New Port Richey police officers and Pasco sheriff's deputies will be conducting a checkpoint to find drivers under the influence of alcohol. The checkpoint will be set up in the vicinity of Congress Street and Pine Hill Road from 8 to 10 p.m. Drivers will be randomly pulled over. ...more

June 25, 2009

Last Friday the U.S. Labor Department announced that nearly 540,000 Americans lost their jobs in April. As bad as that sounds, last month's jobless total was less than most economists had predicted. In fact, it was the lowest increase in joblessness in 14 months. Of late there have been a few other signs that the economy may not be recovering yet but its rate of decline has begun to slow. ...more

May 13, 2009

Sonjia Bacher of Holiday is not happy with the post-card-only inmate mail policy of Pasco Sheriff Bob White. ...more

April 8, 2009

Deputies responding to an argument at a New Port Richey home Sunday morning found something completely unexpected – a live alligator in a fish tank. ...more

March 30, 2009

On Palm Sunday, Gulf Harbors Yacht Club will stage its 37th annual Blessing of the Fleet. Yacht club officials expect between 35 and 50 boats to participate April 5, according to Barb Bailey, the community relations representative for the yacht club. ...more

March 28, 2009

Last Friday, Pasco Sheriff Bob White dropped a surprise on the Pasco County Public Safety Coordinating Council, which brings together officials of county government, the court system, law enforcement, probation and mental health to work out issues related to the county's two jails. White said he is disbanding the Sheriff's Office unit that oversees criminal defendants whom judges have released from jail on their own recognizance. With the Pasco public sector strapped for cash, the Sheriff's Office wants to shift the money it has been spending on supervised ROR to other areas of its operations. The sheriff, however, should approach spending this savings with caution. ...more

March 25, 2009

With the number of citations at 1,223 and counting, the County Commission voted Tuesday to raise the fine from $30 to $130 for the first violation of the county's watering regulations. ...more

March 24, 2009

Sheriff Bob White announced today he will phase out a unit that tracks court defendants before trials and reassign the unit's four deputies to patrol duty. ...more

March 20, 2009

The Pasco Sheriff's Office is doing away with its air unit and plans to spend the money on road deputies instead. What will be the impact on Pasco County's crime rate and public safety. ...more

March 11, 2009

Inmates are being kept in stitches through a sewing program the Pasco Sheriff's Office has started. The program teaches prisoners a vocational skill while cutting costs at the jails by patching mattresses and other items, according to a press release today from Tim Couet, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 5, 2009