Port Richey News

Craig Carroll walks through the construction site of a new miniature golf course Congo River Golf.

Bob Lyon explains his Helix Wind turbine Friday during installation behind his Port Richey home.

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

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.

The man who sought to save himself from prison by falsely testifiying that William Dillon told him about a Brevard County murder in 1981 apologized and shook hands today with Dillon -- who publicly forgave him.

TALLAHASSEE - A state hearing officer today began consideration of a $1.35 million compensation claim for a man who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Man accused of exploiting ill 90-year-old An 18-year-old man is accused of ripping off the elderly woman who lives next door to his grandmother.

The Rev. Stephen Kauffman will be installed at 4 p.m. Nov. 1 at King of Kings Lutheran Church.

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.