New Port Richey News

New school needs a name; got an idea? When the Pasco County School District put out a call for ideas to name its newest elementary school in Odessa, leaders hoped to receive more suggestions than they had fingers.

Each Thanksgiving season, a few unlucky Americans manage to burn down their houses trying to deep fry a turkey.

Elderly woman found dead in swimming pool Authorities are investigating the death of an elderly woman found in a backyard swimming pool Thursday afternoon.

William Dennis Cheatley Jr., 34, of 4229 Athens Ave. in New Port Richey, had 14 marijuana plants, loose marijuana, grow equipment that included lights and transformers, pipes and scales, deputies said.

Deputies are investigating a fatal stabbing at an apartment complex on Trouble Creek Road in New Port Richey.

Willard Clark, ex-Richey Suncoast Theatre president, died in 1981, but his ghost is said to linger at his favorite seat, BB1.

Right at Home , an assistance agency that provides in-home care for seniors and disabled adults who want to continue to live independently, has opened a new office at 6630 Rowan Road, New Port Richey.

The stated public support for extending New Port Richey's ordinance allowing alcohol sales at special events downtown has been nearly unanimous.

Woman arrested on drug, fleeing charges A 42-year-old New Port Richey woman was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and fleeing to elude after authorities say she fled during a traffic stop.

A jury on Wednesday convicted a New Port Richey man of raping a woman who didn't live to tell her story in court.

Woman pleads guilty to mail, wire fraud Rosa Barrett Herrera, owner of Covenant Construction Unlimited in New Port Richey, has pleaded guilty in federal court to wire and mail fraud in a scheme in which authorities say she billed an invoice company for work her firm never performed.

A woman fatally stabbed a man in the chest tonight, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said.

Sheena Parveen Samanipour, a 2008 graduate of Florida State University, is expected to join WTVT's weather team in mid November.

The former director of a Tampa Bay area adoption agency pleaded guilty Monday to bilking adoptive parents out of more than $178,000. Debra W. West, 58, of New Port Richey must repay the money she stole to avoid prison.

A 32-year-old man has been indicted on federal charges in a murder-for-hire scheme.

A Hernando County man is in custody after the Sheriff of Pasco County says he confessed to shooting and killing his wife and a man that she was in a relationship with.

Girl, 3, seen in parking lot, prompts alert call A 3-year-old girl was seen wandering in the parking lot of a grocery store about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, said Kevin Doll, Pasco County sheriff's spokesman.

The Pasco Sheriff's Office is looking for a couple who have been missing for several days.

Grandma's Candy Kitchen was started by the original owner back in 1978. Then located in Holiday, it moved to the Davis Plaza, and now to it's new home on Grand Blvd.

Pasco County deputies, as well as officers from the state Department of Corrections and the Dade City, New Port Richey and Zephyrhills police departments, made 68 domestic violence-related arrests during a special sweep Thursday.