SEBRING — The school district's state funding will be cut about $3.3 million for the 2008-09 fiscal year, prompting the district to consider cutting teaching and support positions. The two-year teacher contract needs to be funded, and health insurance and electricity and fuel costs are increasing, Mike Averyt, assistant superintendent of business/operations, said Monday. So the budget needs to be cut by about $7 million, he said. ...more

May 12, 2008

If Pasco County's tireless fans of garbage-burning noticed the news coming out of Hillsborough County several days back, they haven't had much to say about it. Perhaps that's because what Hillsborough commissioners learned, and spent several days reeling from, previews a similar cornflake-spewing moment for Pasco's elected leaders. ...more

February 19, 2008

LARGO -- A Largo woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon on charges she used a dead person's identity to get electricity at several residences. ...more

February 15, 2008

The County Commission received a lot of calls last week from people expressing opposition to expanding the Pasco County Resource Recovery Facility. What spurred the calls – a flyer that appeared in many Pasco mailboxes last week. The mass mailing warned of possible pollution from an expanded resource recovery facility, which burns garbage to produce electricity. The flyer conveniently listed the number of the County Commission office. ...more

February 12, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Another marijuana grow house operation has been shut down by the Pasco County sheriff's Vice Narcotics Unit. ...more

February 8, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Yet another marijuana grow house operation has been shut down by the Pasco County sheriff's Vice Narcotics Unit. ...more

February 7, 2008

An East Tampa couple was jailed after deputies found three small children living in a house without power or food and with dog waste covering the floor, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

January 30, 2008

If the process goes as Progress Energy hopes it will, a new nuclear power plant in Levy County will come online in 2016. ...more

January 10, 2008

All Terry Majewski wanted was to run a small business. When her business partner bailed out for financial reasons, all she wanted was to keep it going until she could sell it. ...more

January 9, 2008

SEBRING — Progress Energy linemen are working Thursday morning to restore electricity to pockets of residents throughout the county without electricity. Chad Demerre, lineman apprentice with Progress Energy, said small outages, affecting less than 200 customers, are common when the weather suddenly becomes cold. ...more

January 3, 2008