Hernando County

Jeffrey Norman Crum, 65, was found guilty of the death of Odom, who was 12 when she disappeared in 1993.

It took a jury five hours to convict Jeffrey Norman Crum, 64, after the four-day trial. He was arrested in 2023 after DNA evidence linked him to the 1993 disappearance of the Pasco girl.

The District 5 race will go to a runoff after a three-vote difference between the top two candidates — longtime educator Susan Duval and newcomer Kara Champion. Below are other results in Hernando County as well.

Recent rain showers coincide with the start of the annual fertilizer ban. Key nutrients from fertilizer runoff contribute to algae growth, which leads to murky, stinky waters and hurts marine life.

Health experts warn silica dust from cutting engineered quartz may be causing widespread, underdiagnosed lung disease among thousands of countertop fabricators across the United States.

The death of a classmate in an e-bike accident leads teens to help draft a bill on helmet safety with a state representative. Plus, how growers dealt with the recent cold and a new career for a former Baltimore Raven.

Cold weather shelters opened this week across the greater Tampa Bay region due to freezing or near-freezing temperatures. Here's what to know.

While Naples was replaced by a Michigan town at No. 1, Florida still led the country with 53 of 250 locations worth of retirees' consideration. Changes in methodology shook up the rankings.

Hernando County commissioners expect upgrades to the regional airport will spur economic growth and attract higher-paying jobs to the area.

Jesse Pisors resigned as PHSC president after being accused of concealing enrollment data. An ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis was named interim president, and more resignations and terminations followed.

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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