I'm contacting you in response to the article in Wednesday's Tribune about the Tourist Development Council's funding of events and particularly the Pasco Bug Jam. As a former Tribune reporter, I would have thought you would have contacted Bug Jam officials for comment before printing the claims by Pasco County Commissioner Michael Cox. No attempts were made to do such. ...more

October 25, 2009

When state officials elected last month not to renew a contract with San Antonio Boys Village, directors at the facility for teenage boys with legal problems were left scrambling to find a way to stay open. ...more

October 25, 2009

After the argument, sheriff's deputies say, Michael McAdams left his estranged wife's home on Palomino Lake Drive, but then changed his mind. ...more

October 24, 2009

Either way, Robert Shane Ballard's life was on the line. Facing a sentence of life in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, Ballard decided to risk his life and cooperate with investigators. He would provide information about other drug dealers. ...more

October 24, 2009

Panhandlers have been growing increasingly aggressive and menacing downtown and in other commercial areas of the city. ...more

October 24, 2009

Roy A. Day has drawn the ire of judges from Florida to Texas to Washington, D.C. ...more

October 24, 2009

Pasco County officials are seeking to fire Kearney Construction Inc. LLC as contractor on the stalled widening of DeCubellis Road. ...more

October 24, 2009

Mired in the aftermath of the housing meltdown, Pasco County commissioners are scouting a new path away from a dependence on sprawling residential growth for revenue toward a more balanced economy. ...more

October 23, 2009

It's not the answer parents expect and it's not exactly realistic. But whenever someone asks Nancy McBride to recommend when children can walk safely to and from school, she tells them never. ...more

October 23, 2009

Either way, Robert Shane Ballard's life was on the line. Facing a sentence of life in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine, Ballard decided to risk his life and cooperate with investigators. He would provide information about other drug dealers. ...more

October 22, 2009