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Clearing Begins on Liberty Cove Development

Work has started on a single-family housing development between Bartlett Road and Wiscon Road. The 92-unit community was approved after a compromise between the City of Brooksville and the petitioner, after the original request for rezoning was denied in August 2024. The site plan for the development names the project Liberty Cove.

Brooksville, FL · 1d

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Woman from Guatemala to be turned over to ICE after traffic stop

An unlicensed driver from Guatemala was arrested and is facing deportation following a traffic stop Thursday evening in Coleman. Nohelia Adilaida Cifuentes Cano, 26, of Belleview, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. According to an arrest report from the Sumter County...

Belleview, FL · 2d

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Development Grievances at Brookridge Continue

BROOKSVILLE – Over the last few weeks, citizens of Brookridge have come en masse to local board of county commissioners meetings to voice their concerns and displeasure with the developments, or lack thereof, occurring near the 55-plus community. The various residents spent their allotted three-minute intervals discussing issues with...

Brooksville, FL · 2d

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Search Underway For Missing 16-Year-Old Spring Hill Girl

Victoria Perez SPRING HILL, Fla. — Pasco County sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s...

Spring Hill, FL · 10h

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Sumter commissioners to vote on automatic-aid pact with Villages Public Safety

Sumter County commissioners will vote Tuesday on an agreement that would send the closest available ambulance or fire engine to serious emergencies along the boundary between The Villages Public Safety Department’s district and Sumter County Fire & EMS, regardless of which agency covers the address. The interlocal agreement with...

Sumter County, FL · 9h

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Hernando County Sports Notebook: Sharks stomp ’Canes to close regular season

The Nature Coast football team neither needed nor really wanted to make the trip to Inverness to play a meaningless game in a short week with the playoffs on the horizon. But FHSAA rules required that the Sharks complete their District 3A-9 schedule even though they had clinched the district championship when they beat Hernando back on Oct. 23. So they had no choice but to visit Citrus High on Tuesday, Nov. 3 to make up the Oct. 9 game that had been postponed due to inclement weather.

Hernando County, FL · 21h

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Speeding driver with suspended license arrested on County Road 466

A man arrested Wednesday evening after a police officer caught him speeding on County Road 466. Mark Dylan Tendler, 34, of Homosassa, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving with a suspended license. According to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department, an officer was conducting stationary radar...

Oxford, FL · 2d

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Man from Mexico back behind bars after skipping court date

A man from Mexico who was caught earlier this year driving without a license has landed back behind bars. Gelasio Andres Perez, 28, of Wildwood, was booked Saturday at the Sumter County Detention Center following his arrest by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies on a warrant charging him with failure to appear.

Wildwood, FL · 12h

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Sumter County residents deserve to know what cuts are coming in the wake of Amendment 3

Kids don’t pay property taxes, but they live with the choices we make about them. The Sumter County Youth Soccer Club has alerted families about a possible closure of Lake Panasoffkee Recreation Park. The county’s own July budget packet shows that the stakes are even bigger. Under its alternate budget, both the recreation park and the Lake Panasoffkee library branch are marked “No” under “Remain Open.” Belvedere and Webster’s libraries are on the list, too. The scenario contemplated facility closures beginning in July 2027. The county says the alternate budget was never adopted.

Sumter County, FL · 1d

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Klimas Presents “First Step” in Fairground Master Plan Revisions

BROOKSVILLE – On Tuesday, the Hernando County Board of County Commissioners held a regular meeting where they heard a presentation from Hernando County Fairgrounds Operations Manager Richard Klimas. The commissioners were looking to turn over a new leaf with Klimas and company but were cautious considering past dealings that...

Hernando County, FL · 2d

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BOCC ‘Enthusiastically’ Approves New Debt Collection Protocol

Seeking to upgrade its efforts in collecting debt, the Board of County Commissioners has granted the Hernando County Clerk of Circuit Courts and Comptroller to act as an agent of the county. An ordinance came before the board during its Oct. 27 meeting allowing for the approval of this new...

Hernando County, FL · 1d

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Couple in The Villages leading effort to make Christmas merrier for Wildwood students

The United Neighborhood Alliance (UNA), a fundraising organization founded by Villages residents Tom and Vicki Lombardo, is announcing the 2026 Wildwood Elementary School Christmas Drive. The school will designate 50 children who are in need, and the organization’s volunteers will use the money raised to shop for the children’s wants...

Wildwood, FL · 5h

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Villages utility boards to weigh $11.5 million in automated water meters

Two Villages-area utility boards will be asked this week to approve about $11.5 million in new automated water meters, replacing more than 36,000 meters that now have to be read by hand, by touch or by older equipment that staff say is failing. The North Sumter County Utility Dependent District...

Sumter County, FL · 13h

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Sumter County commissioner to speak at League of Women Voters meeting

Sumter County Commissioner Andrew Bilardello will be the featured speaker at the upcoming meeting of the League of Women Voters of The Villages/Tri-County. The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Palm Villa Room at the Fruitland Park Library, located at 604 W. Berckman St. Bilardello...

Sumter County, FL · 10h

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‘Stand Your Ground’ hearing delayed for Villager in fatal country club beating

A hearing has been delayed for a Villager charged in a fatal country club beating. The hearing had been scheduled for this past Thursday in Sumter County Court in the case of 78-year-old Robert Moore, who is accused of fatally beating an 87-year-old man over a parking lot misunderstanding in 2023 at Glenview Country Club. Moore’s lawyer is seeking a dismissal of the manslaughter charge based on Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. A last-minute continuance was granted in the case.

Sumter County, FL · 1d

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Wildwood launches online survey to prioritize bicycle and pedestrian projects

The City of Wildwood is asking residents to weigh in on the future of its bicycle and pedestrian master plan by taking a newly launched online survey. The city has officially entered the third phase of the plan’s development. After working with consulting engineers from Kimley-Horn to narrow down the options, officials have identified 20 potential projects and now need the public’s help to decide which ones should come first.

Wildwood, FL · 8h