Rain and winds are picking up in Sumter County as Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening, downing trees and blocking some roads.

A Florida man was killed in a nearly head-on crash in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said authorities and volunteers were searching for Peyton O Pickard, 16, who walked away from his home near C-575 and West C-48 in Bushnell.

A 21-year-old man from Bushnell was killed in a crash with a tree early Sunday in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Florida troopers say a 32-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle wreck in Sumter County.

A new supervisor of elections office is coming to Sumter County. Officials broke ground on the new facility this week in Bushnell.

2024 Sumter County Fair kicks off March 1 - 9 in Bushnell

Sumter County deputies announced Thursday that a man with early stages of dementia had gone missing out of the Bushnell area.

A Bushnell man was killed in a Sumter County wreck, troopers say.

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help in figuring out why three dogs ended up dead in a dumpster.

A woman faces DUI charges after a train struck her vehicle in Sumter County.

A 38-year-old woman from Bushnell was killed in a crash in Sumter County, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

Sumter County is working with mosquito-management workers to survey mosquito-transmitted diseases in the county — through the use of chickens.

An 80-year-old man from Bushnell was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Saturday morning in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The southbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Sumter County reopened hours after being closed due to a crash involving two big rigs, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A dog was reunited with his owners following months of recovery after being burned in a Bushnell car fire, according to Sumter County Animal Services.

A four-vehicle crash on County Road 48 in Sumter County Friday evening left two people dead and two others seriously injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Authorities are searching for three men near Bushnell, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

A Sumter County woman was arrested Monday for casting more than one ballot in an election, deputies said.

A 62-year-old Bushnell man was killed in a crash in Sumter County, troopers say.

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ORLANDO, Fla. – A man claims he was kicked out of Universal Orlando because of the shirt he was wearing. The shirt Cameron Conner, of Bushnell, was wearing at the park over the weekend says, "Sophie's Security." Conner told Local 6. He said he doesn't know why guest services employees changed their minds and asked him to leave instead of allowing him to buy a new shirt. "I think guest services could have de-escalated that entire situation before they started calling in security officers and everything else," Conner said.