The old, vertical Cafe Grand sign is still mounted over the restaurant's awning at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Nebraska Avenue, but the longtime eatery now goes by a new title. ...more

October 31, 2009

A sudden and fierce windstorm hit the Centergate Plaza on Bee Ridge Road about 3 p.m. Tuesday and "started turning everything sideways," one witness said. ...more

January 13, 2009

Slump? What slump? Two entrepreneurs are defying the economic downturn with construction projects at downtown New Port Richey businesses. ...more

December 20, 2008

Slump? What slump? Two entrepreneurs are defying the economic downturn with construction projects at downtown New Port Richey businesses. ...more

December 13, 2008

With a fearsome Hurricane Ike not far in its wake, Tropical Storm Hanna cruised ashore here early Saturday, bringing soaking rains and near-hurricane force winds to the Carolina coast but doing little immediate damage before pivoting quickly up the Eastern Seaboard. ...more

September 7, 2008

As illuminating juxtapositions go, this one was hard to miss. Inside the Alice Hall Community Center, nerve center for the city of pure water's election day activities, the action was as cool as the refrigerated air. Fewer than 100 yards away, lifelong friends lounged in the steamy shade cast by a blue awning while tots splashed in water park spray, both generations utterly indifferent to the day's electoral possibilities or implications. ...more

August 27, 2008

A hearing master has ordered a cleanup at a residential property that code enforcement officials say gets more complaints than any other in the neighborhood. ...more

February 11, 2008

Severe thunderstorms moved through the Tampa Bay area Saturday evening, prompting tornado watches and warnings, canceling outdoor Gasparilla-related events in Tampa, downing utility lines in Pasco County and knocking out power to an estimated 7,000 customers. ...more

January 20, 2008

TAMPA - Severe thunderstorms moved through the Tampa Bay area Saturday evening, prompting tornado watches and warnings, canceling outdoor Gasparilla-related events in Tampa, downing utility lines in Pasco and knocking out power to an estimated 7,000 customers. ...more

January 19, 2008