Hot air balloons will be a casualty of the sour economy this year, but otherwise it's full steam ahead for the annual Chasco Fiesta street parade on Saturday. ...more

March 18, 2009

Next weekend more than 7,000 spectators are expected to flock into downtown Palm Harbor for TNT Events' second Spring Arts and Crafts Show. Inverness-based TNT Events will present the arts and crafts show along Florida Avenue between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. next Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22. The street will be closed to vehicle traffic during the event. ...more

March 14, 2009

The Tanglewood Pickleball Club signed up its 100th member last week, an impressive figure considering its enrollment less than two years ago. ...more

March 11, 2009

Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to 11 criminal counts including money laundering, perjury and securities, mail and wire fraud and will do so without a plea deal, knowing it carries a potential prison term of 150 years, lawyers said today in court. ...more

March 10, 2009

T he Little Everglades Steeplechase in Dade City drew riders from across the state and thousands of spectators Sunday. ...more

March 9, 2009

With the third seed in this week's SEC Tournament at stake, the Gators pulled out of a late-season dive with a 60-53 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats. ...more

March 8, 2009

About 40,000 people attended the Pasco County Fair last week, roughly the same turnout as a year ago. ...more

February 26, 2009

An open letter to all basketball coaches in this area: We attended many basketball games this season and the refereeing was terrible! We suggest that all of you get together before next season with whomever is in charge of the referees and tell them you thought their performance, or really their non-performance, was and is unacceptable. ...more

February 22, 2009

Marching bands, miniature horses and dozens of tiara-wearing pageant queens helped usher in the 62nd annual Pasco County Fair with Monday's parade through Dade City. ...more

February 18, 2009

Monday's picture-perfect weather was a great way to end one fair and begin another. ...more

February 17, 2009