The Suncoast News

07/15/2025

Fire fees will go up 5.75%, a split Hernando County Commission decided on Tuesday, June 10.

07/14/2025

Housing complex clarification

07/14/2025

Hernando County commissioners made clear July 8 that they don't simply write checks to nonprofits, no matter how worthy the cause.

07/14/2025

Merging the Brooksville Fire Department with Hernando County Fire Rescue would improve service, enhance training and create better career opportunities for firefighters, county officials told the City Council this past week.

Merging the Brooksville Fire Department with Hernando County Fire Rescue would improve service, enhance training and create better career opportunities for firefighters, county officials told the City Council this past

07/14/2025

A new community is under construction in Hernando County.

07/11/2025

This crowd didn’t just flock to see the 2023 film “Barbie,” which was playing all week during the theater’s soft reopening. They came to be part of a real-life comeback story: For the first time in 13 years, a movie was playing inside the historic...

ST. PETE BEACH — One hundred people visited the baby blue movie theater at 315 Corey Ave. on a recent Monday, hungry for popcorn and drama on a big screen.

07/10/2025

Hernando County’s school district maintained its B grade with 61% total points in the latest data state Department of Education ratings.

07/10/2025

Wondering what that smoke is in the air? SWITFTMUD will be conducting prescribed burns at the following locations through September:

📍 Starkey Wilderness Preserve: East of New Port Richey, west of the Suncoast Parkway, between SR 54 & SR 52 – 1,000 acres
📍 Conner Preserve: South of SR 52, west of Ehren Cutoff – 650 acres
📍 Cypress Creek Preserve: East of Ehren Cutoff, one mile south of SR 52 – 300 acres
📍 Upper Hillsborough Preserve: East of Zephyrhills, south of County Road 54 and east of Chancey Road – 400 acres

Setting prescribed fires in controlled settings can reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control. That’s why the District will be conducting prescribed burns now through September on Starkey Wilderness Preserve, Conner Preserve, Upper Hillsborough Preserve and Cypress Creek Preserve. https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/the-newsroom/2025/district-aims-reduce-risk-wildfires-scheduling-prescribed-fires-pasco-county-0

07/08/2025

Palm Harbor is turning 100 and marking the milestone with a week of events to celebrate its centennial. Check out what's in store for the celebrations all week, starting July 11!

PALM HARBOR — Palm Harbor is turning 100 and marking the milestone with a week of events to celebrate its centennial.

07/07/2025

Heated arguments over spending and tax increases dominated Brooksville's budget workshop June 30 as city leaders grappled with cutting $1.1 million from the proposed budget.

07/07/2025

🚗Mid-block pedestrian crossings now open on US 19 near SR 52 in Pasco County🚙

Traffic signals were activated this morning at two new mid-block pedestrian crossings on US 19 in Pasco County, north and south of SR 52. The crossings are located at San Marco Drive / Johnson Road and between Elizabeth and Edna avenues.

Drivers should be alert to these new signals that will only turn red to stop traffic when pedestrians push buttons to activate the signals. Drivers should always make sure no pedestrians are in the crosswalk before advancing when the signal returns to green. Pedestrians have a walk signal and a countdown timer to cross each direction of US 19, including a second button in the median to activate the signals for the second leg of the highway crossing.

For project information, please visit https://www.fdottampabay.com/project/1006/447522-1-52-01.

07/07/2025

Olasin and Cohen received their dogs from K9 Partners for Patriots, a Brooksville nonprofit that matches veterans with dogs, and they graduated from training at the same time, in 2023.

Frank Cohen and Woody Olasin are American heroes.