Spring Hill (Hernando, Florida)

TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker-designate Will Weatherford has tapped Lake Mary Republican Rep. Chris Dorworth as majority leader, a post that will put him officially in charge of the ruling party's House agenda, locking down votes on key bills in...

Wondering who your delegates to the Republican National Convention are? Well, they're a mix of politicians, activist and donors. Each congressional district gets 2 delegates and 2 alernates. There are also “at large” delegates that include...

A new political group paying for television ads promoting future Republican House Speaker Chris Dorworth has picked up another pair of five-figure checks: $50,000 from the Florida Realtors and $25,000 from a fund controlled by outgoing Speaker Dean...

Friday's games Super 16 games No. 1 Dr. Phillips 23, Boone 6 - F No. 2 Timber Creek 31, East River 3 - F No. 3 Osceola 43, St. Cloud 0 No. 4 South Sumter 41, Starke Bradford 0 - F No. 5 Freedom 42, Cypress Creek 0 - F No. 6 Lake Brantley 35, No. 15...

William Clair Quinette was born Dec. 12, 1918, in Wilkinsburg, to his parents Edward W. Quinette and Viola R. McGilvray Quinette. He died Oct. 2, 2012, in Boynton Beach, Fla. Mr. Quinette owned and operated the W. C. Quinette Boat Docks and the Somerfield...

The American News has been and is continuing to work on a project of the history of Northern State football: 1902-2012. The project will be published in its entirety in the Oct. 5 edition of the American News. Here is a preview of the all-time NSU...

Except for a flat tire, it had been an uneventful trip last July — a drive from Florida to New York to visit relatives. But everything changed when Larry Schrefler's companion began complaining of dizziness. Traveling along Interstate 81 near...

Mary E. "Betty" Worswick, age 91, formerly a resident of Spring Hill, Fla., and Petoskey, died Jan. 12, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Joseph. Loving mother of Joseph, Margaret (Richard) Bouchard and Richard (John Grafton). Dear sister of the late...

Last summer David Belniak pleaded guilty to three counts of DUI manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for slamming into the back of a car stopped at a red light on Christmas Day in 2007. Three family members inside the car died, reports the...

Spring Hill businessman Blaise Ingoglia held back a challenge from a prominent Tea Party candidate to hold onto the vice chairmanship of the Republican Party of Florida Saturday morning Ingoglia, who was first elected in September after Lenny Curry...

Douglas G. Bottom, a retired Towson lawyer and former Parkville resident, died of heart failure Oct. 27 at Davis Wellness Center, a Wilmington, N.C., hospice. Mr. Bottom, a resident of Spring Hill, Fla., since 1987, was 93. The son of a salesman and a...