Pasco County News

Motorists heading north on Interstate 75 this afternoon might want to get off a little early if their route takes them near the State Road 54 exit.

Pasco County Commissioners want to look into a proposal to allow backyard chicken coops in residential areas.

A local woman was arrested after police say she carved a crude image of male genitals into another person's car.

Fire officials in Pasco County are checking into what started a brush fire yesterday around 1 pm that could be seen from the Suncoast Parkway.

We should learn more Thursday about what will happen to around 30 emaciated animals rescued from a home in Pasco County.

Pasco County deputies say they rescued 40 or more emaciated animals from a home on Hiawatha Place in Holiday Wednesday evening.

For the second time in a week, a Parent Teacher Association officer at a Pasco school has been arrested on charges of taking PTA funds.

The Florida Department of Elder Affairs' SHINE program recently honored volunteers in Pinellas and Pasco Counties with the Planning and Service Area of the Year award.

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday vetoed a bill that would have financed a closer look at a proposal for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office to take over felony probation services in Pasco from the state Department of Corrections.

Connerton Elementary students don't have to end the school year wondering who will sit in the principal's office in August.

Nearly 40 cats had to be euthanized Tuesday after they were found, along with other animals, in a U-Haul truck abandoned in the parking lot of a Spring Hill Publix.

Community Foundation of Greater St. Petersburg recently awarded the Disability Achievement Center $4,000 to purchase vital equipment for individuals with disabilities.

This week's adoptable feature comes from Pasco County Animal Services Adoption Partners.

Pasco County School Board members want to hear from Land O' Lakes residents as the clock ticks down for them to set a budget for the 2013-14 school year.

Pasco County officials are reporting some good news when it comes to the area's tax rolls.

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

But he also axed a whole line of project sprinkled in the budget including millions for college buildings, health care programs and even money for supplemental programs for veterans.

A local businesswoman is being honored by the Pasco County Commission for her professional achievements.

Stephanie Hoffman got into an argument with a woman in the driveway of a home on Nora Lane in Elfers on Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

Seven Springs Elementary School's PTA president is in hot water after Pasco County deputies say the New Port Richey woman took $2,825 that didn't belong to her.