Attention Wal-Mart shoppers! The retail chain is drawing up big plans to upgrade its Palm Harbor store, at Alderman Road and U.S. 19. The store makeover will include adding a grocery store component. ...more

November 9, 2007

A more robust effort at involving the public has led to improvements in a proposed update of Hillsborough County's growth plan. ...more

November 8, 2007

TAMPA - A judge today set bail at $25,000 for a 32-year-old youth minister charged on Oct. 4 with two counts of sexual battery on a child younger than 12. ...more

November 6, 2007

The state officially dropped its challenges to the Wiregrass Ranch development Wednesday, allowing plans for future residential phases to proceed. ...more

October 18, 2007

I live in Sebring and have just had my Kenmore washer and dryer serviced. The repairman spent a grand total of 39 minutes at my home, that is 39 minutes from the time he pulled into my driveway until the time he pulled out. I was charged a grand total of $305.13. Of that total, $28.53 was for parts and $18.10 for tax, leaving a balance of $258.50 for labor, which prices out to a labor charge of $397.80 per hour. What a bargain my doctor is; he charges me less than half that rate. ...more

October 15, 2007

With little discussion, Pasco County commissioners agreed this week to declare a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban surplus so Clerk of the Circuit Court Jed Pittman may trade it in for a newer, more comfortable model that fits his needs. ...more

October 12, 2007

A sad day of fishing started when I arrived at my first hole, only to discover the area had been sprayed recently — to kill Hydrilla. ...more

October 8, 2007

Pasco County officials maintain Hillsborough County has 'no legal basis' to demand $28 million for improvements to Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, despite claims the Wiregrass Ranch mall and related developments will create significant new demands on the road. ...more

September 22, 2007