PORT RICHEY -- In a year in which all economic news seems to be bad, cities everywhere have been holding their collective breath in anticipation of the release of budgets for the next fiscal year. So there was a nearly giddy sigh of relief July 24 when City Manager Richard Reade presented the City Council with his fiscal 2009 budget proposal. ...more

August 2, 2008

So, in the first two months of using cameras to surveil certain troublesome intersections, Port Richey has tagged 570 scofflaw drivers for running red lights. ...more

July 6, 2008

Every day, the small camera at the crossroads of Ridge Road and U.S. 19 catches at least a dozen red-light runners passing through the busy intersection. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA - Women in federal law enforcement have come a long way since 1971, when it was illegal for a female federal officer to carry a gun. ...more

June 24, 2008

The lights and cameras have been in place for two months, and there's still plenty of action for them to record at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road. ...more

June 9, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The lights and cameras have been in place for two months, and there's still plenty of action at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road for them to record in the way of drivers who run red lights. But now that violators are getting slapped with fines, the Port Richey Police Department is hoping word will spread and one of most dangerous intersections in Pasco County will get a little less so. "The whole idea of this program is deterrence," Officer John Schwarz, who is the system's local point man, said. ...more

June 6, 2008

WAUCHULA — Jury selection for the trial of former Zolfo Springs Police Chief David Scheid will begin on Feb. 11, 2008 at the Hardee County Courthouse. Scheid is facing charges of grand theft, tampering with a witness, fabricating physical evidence and petty theft. Scheid had a trial scheduled in October that was delayed because of medical issues with defense attorney Gil Colon Jr. ...more

November 22, 2007

PLANT CITY - Investigators are looking into the possibility that a defect in an SUV parked in the driveway of a Walden Lake home sparked a fire this morning that destroyed most of the 3,000-square-foot structure. ...more

October 24, 2007

The Lutz Volunteer Fire Department is relocating its ambulance to East Hillsborough on a 90-day trial basis beginning Nov. 1. ...more

October 17, 2007

WAUCHULA — A trial for former Zolfo Springs Police Chief David Scheid will be pushed back at least another month because of medical issues with defense attorney Gil Colon Jr. Jury selection was scheduled to begin on Monday morning at the Hardee County Courthouse for Scheid, who is facing charges of official misconduct, grand theft, tampering with a witness, fabricating physical evidence and petty theft. However, Colon failed to appear at the courthouse, and an associate with Colon's firm said that the attorney suffered a medical injury to his back while in-line skating this weekend. A jury pool of approximately 80 people was dismissed following the announcement, and a Nov. 20 status conference was set for the case, which will probably lead to another trial date. ...more

October 16, 2007