Pinellas and Pasco county artists and musicians with a soft spot for the four-legged set have joined forces for Sunday's "Art for Animals," a live art auction in Tarpon Springs to benefit the Suncoast Animal League. ...more

August 23, 2008

Well, now. What to make of the decision in Port Richey to whack out a venerable, if unpopular, source of income for the little city's operations? Has the majority not heard about the - oh, what is that phrase? ah, here it is - "crushing budget deficit brought about by falling property values and Amendment 1"? ...more

July 25, 2008

SEBRING — Creating a smaller budget, due to reduced state funding, should not be done by eliminating teaching positions, School Board of Highlands County members said Tuesday. To provide time for more discussion, the board discussed tabling the reappointment roster – the listing of teachers and administrators who will have jobs with the district in 2008-09. But with the contract year ending June 30 and the next scheduled school board meeting on July 8, that would have left a gap where employees would not have a job. ...more

June 25, 2008

Pasco County planning commissioners cleared Cobb Theatres to serve alcohol at the company's 16-screen megaplex under development at The Grove at Wesley Chapel shopping center. ...more

June 12, 2008

Authorities say they have brought down a multimillion dollar theft ring that has for years swiped health and beauty products from the shelves of local retailers and sold the goods on the Internet and in flea markets. ...more

January 24, 2008

For years, a multimillion dollar theft ring has swiped health, beauty and medicine products off the shelves of local retailers and then sold the stolen goods on the Internet and in flea markets, authorities say. ...more

January 24, 2008

A proposed game of musical chairs with three local boards should be stopped before the elbowing and pushing for seats begins. ...more

November 11, 2007