Two deputies unsuccessfully searched a Ridge Manor home on Wednesday for a man who had fled from the cops. But they didn't walk away empty-handed. ...more

April 9, 2009

Michelle Skelton, a seventh-grader at William IB Middle School, earned first place in botany in the junior division of the 29th annual Hillsborough County Science Fair. ...more

April 8, 2009

The Lake Placid Saturday Morning Market, which was held on the third Saturday in March, will move to the second Saturday beginning in April. ...more

March 30, 2009

Two men have been arrested in connection to a March 9 drug bust in Palm Harbor where five warehouses were used as marijuana grow houses. ...more

March 26, 2009

Narcotics detectives this morning dismantled a marijuana-cultivation operation they uncovered in a string of small warehouses behind a Palm Harbor business plaza, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. Search warrants were executed at the five units behind the Four Seasons Plaza, 39070 U.S. 19 N., sheriff's officials said. ...more

March 9, 2009

A couple are accused of operating a marijuana growing operation in their home. ...more

March 5, 2009

couple is accused of operating a marijuana growing operation in their New Port Richey home. Alfred Leroy Robinson, 53, and his wife, Debra Ann Robinson, 52, both of 7716 Tanglewood Drive, New Port Richey, were arrested early today by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Investigators found 34 plants, about 3 pounds of loose marijuana drying and various forms of paraphernalia in the residence. The plants were growing inside "two rooms in a downstairs garage area," a sheriff's office report said. ...more

March 4, 2009

It may seem like the country that used to make everything is on the brink of making nothing. ...more

February 27, 2009

Law and Order briefs. ...more

February 25, 2009

Several weeks ago I read a letter that was printed by Jimmy Wohl pertaining to "Wise Conservation." I enjoyed reading his letter and wholeheartedly agree and support the method he suggested in his letter regarding "Conservation Easements." ...more

February 25, 2009