Hernando County

There had been proposals to tweak the county's winter and summer ban on applying lawn fertilizer, which is the strictest county regulation in the state.

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During hard times his senior year, Mike Steele secretly lived at his high school. Hernando High was “the best thing that ever happened to me.” Thirty years later, he’s still giving back.

State Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, who first won the seat in 2022, is a former chair of the Republican Party of Florida. Meantime, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis earned another term in the U.S. House.

We talked to residents of Aripeka and Hernando Beach who shared their experiences after Helene ripped through their communities and destroyed their homes.

Jaime Suarez teaches math at the Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Spring Hill. She was awarded $50,000.

Investigators say the suspects faked signatures during campaigns to put Amendment 4 on the ballot in Florida and allow the centrist No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Neither drive appears to have depended on the forgeries.

State law restricted the use of public funds for Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programs on college and university campuses. Several higher education institutions have begun phasing out those initiatives.

The new division extends TGH’s footprint into Citrus and Hernando counties. It includes three hospitals, an ER, two surgery centers and 10 clinics.

The declaration in part, makes federal money available for people affected by the storm.

Onshore winds and storm surge continue to push water into residential areas along the Gulf of Mexico even well after Idalia rolled past. One man in Homosassa didn't want to leave his restaurant.

The orders were issued ahead of Idalia, which could make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane.