Hernando County News

George Avedissian of 8743 Ostrom Way in Weeki Wachee was shot and killed Thursday after an argument with his roommate.

As population on the east side grows, the county has identified the need to make traffic and roadway improvements surrounding the State Road 50 and Interstate 75 interchange.

Hernando County Sheriff's deputies and Major Case detectives are currently investigating a shooting incident that took place Thursday night.

Following a 10 News Investigation into the length of yellow lights at local red-light camera intersections, the City of Brooksville is asking the Florida Department of Transportation for permission to extend its intervals.

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office responded to 6991 Pinehurst Dr. in Spring Hill just before 5 a.m. to investigate a shooting.

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is searching for an elderly man who was last seen on Rialto Avenue in Brooksville.

On Wednesday, May 22, a deputy with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office was called to Brooksville Elementary School at the request of the guidance counselor.

While Brooksville, Fla., animal rights advocates have recently focused their complaints on local horse ranch, many still share stories of further instances where animals have suffered or lost their lives, due Hernando County's lack luster approach to solving problems.

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office arrested a 14-year-old boy Tuesday on charges of grand theft.

Only one month after the county bought the vacant Brooksville Air Facility, there are already three potential suitors interested in leasing the expansive facility.

Nearly 40 cats had to be euthanized Tuesday after they were found, along with other animals, in a U-Haul truck abandoned in the parking lot of a Spring Hill Publix.

BROOKSVILLE When Gov. Rick Scott signed the 2013-2014 "Florida Families First Budget" Monday, he effectively set aside $1.5 million for Hernando County to utilize for job growth and adult and community education.

MEETING LOCATION CHANGED: The Hernando County Aviation Authority has changed the location for its special meeting on Thursday.

Kyle Lee Chunn, 22, shot at two men shortly before 2 a.m. at Brookhaven Apartments, Brooksville Police said.

Anyone in the market for a tablet, laptop, e-reader or non-recreational software might want to wait a few months.

Data released Thursday at the Southwest Florida Police Chiefs Association meeting found more than 43,000 fewer crimes were committed across the state last year than in 2011.

It's still a waiting game for Hernando County's first large-screen-format theater.

Bond proceeds will be used to refund the outstanding series 2003 and series 2004 bonds for interest savings, fund a deposit to the debt service reserve and pay issuance costs.

When work crews entered the long-vacant Kmart off U.S. 19 in Spring Hill, it didn't take long for them to see the place had been ravaged by vandals.

The bodies of a Dunedin couple were found in a Hernando County forest in what authorities say may have been a murder-suicide and a case of false imprisonment.