The Fourth of July brought old-fashioned fun to the Pasco County Fairgrounds. The annual Sparklebration included apple pie and hot dog eating contests, balloon artists, clowns and more, and parachutists from Skydive City in Zephyrhills dropped in with flags. Major sponsors were Medical Clinic and Dade City Business Center. Other sponsors included The Tampa Tribune; Pasco County Tourist Development Council; CenterState Bank; West Florida, N.A.; State Farm Insurance, Baldy Boyd, agent; Growers Fertilizer Corp.; Tampa Electric Co.; San Antonio Citizens Federal Credit Union; Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative Inc.; First National Bank of Pasco; Jarrett Ford; Pasco Regional Medical Center; Smile Design; and Bank of America. ...more

July 8, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's investigators are looking for a man they say bilked an 89-year-old woman out of $6,800. ...more

March 3, 2009

When homemaker Jane Liggett wanted to buy a house to restore in 1976, she drove through Hyde Park with a banker who couldn't believe she wanted to invest in such a blighted area. ...more

September 5, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it has taken control of the First Priority Bank of Bradenton and that SunTrust Banks Inc. will assume the bank's deposits. ...more

August 3, 2008

Customers of two banks closed by federal regulators were assured that every penny of their money was protected, preventing lines of angry accountholders from forming Saturday. ...more

July 27, 2008

Church volunteers from Savannah, Ga., are in town this week, painting an old pool hall community leaders in Tommytown hope to turn into a teen center. ...more

July 24, 2008

The following is a public service announcement. Hi kids. Your great-grandma cut this out of the newspaper - that's the thing people read before the Internet - and sent it to you through the Postal Service - that's the thing people used before e-mail - because she wants me, a regionally known media personality, to warn you about the terrible dangers of mooning. ...more

June 11, 2008

Two days before his retirement, Robert Sumner wasn't having many regrets about his latest stint as county attorney, but he was feeling discouraged. ...more

January 19, 2008

A new bank started with $20 million from local investors and business people will open its doors Dec. 10. ...more

November 26, 2007