New Port Richey News

Pasco County can't wait 10 years to collect the full $45 million of 1-cent sales taxes it has earmarked for economic development, business leaders told county commissioners Tuesday.

The woman's relationship with William "Bill" Tooker had been over for a week, deputies say, when she came home early Monday morning and found him in her house.

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After more than a year of searching, the City Council on Monday selected a new city manager with 25 years of government experience in Ohio and Michigan.

Fans of the Tampa Bay original rock band, Zig Zag America , will be disappointed to hear that the band has announced that they will be going on a temporary hiatus effective immediately.

Dan Barrus walked across the stage at Gulf High School in the spring of 1974, accepted his diploma and returned to his seat.

Pasco commissioners on Wednesday approved spending $3 million to settle a dispute between residents and a developer, but with a caveat: That residents pay back the money over time.

Pinellas is refusing to pay property taxes for two years, amounting to more than $100,000, on a well field and ranch it owns in northern Pasco County.

In New Port Richey, Pasco's largest city, a veteran of city politics won the mayor's seat over an opponent also well-known to local voters.

As part of National Public Health Week, Tuesday's theme, "Don't Panic and Plan Ahead," brought agencies together to share disaster preparedness tips in their communities so residents can be ready for the unexpected.

All About Trees: A lunch and learn session called All About Trees will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Heritage Museum, 100 Beekman Lane, Tarpon Springs.

City Manager Jim McCroskey has resigned, a city commissioner said Tuesday. In a letter sent to commissioners dated Monday, McCroskey tendered his resignation effective May 31, City Commissioner Penny Currie said.

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New Port Richey, Florida -- If you've ever tried to renew a driver's license or a state ID, you know a birth certificate is essential.

It may be decades before man reaches Mars, but visitors to Florida may not have to wait nearly that long.

Jacksonville -based grocer Winn-Dixie is staging a bit of a revival, with plans to convert 18 Sweetbay Stores in Florida to the Winn-Dixie brand.

New Port Richey, Fla.- - One teen is dead and three others are injured after a single vehicle crash on Lake Forest Circle.

A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to life in prison for his part in the death a convenience store clerk.

Dave Parris had endured a particularly brutal week of cancer treatments. He dreaded the thought of putting on a tuxedo and mingling with partiers kicking off the annual Chasco Fiesta.

The cost to repair years of neglect of the historic Hacienda Hotel may end up costing nearly as much as the city paid for the landmark.