A missing Seffner woman has been found safe, deputies said this afternoon. ...more

November 19, 2009

With the launch of Windows 7 last week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen. ...more

October 26, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the public in locating two residents who have been missing since Sunday. Lynda McAdams, 46, of 17928 Palomina Lake Drive in Dade City, and William R. Andrews, 37, of 7128 Cedar Crest Road in New Port Richey, are co-workers who are involved in a relationship, Pasco sheriff's officials said today. ...more

October 22, 2009

Police are searching for a man who tried to abduct a 9-year-old girl during a Mother's Day celebration. ...more

May 11, 2009

Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a pharmacy Thursday by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the AIDS virus. ...more

April 17, 2009

A bicycling ice cart peddler was robbed at 7 p.m. Thursday when thieves pushed him down and took his case. ...more

April 16, 2009

The Silver Alert for a missing 71-year-old Hernando man has been canceled. ...more

April 16, 2009

A 79-year-old Lakeland man with dementia, who had last been seen Tuesday evening, has been found unharmed. ...more

April 8, 2009

An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 12-year-old girl Bradenton girl that left her house Saturday. ...more

March 29, 2009

Remember actor Erik Estrada and his character California Francis "Ponch" Poncherello, the California Highway Patrol officer on the 1977–1983 television series CHIPs? Well, he's on duty at this week's Transitions Championship, handing out "Sight-ations'' to offenders. Fans in attendance can be written up for "Aggravated Visual Assault: Wearing Really Bad glasses, or "Grand Theft Visual: Robbing Your Eyes of Healthy Sight,'' or maybe even "Accessory to a Crime: Missing the Action Because of Squinting.'' Fans who are written up can take the "sight-ation'' to a Transitions Optical pavilion on site and receive a prize in addition to entering a drawing for a fitting and new eyewear. "Everybody loves the idea of being ticketed by Pounch,'' Estrada said. "On TV I was supposed to protect and serve. I'm doing that here. "And most everbody grew up watching CHIPs. The ones who could not make it on the force decided to become golfers." ...more

March 20, 2009