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Trial date for Hudson quadruple murder suspect Matos delayed
NEW PORT RICHEY — Setting a trial date for Adam Matos, charged with four first-degree murders, has been postponed. → Read More
Pasco sees big swing in teacher scores
LAND O’ LAKES — The odds of a Pasco County student having a highly effective teacher have increased dramatically, according to a teacher evaluation report released this week by the Flor → Read More
Construction well underway on Pasco’s first magnet school
LAND O’ LAKES — Lindsey Davis, awake watching television at midnight anyway, decided to get a head start on the application process for Pasco County’s first magnet school. → Read More
Pasco sheriff: Landlords held accountable for crimes at rental homes
NEW PORT RICHEY — Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco vowed Wednesday to crack down on landlords who are renting out houses where criminal activity is happening, possibly even seizing the homes. → Read More
Pasco County delays work in area of holes at Holiday
HOLIDAY — Pasco County Utilities delivered letters Monday to residents on Torch Street where two holes recently opened, assuring them that nearby work on a sewage pump station won’t res → Read More
Pasco detectives arrest serial rape suspect
NEW PORT RICHEY — A Holiday man faces sexual battery and other charges after he invited prostitutes into his vehicle, claimed he was a law enforcement officer, then raped them, the Pasco Count → Read More
Setting trial date for movie theater shooting suspect delayed again
DADE CITY — Setting a trial date for accused movie-theater shooter Curtis Reeves Jr. is being put off once again. → Read More
Former Pasco assistant principal files discrimination lawsuit
A former assistant principal at Sunlake High School who claims she faced discrimination at work because she is a lesbian has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Pasco County School Boa → Read More
Officials await test results on holes in Holiday neighborhoods
HOLIDAY — Pasco County officials are still awaiting results of a geotechnical study to determine whether holes that opened up last week in two neighborhoods were caused by sewer construction w → Read More
School flu vaccinations keep kids in classrooms
WESLEY CHAPEL — Pasco County schools are taking on the flu in an effort to reduce student absenteeism related to the illness. → Read More
Residents await test results on holes in Holiday neighborhood
HOLIDAY — Every few hours, 80-year-old Cliff Denver ambles up to the yellow emergency tape to monitor what’s happening with the holes that opened up this week in the Holiday Travel Park → Read More
Utility work suspended near holes in Holiday community
HOLIDAY — Pasco County Utilities has temporarily suspended a sewer installation project near two large holes that formed in the Holiday Travel Park community this week, but Assistant County Ad → Read More
Public defender to represent Matos in Hudson quadruple murder trial
NEW PORT RICHEY — Adam Matos, the man accused in a quadruple homicide in Hudson, said in court Wednesday he wants to continue to be represented by the public defender’s office, even tho → Read More
Geologist to inspect hole under Holiday driveway
HOLIDAY — A hole that opened up in a driveway Monday morning and swallowed a car apparently grew slightly overnight and the car dropped another 2 to 4 feet, a Pasco County spokesman said Tuesd → Read More
Pasco sheriff seeks identity of boy making threat against high school
LAND O’ LAKES — The Pasco Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible threat to Land O’ Lakes High School after someone sent the school a photo Wednesday morning of a par → Read More
Union likens Pasco superintendent’s proposal to Halloween ‘trick’
LAND O’ LAKES — Contract negotiations between the Pasco County School District and the union that represents school employees became an exercise in dueling emails after the district pre → Read More
Failed charter a drag on Pasco County School District
ZEPHYRHILLS — The Pasco County School District is running into problems closing out the books on a Zephyrhills charter school for autistic students that shut down at the end of the 2013-14 sch → Read More
Richey Elementary students get lessons in nurtrition, origins of eggs from local farmer
NEW PORT RICHEY — When state Sen. Wilton Simpson gives a lesson on eggs, those props he’s using are the real thing. → Read More
Wiregrass Ranch parents push back on late-start plan
WESLEY CHAPEL — Backlash from parents upset about a proposed 10-period day at Wiregrass Ranch High has Pasco school district officials saying they are willing to consider other ways to deal wi → Read More
New nutrition rules eat into school fundraisers
LAND O’ LAKES — Pasco County School Board members expressed frustration this week about new federal standards that forced schools to change their a la carte offerings in cafeterias and → Read More