TBO Pasco News

Budget to force cuts

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Pasco County commissioners will get their first look Tuesday at the proposed county budget for 2009-10 - a spending plan that promises to force county leaders to make difficult choices about what services the county can offer in the face of diminishing tax receipts.

PAREAL10

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS The address shown is the property address listed by the buyer. Most of the sales took place during the past six weeks. This isn't a complete list of real estate transactions. Sales are listed by city, in ascending value.

Movie Times

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

MOVIE TIMES Movie listings are submitted by Bay area theaters. They are subject to change without notice. These listings reflect only today's movie times.

Leadership conference targets schools

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Principals and other school district supervisors will get the opportunity to add to their administrative know-how this week during a four-day leadership conference at Wesley Chapel High School.

Students honored for concerts

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A fundraising spring concert resulted in numerous benefits, including a prestigious honor for the Gulf High students who organized the event.

Judge scraps liability award

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A judge on Friday ordered a new trial in the civil case over the 2005 strangling of a 21-year-old Land O' Lakes man outside a McDonald's.

Shrimper tells Pasco deputy of relationship with minor

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A 22-year-old shrimper told a Pasco County deputy he was dating a 14-year-old girl.

PASCOCRIME

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published in an effort to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office between June 28-July 4 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service.

Movie Times

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

MOVIE TIMES Movie listings are submitted by Bay area theaters. They are subject to change without notice. These listings reflect only today's movie times.

Concert to offer gamut of arias, musicals, pop

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

An upcoming concert in San Antonio will feature a rich offering of opera, Broadway and contemporary music, and it's all for a good cause.

New author shares 'Such As I Have'

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Maxine Strunk of Holiday wrote her first book at age 88. Her debut novel, "Such As I Have," was meant as a comforting gift for two family members.

New trial ordered in lawsuit over McDonald's parking lot death

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:23:00 EDT

Two weeks after a jury awarded $1.5 million to the parents of a man strangled to death in a parking lot fight, a judge today ordered a new trial in the case.

Police, firefighter contracts being negotiated in Zephyrhills

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:00:00 EDT

A new union contract used to mean annual pay raise for city police and firefighters. But in today's lean economic times, those are days of the past. The city's police and firefighter unions are negotiating new contracts this summer, but neither is asking for pay increase, City Manager Steve Spina said.

Land O' Lakes boys headed to section baseball

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:06:00 EDT

Little League baseball

'The bill keeps going up,' Progress Energy told

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Critics of a proposed Progress Energy Florida rate increase turned out in force at a public hearing here Wednesday.

Snake spooks man trimming weeds in yard

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

When reptile trapper Richard Sullivan got the call Tuesday that an 8- or 9-foot python was caught outside a home in Pasco County, he excitedly drove to the Tahitian Gardens home only to find "a little" 4-foot-long boa constrictor.

Police, fire unions not seeking raises

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A new union contract used to mean an annual pay raise for city police and firefighters. But in today's lean economic times, those are days of the past.

Father accused of abusing toddler

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A mother came home from work Tuesday night and found her children's father holding down their 17-month-old son and digging his thumb into the child's back, according to a police report.

Property values beat expectations

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A glint of silver appeared this week in the black cloud looming over Pasco County's real estate market: the decline in the county's property values wasn't as bad as expected.

Motions filed for new trial

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

As expected, the $1.5 million jury verdict awarded to the parents of a man strangled to death in a parking lot fight won't go unchallenged.