With twice as many clients as last year, West Pasco Pregnancy Center officials say a new ultrasound machine has arrived in the nick of time. ...more

December 23, 2009

Good meeting Editor: I would like to thank city staff and all of those who attended the Oct. 29 special meeting of the New Port Richey City Council. ...more

November 10, 2009

The city council spent about an hour in a special meeting Thursday evening to better prepare New Port Richey and its residents for a possible swine flu outbreak. ...more

October 31, 2009

City Council held a roughly hour long special meeting Thursday evening to better prepare New Port Richey and its residents in the event of a possible H1N1 outbreak. ...more

October 31, 2009

A man participating in a tax protest in Port Richey was hospitalized Wednesday evening after he was hit by a car. ...more

April 17, 2009

Pasco County school officials and emergency agencies joined forces Friday morning to practice for a scenario they would prefer not to face - a school bus accident with a dead driver and injured students. ...more

March 28, 2009

Pasco County school officials and emergency agencies joined forces this morning to practice for a scenario they would prefer not to face – a school bus accident with a dead driver and injured students. The emergency and school personnel, assisted by 40 student volunteers, played out the mock accident in a Gulf High School parking lot where a day earlier they had turned an out-of-commission school bus on its side to help set the stage. Lt. Brian Prescott, who supervises school resource officers for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, said it was important to run the drill to improve the chances things move smoothly when a real accident happens. ...more

March 27, 2009

A Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy was cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a suspected drug dealer who had opened fire on the sheriff's SWAT team. ...more

March 14, 2009

A Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy was cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a suspected drug dealer who had opened fire on the sheriff's SWAT team. ...more

March 13, 2009

Debbie Moore thought she needed glasses. But a visit to the optometrist and subsequent tests indicated a more serious problem behind her impaired vision. Moore was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Six years later, Moore, an Oldsmar resident, is looking forward to both M.S. Awareness Week from March 2 to March 6 and the annual walkM.S. fundraisers in various central Florida locations on March 14 and March 28, in which walkers raise money for the National M.S. Society Mid Florida Chapter. ...more

February 25, 2009