THE Bus but may be doing so in the future.