NEW PORT RICHEY - They found his body Tuesday morning, next to a Dumpster behind the Genesis School, as parents dropped their children off at the private elementary. The man's belongings were stuffed in an old backpack. His clothes were soiled. ...more

November 21, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - As the days of volunteer fire departments all but disappear, Pasco County emergency officials are wondering if their fundraising efforts should follow suit. ...more

November 6, 2007

An unidentified man was struck and killed Wednesday trying to cross a heavily congested section of U.S. 19, New Port Richey police said. ...more

November 1, 2007

An early morning blaze tore through a double-wide mobile home Wednesday, leaving a family homeless. ...more

October 18, 2007

DADE CITY - A family lost its home to an early morning blaze that tore through a doublewide mobile home today. ...more

October 17, 2007

The fire that tore through the Massachusetts Avenue Farmers Market early Thursday morning was arson, Mike Ciccarello, Pasco Fire Rescue acting assistant chief, said Monday. ...more

October 9, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - The fire that tore through the Massachusetts Avenue Farmers Market early Thursday morning was arson, Mike Ciccarello, Pasco Fire Rescue acting assistant chief, said today. ...more

October 8, 2007

A second fire station in the community west of the University of South Florida should improve service and 'make it more livable for the crews,' an assistant fire chief said this week. ...more

October 6, 2007

TAMPA - A second fire station to serve the community west of the University of South Florida is expected to open in 2010. ...more

October 1, 2007

LAKE PLACID –– It was about 1:15 p.m. when Adam Hess sat down for an interview. He got out two sentences when tones on his two-way radio sounded. A car had veered off Catfish Creek Road and wound up in low, scrub trees. A hot catalytic converter set the grass on fire. "This always happens," he said, shaking his head in an apology. "I've got to go." Hess and a crew took off in the brush truck and an engine. ...more

September 17, 2007