Friday the 13th certainly seems to be an appropriate date to share scary stories about the downtrodden economy. Yet local business leaders hope the Pasco Economic Summit, slated for Friday, March 13, will begin to dispel some of the financial gloom with ideas to spur a recovery here. ...more

March 11, 2009

The public will get a chance to provide input today on Progress Energy's plans to build a nuclear power plant in Levy County and run new transmission lines through Hernando County. ...more

March 11, 2009

Florida might have a soaring unemployment rate and large store chains might be liquidating or shutting down, but the national trends have been encouraging to some retail analysts. ...more

March 7, 2009

A man was killed Wednesday afternoon when he lost control of a sport utility vehicle and crashed into a gas station pump on Shady Hills Road. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man was killed this afternoon when he lost control of a sport utility vehicle and crashed into a gas station pump on Shady Hills Road. ...more

March 4, 2009

Summit View is 135 acres of dirt and weeds on the west side of Dade City. Zoned for more than 400 homes, it stalled years ago when Pasco County's housing market collapsed. ...more

March 1, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Mercantile Bank has begun foreclosure proceedings against Ashley Glen, a proposed 2-million-square-foot office complex at the junction of State Road 54 and the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

February 27, 2009

Sheriff Richard Nugent gripped the podium Thursday morning, his red-rimmed eyes blinking rapidly. ...more

February 20, 2009

A captain with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, Scott Bierwiler, died in a head-on car crash this morning. ...more

February 19, 2009

The county's Ridge Road extension could become a road to nowhere. ...more

February 18, 2009