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Hudson High student arrested for pepper spray attack
On Friday, a student used pepper spray to attack a group of people at Hudson High and then fled the scene before being apprehended Hudson Academy, located next to Hudson […]

Alexa alert saves house from major fire damage
Thanks to an Amazon Alexa device, a family home and dog were saved from a fire on Wednesday morning. The popular cloud-based voice assistant detected smoke at a home on […]
Hernando County Fire Rescue helps injured dog
Hernando County Fire Rescue sprung into action on Thursday to help aid a four-legged friend who had been injured. Around 11:30 a.m., HCFR responded to an accident on Commercial Way […]

Shooting incident leads HCSO on fruitless search
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting incident on Monday night that ended up wasting “a tremendous amount of money,” according to Sheriff Al Nienhuis. That’s because the […]

Card game turns into shooting at RV resort
Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis on Monday provided details of a shooting that occurred Friday night at Cody’s Catfish RV Resorts in Weeki Wachee. Deputies came on the scene a […]

Convicted felon arrested for pointing gun at firefighters
A traffic crash on Thursday resulted in a dangerous situation for Hernando County Fire Rescue personnel responding to the scene. Daniel Thomas Hall Jr., 40, pointed a gun at firefighters […]

HCFR ambulance involved in crash
On Wednesday, a Hernando County Fire Rescue ambulance that had responded to a vehicle crash was involved in one of its own. Just before 5 p.m., the ambulance and two […]

HCSO arrests suspected cocaine dealer
On Wednesday, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office posted a video to its social media accounts in which Sheriff Al Nienhuis announced the arrest of a suspected cocaine dealer in the […]

Two injured in North Broad Street crash
A Monday morning car accident on North Broad Street left two people injured and taken to medical facilities. One of the vehicles involved was a Jeep that was overturned and […]

Hoffman sentenced to 25 years in child sexual offense case
Jenna Ann Hoffman was sentenced last week to 25 years in the Florida Department of Corrections and will be required to register as a sexual predator and serve sexual offender […]

Lightning strike sets fire to apartments
An apartment complex at 432 Coast Drive in Brooksville caught fire after a lightning strike early Wednesday evening. Hernando County Fire Rescue responded to a call about a lightning strike […]

Truck crashes into TheBus, three injured
On Wednesday an accident involving a Hernando County Bus, better known as the TheBus, temporarily shut down the northbound lanes of Cortez Boulevard by the intersection with Sheriff Mylander Way. […]