Plummeting property values and falling state funding have blown a $30 million hole in Pasco County's budget for next year, county officials said last week. ...more

February 22, 2009

Police: Man Charged With Burglarizing Vehicles At Sebring Hotel SEBRING - Cale Monroe McKinney, 28, of 1801 Kent Drive, Apt. 6, Sebring, was arrested Tuesday and charged with burglary of a structure or conveyance unarmed without persons inside, attempted burglary of a structure or conveyance unarmed without persons inside and petty theft. ...more

January 16, 2009

Ian Heausler, Taylor Vann and Trey Lehan are one with the water. Taylor Vann, 17, left, and Trey Lehan, 18, center, both seniors at H. B. Plant High School along with other members of the H.B. Plant High School Sailing Club practice on the water just off shore from the Davis Island Yacht Club Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 in Tampa. The group competes in the Interscholastic Sailing Association and is part of the South Atlantic District. ...more

November 19, 2008

Voters might not get another chance to have their say on the fire district after Nov. 4. ...more

October 18, 2008

The sound of tinkling glass is ringing in the air again at county recycling stations and transfer centers. ...more

October 10, 2008

Three men, including a youth swimming coach, were arrested in Polk County last week, accused of using online chat rooms and instant-messaging programs to solicit minors for sex, authorities said. ...more

August 18, 2008

With all the pitches a Little League team's players throw during an All-Star season, sometimes just one can define a team. ...more

August 12, 2008

On Monday, new University of South Florida defensive line coach John Hendrick hopes his life can return to normal. ...more

July 23, 2008

A lot of unbridled shilly-shallying is going on in Tampa. There's also a good deal of hooey and malarkey, and it's all happening at Stageworks' production of "Private Lives" by Noel Coward. ...more

July 20, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- For an hour and a half, campers splashed, laughed and plotted in their pools. When they called their counselors over, some barely uttered a whisper, alerting the counselors to the impending doom. Others giggled and shouted for their counselor to come because they really wanted to tell them something. It's good, clean fun at the PACK Sumer Camp. ...more

July 12, 2008