Haunted by images of a fatal crash he saw Wednesday night, a Tampa businessman is offering to help pay for the funeral of a young mother he saw lifeless in her car. ...more

February 8, 2008

South Bay Hospital is celebrating its 25th year in the community, marking its growth from a small satellite of the Hospital Corporation of America's facility in Bradenton to a full-service, 112-bed medical and surgical complex. ...more

January 30, 2008

As women, we're supposed to savor the "seasons" of our lives, which, ironically, have more to do with what's going on in our heads than with weather or age. My teen years were one long "season" of angst. Fall started with the school year, but for me it was more "sweater season" than fall. Does this bulky knit make me look fat? And more "football season" than autumn. I'll just die if I don't have a date for homecoming. Winter was the season of holidays. Not another Christmas pageant! Even God must be bored with this. And it was the season of basketball. I'm going to the game even if I do have six hours of homework. Winter was also one, continuous frizzy-hair nightmare. I'd rather be bald! Spring signaled the school year winding down, and final exams loomed like a spectre. Somebody just shoot me, preferably before third period. Summer officially started, not with the solstice, but with the last day of school, which was also the first day of "swimsuit season." It's not bad enough that I never tan; now my white shoulders have zits. ...more

January 27, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Christian Social Services of Lutz and Land O' Lakes has offered "hands of help and hope" to people in need since 1987. ...more

December 23, 2007

Well we're back. We were able to leave for a Caribbean cruise and return without causing even a ripple in the county's daily activities. We were off to have our share of fun. That's what the cruise lines promise you if you book with them – regardless of who "them" is. Yet, there are a few things the commercials and brochures do not address. Like for instance there are times when you are required to stand in line with hundreds of other fun-seekers before you can have your share of the festivities. Frequently those people who are not having fun outnumber those who are by a ratio of lots to few. While there is no corollary between the two, the number of old people outnumber those shown in the ads is the same ratio of lots to few. ...more

December 22, 2007

On Nov. 17 at the Inverness Golf and Country Club, Lt. Larry "Buddy" Grant, Deputy Sheriff, was awarded the Sons of the American Revolution Law Enforcement Medal by the Withlacoochee Chapter SAR in recognition of his diligence and decisive action which saved the life of a 15-day-old baby. ...more

December 19, 2007

About noon Monday, members of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office dive team plunged into a small pond near the entrance to Colony Lakes Estates, off State Road 52. ...more

November 20, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - About noon Monday, members of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office dive team plunged into the water of a small pond near the entrance to Colony Lakes Estates, off State Road 52. ...more

November 19, 2007

As the search for a missing young mother continues, divers are expected this week to explore the lake in her Colony Lakes Estates subdivision. ...more

November 19, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Volunteers searching for a missing young mother Saturday found items they hope will yield clues to her disappearance. ...more

November 18, 2007