The 2009 West Pasco observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday holiday will echo President-elect Barack Obama's call to make it a national day of service. The African American Club of West Pasco and Union Missionary Baptist Church are inviting the public to the event, which will take place from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. this Monday, Jan. 19, at the church at 6235 Pine Hill Road, according to Sandra Wright, club spokeswoman. ...more

January 17, 2009

HOLIDAY – Pasco sheriff candidates spoke about gangs, response times, budgets and other issues during a July 21 forum before more than 50 members of the Holiday Gardens Estates Civic Association. ...more

July 23, 2008

•Katie Robinson, commander of Veterans Village American Legion Post 343 and the American Legion Service Officer at the New Port Richey VA Outpatient Clinic, received a special award at the Annual Volunteers Award ceremony held by the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital. Robinson received the President's Call to Service Award for volunteering 4,369 hours to the clinic. She has visited the clinic once a week since it opened in 1985. Robinson also has four veterans in local nursing homes for which she tries to help with their veteran benefits. ...more

May 10, 2008

John Russell considers himself a loyal Democrat. The former Republican changed his party affiliation and voted against then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. Since then, he has been a vehement critic of the Bush administration's policies on the war in Iraq, health care, energy and national security. ...more

October 18, 2007