HERNANDO COUNTY

A missing 2-year-old Florida boy has been found safe, officials said.

A man is dead and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper is among two others hospitalized after a pursuit along Interstate 75 became a shooting early Saturday in Pasco County, according to FHP.

A crash on Interstate 75 in Hernando County covered the roadway in loose cans and cases of Coors, troopers said.

Hernando County sheriff’s deputies were called to handle biggie size encounter at Wendy’s.

A missing teenager is believed to be in Marion County after he ran away from a foster home in Hernando County, deputies said.

A Florida woman shot her dogs 173 times with a BB gun over a two-month period when they attempted to dig under the fence of her home to get out of the yard, according to sheriff’s officials.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference in Brooksville.

A Clermont man is locked up in Hernando County after troopers said he was intoxicated behind the wheel during a deadly crash.

Pilot and passenger walked out with minor cuts and bruises, officials said.

They say neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will stop the U.S. Postal Service, but an alligator could get in the way.

A Florida man stole an ambulance from a hospital while first responders were assisting a patient but got the vehicle stuck in sand and mud, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.

TAMPA, Fla. – MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, was briefly put on lockdown Friday morning after a report of an armed suspect outside the base. The base was put on lockdown after local authorities notified the base there was an armed suspect near one of the base’s gates, a news release said. Base officials were assisting local law enforcement in searching for the suspect, Lt. Brandon Hanner, a spokesman for MacDill said. Investigators notified base officials that they thought the man was on or near MacDill. During the lockdown, traffic was at a standstill on numerous roads around the base, which is near downtown Tampa, news outlets reported.

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida sheriff fatally struck a pedestrian who was crossing a highway Wednesday night, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Deputies said Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast was driving from a board meeting around 9 p.m. when a pedestrian entered the outside traffic lane of U.S. Highway 19 in Hernando County in an attempt to cross. Prendergast is cooperating with the Florida Highway Patrol investigation and agreed to submit to a blood draw, although alcohol does not appear to have been a factor in the fatal crash. "We will continue to update the public on the details of the investigation once more information is available. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the pedestrian during this difficult time," deputies said in a news release.