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On Oct. 28, Kearney Construction Co. LLC walked away from its unfinished effort to widen DeCubellis Road after the company's contract with Pasco County expired. Full Story »

A 20-year-old man is accused of punching his neighbor, causing a brain injury that required surgery. Full Story »

Forecasts of soggy weather have sunk plans for a Friday night boat parade in Gulf Harbors. The event has been rescheduled for Sunday. Full Story »

Tyler Hunter Odell spent three hours wandering around the Walmart Supercenter in Hudson before finally selecting a baseball bat, a glove and hats and dropping them in his shopping cart. Full Story »

Christine Lightfoot's reaction to a seemingly harmless teenage wisecrack will send her to prison for two decades. Full Story »

Mark Alan Mueller and his girlfriend were arguing over alcohol use Monday afternoon when she poured a 12-ounce Miller Lite beer onto the kitchen floor, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report states. Full Story »

NEW PORT RICHEY -- An 18-year-old Fort Campbell soldier wanted on a kidnapping charge out of Tennessee turned himself in Monday afternoon at the West Pasco Judicial Center. Gregg Walter Johnston, born in Brooksville, is accused of kidnapping and raping a cab driver at gunpoint Nov. 22. Full Story »

The Pasco County Legislative Delegation's annual meeting for the 2010 regular session will not be held until later January. Full Story »

Bad pill Editor: Donna King's partisanship, as revealed in her Nov. 21 letter to the editor, in which she urged us to ignore Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, blinds her to the facts. Full Story »

As adults, when most of us hear the word "Iraq," the image that comes to mind is pretty much based on what we've seen on network news over the years, shaded by what we've heard and perhaps by our political leanings. Full Story »

J.W. Mitchell High School sophomore Stephanie Villatoro braced herself as nurse Cathy Sage prepared to administer the swine flu vaccine last week, but as it turned out there was no worry. Full Story »

Poet Joyce Kilmer once penned the lines "I think that I shall never see/ A poem lovely as a tree." That helps explain why Dr. Garland Forbes once again will hand out 2,000 free saplings for area residents to plant. Full Story »

HPH Hospice will celebrate its 15th annual Tree of Life holiday event to remember and pay tribute to lost loved ones through trees adorned with lights and ready for ornaments. Full Story »

Christine Lightfoot had a pointed comeback to a teenager's joke about her ex-boyfriend, prosecutors say. A .22-caliber slug to the abdomen. Full Story »

Veterinary students at New Port Richey's Marchman Technical Education Center are being honored for their service to Pasco County's animal shelter. Full Story »

With the holidays upon us, it is time to think about those who are overseas serving their country. It wouldn't take much to brighten the season for them if we put our best foot forward - or best paw, as the case may be. Full Story »

The Pasco County Legislative Delegation's annual meeting has been derailed because of a special session in the state capital about a proposed high-speed rail system. Full Story »

Pasco County commissioners want to get to the bottom of the oil drilling issue, so they are planning a local workshop in January. "They said it's a done deal," County Commission Chairwoman Pat Mulieri said Tuesday about proposals to lift a ban on drilling near Florida coasts. Full Story »

Pasco County commissioners are discussing plans to build a sports complex in Trinity -- or somewhere else. Full Story »

Scientists at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have developed an unusual line of human cells they have used to explore which genes help disease pathogens such as viruses and bacteria do their dirty work. Full Story »

Stem cells found in the fluid that surrounds fetuses in the womb may be more flexible in treating diseases and conditions than originally thought, researchers said last week. Full Story »

An article in the Nov. 28 West Pasco edition of The Suncoast News, "Homes for the Holidays," gave an incorrect telephone number to call for more information about the Growing Great Moms Christmas Tour of Homes. The correct number is 727-514-2220. Full Story »

It practically takes a village to raise a village. Just ask the multitude of volunteers from Hope United Methodist Church who have spent the past five weekends building their own private Bethlehem for the church's annual Christmas food drive extravaganza. Full Story »

Barely done finishing off the Thanksgiving leftovers, West Pasco residents now can partake of numerous Christmas-themed parties, benefits and other holiday happenings. Among events to put people in the holiday spirit, the Children's Art Festival and Holiday Joy is coming up this Saturday, Dec. 5, at New Port Richey Recreation Center. Full Story »

More than a thousand years ago during their long voyages, the Vikings came across a plant in Iceland that seemed to boost their endurance. Today, many people are discovering a natural dietary supplement derived from Angelica archangelica , an herb the Vikings discovered. The Icelandic company SagaMedica is establishing a branch office in Port Richey to market its line of various products, which ... Full Story »