Stroll through the food court at the Pasco County Fair and you'll quickly realize the grub isn't just "fair food" anymore. While county fairs probably will sell cotton candy, corn dogs and elephant ears as long as there are Ferris wheels, this year's fair has some new vendors and quirky menu items, as well as established vendors who offer family-size meals. The novelties include a barbecue sundae made by Sandy Class of Bell, who owns Grandma Brown's Cinnamon Rolls with husband John. Sold in the Madill Building, Class' sundae is served in a cup with baked beans on the bottom, coleslaw in the middle, and pork or beef topped with barbecue sauce. Here are four highlighted vendors: ...more

February 21, 2008

A motorcyclist was killed and two people injured and taken to Florida Hospital Zephyrhills following a Monday afternoon wreck on Old Lakeland Highway, near County Road 54. ...more

February 12, 2008

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who play the Super Bowl XLII halftime show on Fox this Sunday, will play The Forum in downtown Tampa on July 16. ...more

January 29, 2008

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the stomach by a neighbor and flown to a Tampa Bay area hospital late Tuesday afternoon, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 16, 2008

A bicyclist was flown to a Tampa Bay area hospital Monday night after he was struck by a vehicle near Buford Avenue and U.S. 98 Bypass, Pasco Fire Rescue said. ...more

January 8, 2008

An abandoned building on Ridge Road was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening, Pasco Fire Rescue said. ...more

December 19, 2007

The young man who killed eight people and committed suicide in a shooting rampage at a department store spent four years in a series of treatment centers, group homes and foster care after threatening to kill his stepmother in 2002. ...more

December 7, 2007

Save Our Seabirds, a bird sanctuary at 2709 State Road 579, is preparing to move to a new home in Sarasota. ...more

December 4, 2007

Police identified a man killed in a single-vehicle wreck Saturday as Rayzelle D. Parker, 35, of 37501 Oakview Circle. ...more

December 4, 2007

Lee Fox, owner of Save Our Seabirds, a bird sanctuary at 2709 State Road 579, is preparing to move her feathered charges to a new home in Sarasota. ...more

December 3, 2007