In the fight for Florida tourists' money, Pasco County is a lightweight. The county lacks the theme parks, professional sports teams and white beaches that bring visitors to Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. It's a long way from the glamour of Miami Beach and the sugar sand of the Panhandle. ...more

October 25, 2009

I would like to report a crime; two crimes actually. The first is a decade of destruction to public property by the users of ATVs, Jeeps and trucks in the Henscratch and Leisure Lakes areas of the protected Lake Wales Ridge properties. ...more

March 6, 2009

Pasco County cross country runners and coaches expect strong performances from the Land O' Lakes boys team. ...more

October 18, 2008

Felix Soto was just following orders. Land O' Lakes High coach Kris Keppel told the senior runner to hold back in the first two miles of the 3.1-mile Crystal River Invitational last Saturday, and Lecanto High's Justin Sblano led for the first two miles. ...more

October 11, 2008

Cleanup of a 2005 diesel spill entered a new phase recently in a neighborhood at Wilkinson Drive and State Road 574. ...more

October 8, 2008

When George Sebring bought 9,000 acres in 1911 to build his town, not even a sand trail ran south from Avon Park. ...more

July 27, 2008

When the Plant City Garden Club went to give the Garden of the Month award to Doug and Lisa Granger of Heathcoe Road in January 2007, we found their story about how they came to own that property is a tale worth telling. ...more

February 13, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Seems like everybody is stepping up to the plate and making five new playing fields at Lake June Park and Sports Complex a reality. ...more

December 18, 2007

The secluded spot behind the chain link fence was a natural magnet to any boy with an imagination: Shady pines, tall bluffs and soft sand for rolling in. ...more

November 24, 2007

The secluded spot behind the chain link fence was a natural magnet to any boy with an imagination: shady pines, tall bluffs, soft sand for rolling in. ...more

November 23, 2007