As a tax-paying customer, I have a hard time with all the palm trees that are planted at every intersection around the state. ...more

January 15, 2009

Supercuts and HNA Wireless will open new locations in Hernando County this spring. Both businesses have leased 1,400 square feet of retail space at the Suncoast Crossing shopping center, located along Spring Hill Drive near the Suncoast Parkway. ...more

January 14, 2009

'Road Rage' Defused With Arrest SPRING HILL - Deputies say they defused a road rage incident by intercepting a motorist who was waving a small pistol at another driver. ...more

January 13, 2009

Recently, in commenting on the planned four-laning of Ridge Road from Little Road to Moon Lake Road, we lamented the fact that another year was passing and Pasco County seemed no closer to winning permit approval to extend Ridge Road. It would be pushed east, from its current terminus at its junction with Moon Lake Road, to the Suncoast Parkway and perhaps later to U.S. 41. If it ever gets built the Ridge Road Extension would provide a badly needed third major east-west evacuation route out of West Pasco. ...more

January 7, 2009

Daniel Moynihan heard his share of barbs before he left Los Angeles. ...more

January 5, 2009

Federal environmental officials have given Pasco County a checklist of 10 items to complete in hopes of moving forward with the permitting of the county's long-sought eastern extension of Ridge Road. ...more

January 4, 2009

With "Auld Lang Syne" cued for its moment in the midnight spotlight and stemware - brimming with the first year's batch of Florida Estate Winery special-edition, kumquat-infused champagne - raised high, it is time to bid adieu to 2009, an interesting year, to say no more. ...more

December 31, 2008

This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Dec. 19-24 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Calls for Dec. 22 were not available. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-8200. 33556 Anno St, Block 7700, disturbance, Dec. 18, 6:04 p.m. ...more

December 26, 2008

Two people were killed this morning in a two-car crash on State Road 54 in Pasco County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. ...more

December 25, 2008

Widening the County Line Road that runs between Pasco and Hernando counties would, at least initially, mainly benefit Hernando residents. So Pasco County officials haven't fallen over themselves helping their Hernando counterparts get money to widen the congested two-lane east-west route. That appears to be changing. ...more

December 20, 2008