In its recent anniversary issue, the New Yorker magazine took a look at the state of affairs here in Florida. Apparently there is nothing amiss in the Empire State worthy of note. So it declares things here a real mess, thanks to the collapse of the real estate market. While it told of some foreclosure hardship tales from southwestern Florida, the ground zero of the devastation, according to the New Yorker, is good old Pasco County. ...more

February 11, 2009

The County That Stole Christmas Less than a week before Christmas, while riding THE Bus, all the people are whining and throwing a fuss. There's no jobs in Brooksville, no jobs in Spring Hill, no money for a tree or stockings to fill. Bus fare went up, our wages went down, don't have a quarter to get around town. No food for the hungry, no homes for the poor; they don't want to live in Hernando no more. ...more

December 27, 2008

Jeffrey Gordon Merritt, who officials said was captured fleeing a bank robbery in Lithia last month, was indicted today on four federal bank robbery charges. ...more

November 18, 2008

A bandit held up an East Lake bank, fleeing on foot with an undetermined amount of cash, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

September 17, 2008

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who they say robbed a Palm Harbor bank about 4 p.m. today. ...more

September 16, 2008

A man robbed the Wachovia Bank at 8740 Mitchell Blvd. on Tuesday morning, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

August 27, 2008

A man walked into the Wachovia Bank, 8740 Mitchell Blvd. in New Port Richey about 11:30 a.m. today and demanded money at gunpoint, deputies said. He was last seen heading behind the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. ...more

August 26, 2008

The Pasco Sheriff's Office is investigating the robbery today of the Wachovia Bank, 8740 Mitchell Road, New Port Richey, according to a Sheriff's Office advisory. ...more

August 26, 2008