The youth football saga in Zephyrhills just won't go away. The Zephyrhills Pasco Police Athletic League, ZPPAL, has appealed city council's split vote to give rival Zephyrhills Police Athletic League, or ZPAL, exclusive use of the city's Krusen Field. ...more

March 28, 2009

Clyde Bracknell has always managed to stay above the fray. He always let people have their say. He avoided controversy, and he stuck to his convictions. And after nearly 30 years in office, he will retire from the politics with far more friends than enemies. ...more

February 12, 2009

Firefighters packed city hall on Monday night demanding to know why the city council plans to ask the public whether they would support eliminating the department if it meant lowering property taxes. ...more

January 28, 2009

History buffs lined up outside the Zephyrhills Depot Museum on Friday as the clocked ticked down to 5 p.m. ...more

December 20, 2008

The Florida Department of Transportation may reverse itself on making Gall Boulevard a one-way road. "The issue is not dead yet," Mayor Cliff McDuffie said at Monday's city council meeting. McDuffie and City Manager Steve Spina met with DOT District 7 Secretary Don Skelton and other department officials in what may have felt like a last-ditch effort to convince the state agency that improvements to U.S. 301 should not include making Gall Boulevard a one-way street ...more

December 8, 2008

City Council members got sticker shock this week when Fire Chief Keith Williams told them it would cost $1.3 million to repair and renovate the downtown fire station. ...more

November 12, 2008

Cracked asphalt, garbage and yellow patches of waist-high grass. It's not a pretty sight, especially for a community concerned about its image. ...more

May 27, 2008

Sometimes the grass in the medians on U.S. 301 grows waist high. And forget about the garbage. ...more

February 4, 2008

When visitors arrive at the city's fire department, there is no special entrance or screening process before they can go straight to the fire chief's office and the other firefighters on duty. ...more

January 15, 2008

If you live here, you've likely experienced the parking lot that is U.S. 301 at rush hour in the winter. You've probably watched the clock tick as you wait to make a left turn onto Eiland Boulevard. ...more

January 2, 2008