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Brooksville, Florida Patch AM: a 5 min read

Morning Brooksville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Brooksville chamber breakfast could boost your small business this summer
  • How did a real human skull end up in Brooksville donations?
  • Brooksville arrest video raises questions about deputy response and suspect behavior

Also on today's calendar: All American and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, temps: high: 92, low: 73.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Hadden Speaks Small Business at Chamber Breakfast (hernandosun.com) — Brooksville business owners recently gathered at Southern Hills Plantation Club for the Greater Hernando Chamber’s May breakfast, where USF’s Small Business Development Center highlighted millions in capital and contracts flowing to local firms. The SBDC also announced a July 10 “Artificial Intelligence for Marketing” workshop and the chamber welcomed a slate of new Hernando-area businesses and celebrated a Leadership Hernando beautification project.
   

2. Real Human Skull Discovered at Thrift Store (wideopencountry.com) — Investigators are trying to track down whoever unknowingly donated a real human skull to the Jericho Ministries Thrift Store in Brooksville, after staff realized the head wasn’t a Halloween prop. Hernando County deputies say no crime is suspected but want to confirm the donor understood it was genuine and learn whether it’s a wartime relic, medical specimen, or something else entirely.
   

3. VIDEO: Brooksville woman kicks, spits on deputies during disorderly intoxication arrest, deputies say (wfla.com) — Hernando deputies say a woman was arrested in Brooksville after allegedly causing disturbances at a gas station and nearby mobile home park, then resisting efforts to place her in a patrol car. Video shows her spitting on a deputy, who responded with a palm strike; she now faces charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication while the deputy’s actions are under review.
   

4. Michael J. Fechter, 75, of West Bend, Wi (washingtoncountyinsider.com) — Family and friends are remembering Michael J. Fechter, who passed away June 7 at Sturgill Hospice House in Brooksville while wintering in Florida. The longtime Wisconsin welder, outdoorsman, and devoted husband, father, and grandfather spent recent years enjoying community life in the Spring Hill area before his family announced plans for an August funeral service in West Bend, Wisconsin.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday June 13
  • Laffs2Go Comedy Show - Dean Napolitano
    Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce Stage West Playhouse 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd Spring Hill, FL 34606
    7:00 pm
  • Moonlight Movies- June 2026 →
    Brooksville Main Street, 205 E Fort Dade Ave, Brooksville
    7:00 pm
    • Wednesday June 17
  • Ribbon Cutting for Lorelei Infusions
    Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce located at 813 S Broad St, Brooksville, FL 34601
    12:00 pm
  • Sierra Club Adventure Coast - June 17th With Dr. Barry on Living Shorelines →
    GFWC Historic Brooksville Woman's Club, 131 S Main St, Brooksville
    6:30 pm
    • Thursday June 18
  • Encompass Health Stroke Support Group Meeting
    Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Spring Hill. 12440 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34613.
    12:00 pm
    • Saturday June 20
  • Never 2 Late Duo →
    The Wheel-In, 10123 N Broad St, Brooksville
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • My foster puppy is ready for her forever home!
    She is a 10 week old Aussie mix. She’s super smart, sweet, and playful. She is fostered through Florida All Retrievers Rescue. (Nextdoor Sherman Hills)
  • Pasco Animal Services Offers Free Pet Vaccines and Microchips This Summer
    PASCO COUNTY, FL — Pasco County Animal Services (PCAS) is offering free community vaccine and microchip clinics throughout the summer to help pet… (Nextdoor Istachatta)
  • HCA Healthcare posted a job opening for Housekeeping Assistant PRN in Brooksville. Apply here.
  • Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: General Merchandise, Inbound (Stocking) (T2489) in Brooksville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brooksville here.

Ok Brooksville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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