Bigger may not always be better, some local bankers think. Smaller community banks have weathered the economic storm better than many of the giant banking institutions, Patriot Bank Chief Executive Officer Stephen G. Zahorian argues. The Trinity-based bank has five branches in West Pasco and North Pinellas ...more

August 13, 2008

Larry M. Starnes is banking on bigger and better things as the new president of 4-year-old Patriot Bank. ...more

August 8, 2008

TRINITY -- Larry M. Starnes is banking on bigger and better things as the new president of 4-year-old Patriot Bank. The Trinity-based community bank with five branches in West Pasco and North Pinellas lured Starnes from Wachovia Bank, where he was formerly the area president for Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties. ...more

August 6, 2008

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released a surveillance video Wednesday of a man with a shotgun robbing a bank Tuesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

Babies from needy families might get a faster start in life, thanks to a diaper collection drive which continues through early next week. It will conclude with a free baby shower on May 10. ...more

May 3, 2008