Rain washes out festival, but doesn't dampen spirits
Greater Wesley Chapel Community Festival names its honorary mayor for her fundraising achievements.

Residents sue over fees to use golf course
Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club homeowners say they were promised free golf for life but are now charged a fee. The management company says it can no longer afford the agreement.

Officials suspend high school counselor
She is on paid administrative leave after a student at J.W. Mitchell High reported "inappropriate behavior" last week, the superintendent says.

Murder charge dropped in fatal shooting
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County sheriff's detectives arrested Michael Carroll Wilson last month on a charge of second-degree murder, saying he wasn't justified in shooting a man on a darkened Moon Lake road during an argument.

Boy's ordeal kindles cancer research drive
TRINITY -- Before leukemia took him, 12-year-old Kevin LaPlante needed to see two things through.

Accomplice takes plea deal in 2000 murder
Ronald Spaulding will serve 30 years for his role in the slaying of Robert Dean and testify against his cousins.

PHCC snaps 5-game skid
NEW PORT RICHEY -- The Pasco-Hernando Community College baseball team snapped a five-game losing skid with Friday's 7-2 win over St. Petersburg College.

Breinigs leaving coaching posts
The couple is moving to Virginia from Ridgewood, where they both worked.

Newton leaves Gulf for Mitchell post
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Gulf needs a girls basketball coach.

Saint Leo hall welcomes 7
SAINT LEO -- Some good-natured ribbing harkened back to days gone by for two former Saint Leo baseball players who struck it big in the major leagues.

Club champion a team player
Doug Stewart doubled his golfing pleasure last week.

Former St. Leo chief Charles Gordon dies
Most of his career was spent in the town, with about 25 years as the police chief. He was 63.

Chasco Fiesta fun, learning continue
A variety of American Indian presentations will educate and entertain through Sunday.

Jan Glidewell: Remote ancestors gave men this urge
"Let's see," said my wife, grabbing the object out of my hand and heading for the couch.

Police reports: Woman charged with stealing from lost wallet
ZEPHYRHILLS -- A shopper's lost wallet was returned Friday evening at the Wal-Mart Supercenter at 7631 Gall Blvd. But the $500 inside was not, a Pasco County sheriff's report said.

Letters: Information on Web site would have helped
Editor: The taxpayers of Pasco County spend a great deal of money each year to maintain a very useful and information-filled Web site. However, information regarding the recent order to boil water was nowhere to be found on the Web site. This is a major oversight. How many fewer phone calls would the folks in the utilities area needed to handle if the average Joe could have simply been directed to the Web site? I am aware that the information has been posted on public access television, however in my neighborhood most of us have satellite, not cable.