Officials have opened all roads in Pasco County closed this morning by smoke from a 300-acre brush fire. Smoke from the smoldering fire forced the sheriff's office to close Ehren Cutoff from State Road 52 to U.S. 41. ...more

March 30, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Raymond McGeehan said he simply wanted to go jogging Thursday morning at a park on Parkway Boulevard. ...more

September 13, 2008

Boulevard. A 64-year-old chiropractor, McGeehan of Land O' Lakes, was putting on a knee brace when he said he was attacked by a large dog, according to Pasco County Sheriff's Office records. He told the sheriff's office that he had a run-in with the same dog about a week earlier. The wellfield park is near Pine View elementary and middle schools. McGeehan told the sheriff's office that he grabbed a machete and hunting knife from his vehicle and swung at the dog to keep it away, but more dogs came at him, records said. McGeehan thought the dogs were pit bulls, but they were actually boxers. The dogs' owner, Alan McLeod, 59, of Land O' Lakes, told the sheriff's office he was walking his three adult boxers and 13 puppies Thursday morning when he saw McGeehan screaming at the dogs with the machete and knife in his hands. ...more

September 12, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The county's pet-friendly evacuation shelter at Pine View Middle School is opening its doors to a broader area this year. ...more

June 1, 2008

With demand for irrigation water outstripping supplies, Pasco County will be allowed to tap three new wells to supplement the county's reclaimed water reserves, the Southwest Florida Water Management District said Tuesday. ...more

May 28, 2008

Pasco County commissioners on Tuesday delayed for another week a decision on spending more than $4 million on repairs to their troubled reservoir under construction off Parkway Boulevard in Land O' Lakes. ...more

November 28, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A 21-year-old man was killed and two others were injured Sunday night after the vehicle they were in went out of control, rolled over and ejected them. ...more

November 20, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Engineers say it may cost an additional $3.9 million to finish a reclaimed water reservoir off Parkway Boulevard, bringing the total price to $22.7 million. ...more

November 9, 2007