As technology advances, new immunizations are developed with the ability to protect children from debilitating and deadly diseases. As a parent, I know it gets confusing trying to keep all the vaccine guidelines straight. The recent tragic death of a USF student from bacterial meningitis has resulted in more parents asking me for advice about the meningitis vaccine. So, I'll recap some of the latest information outlined by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. ...more

November 23, 2007

LAKE PLACID — All four members of the town council favored drafting an ordinance that might pave the way for installation of cameras at the intersection of Interlake Boulevard and U.S. 27 in an effort to curtail red light violators. ...more

November 21, 2007

Pasco County spent years and years trying to get the state to put up the money to dredge the roughly 2-mile-long Hudson Channel. Noe it is embroiled in a controversy over sea grass warning signs. ...more

November 13, 2007

The country's leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don't babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don't point to toys. ...more

October 29, 2007

'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' was a proud moment in American history. Standing alongside the Berlin wall that divided east and west Germans, President Ronald Reagan demanded it be removed. ...more

October 22, 2007

New Port Richey officials are making good on their word to help alleviate the strain on downtown business owners caused by the slow-moving Missouri Avenue drainage improvement project. One move the city made late last week has drawn a rave review from one downtown business person. ...more

October 17, 2007

Despite 26 security cameras, officials couldn't say Thursday how an armed, suspended 14-year-old student was able to get into his downtown school a day earlier and shoot two students and two teachers before killing himself. ...more

October 12, 2007

Thoreau J. Nellum's church has a health fair, but he would like to see St. Peter Claver Catholic Church do more to help parishioners avoid illness. ...more

October 3, 2007

Roy and Anna Burgess were more like family than friends, neighbors said. ...more

September 30, 2007

TAMPA - Roy and Anna Burgess were more like family than friends, neighbors said. ...more

September 29, 2007