The lights and cameras have been in place for two months, and there's still plenty of action for them to record at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road. ...more

June 9, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The lights and cameras have been in place for two months, and there's still plenty of action at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road for them to record in the way of drivers who run red lights. But now that violators are getting slapped with fines, the Port Richey Police Department is hoping word will spread and one of most dangerous intersections in Pasco County will get a little less so. "The whole idea of this program is deterrence," Officer John Schwarz, who is the system's local point man, said. ...more

June 6, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The lights were off in City Manager Richard Reade's office, but he was in there, working away. Reade finds himself with an unexpected personnel issue, as Public Safety Director Mathias Brewi turned in his resignation May 15, about a year after taking the then-newly created position that put him in charge of both the police and fire departments. ...more

June 4, 2008

As the man they call "King Richard" prepares to leave his kingdom, his subjects sent him off with praise and prose befitting royalty. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - As the man they call King Richard prepares to leave his kingdom, his subjects sent him off with praise and prose befitting royalty. Friends, co-workers and students gathered at a retirement reception Thursday, May 22, for Richard Bartels, principal of Freedom High. Bartels will retire from the school district in June after 35 years. ...more

May 22, 2008

The city has a new fire chief - for now. Capt. Tim Sirois was tapped Tuesday to run the fire department after last week's sudden resignation of public safety director Matt Brewi. ...more

May 21, 2008

Port Richey, following the surprise announcement last week that Matt Brewi was resigning as the city's public safety director after little more than one year on the job, is faced with a couple of options, according to City Manager Richard Reade. Since this is Port Richey neither make much sense. One or the other, however, will be chosen. ...more

May 21, 2008

More than 1,600 high school seniors will graduate from Alonso, Leto and Sickles high schools in ceremonies scheduled for late May and early June. ...more

May 7, 2008

In January 2006, the Florida Department of Transportation hit a snag negotiating a nearly half-billion-dollar deal with CSX Transportation, so then-DOT Secretary Denver Stutler turned to a longtime rail industry executive for advice. ...more

January 23, 2008

As a child in the 1940s, trains were an integral part of Ellen Brown's life. She lived in a small town in the Catskills, so the comings and goings of the passenger trains appealed to her childhood curiosity. ...more

December 10, 2007