Pasco County's public bus riders could pay more for that service as of Nov. 1. A proposed increase in bus fares will be on the agenda Tuesday when county commissioners meet at the West Pasco Government Center. The meeting starts at 10 am. ...more

October 19, 2009

Pasco County is considering sweeping changes to how future residents will live, work and get around. Here's where things stand and where they may be headed: ...more

October 18, 2009

Authorities say friends of an ill man dumped the 54-year-old from a car and planned to meet him at a hospital, but the man died on the side of a Seminole County road. ...more

September 27, 2009

The County Center is open for business again this morning. The reopening occurred after a power outage Thursday afternoon forced county officials to shut down the building and send home about 1,500 employees while they investigated. ...more

September 25, 2009

Trappers last night snared a Florida black bear in the backyard of a homeowner in Hernando County, officials said. Today, the bear is getting tagged and will take a ride somewhere to the north of where it was captured, where it will be released back into the wild. ...more

August 26, 2009

The fire commissioner who cast the lone dissenting vote last month for a tangible personal property tax on local businesses wants to discuss it again Wednesday. ...more

August 10, 2009

at least until last weekend - had seldom seen such cases. ...more

June 13, 2009

A murder defendant in central Florida wants tax dollars to pay for the removal of a bullet from his grown because he says it will help in his defense. ...more

May 31, 2009

New houses built in Pasco County after this summer could be required to have stronger foundations – a strategy county officials hope will reduce insurance rates for people in sinkhole-prone sections of the county. ...more

May 12, 2009

The "grapevine" is a wonderful instrument, quite similar to the telephone. You can get all kinds of information that you don't normally get anywhere else. For instance, I heard on the "grapevine" that they are going to cut county employees hours to save more money for other government pork jobs. ...more

April 29, 2009