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  1. Paul Smith, who was killed by a sheriff's deputy Saturday, shown just before the fatal incident on body camera footage. Courtesy of Pasco Sheriff's Office.
  2. Teachers' unions across Tampa Bay face deadlines for action if they hope to stay in business in the face of new rules passed by state lawmakers.
  3. In 2009, DCH Timber and its neighbor Coastal Landfill argued over the private road between the properties. At the time, DCH Timber's Barbara Ryals had a fence put up down the middle of the road to stop the landfill from trespassing on her property. The issues between the neighbors have continued, with the timber company filing a lawsuit against the landfill earlier this month over continuing grievances.
  4. Jerry Burton, 31, of Tampa, works to lay new asphalt along 49th Street North and 94th Avenue North in Pinellas Park in 2019. A new study from researchers at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University found that Tampa is seeing the largest increase in nighttime temperatures during the fall months when compared to the biggest cities in the state.
  5. The University of South Florida has been targeted in a complaint about a research project that resulted in two pigs being euthanized after surgery in July 2023. A national animal welfare group says the school violated federal law and should face consequences.
  6. With her son, Wyatt, beside her holding props, Myndee Washington, a teacher and LGBTQ+ activist, calls on the Pasco County School Board to rescind its ban on "safe space" stickers during a meeting on Sept. 12, 2022. Now that a court settlement has clarified the law that caused the ban, Washington is asking the district to reverse it.
  7. Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute is grappling with a major cyberattack that hit Change Healthcare in February.
  8. Global ETS has been awarded job creation incentive money from the Pasco Economic Development Council as the high-tech business continues to expand.
  9. Tom Dempsey, who developed Wesley Chapel's Saddlebrook Resort, died Friday at age 97.
  10. Former Pinellas-Pasco Public Defender Bob Dillinger has died at 72, a spokesperson for the office said Monday. In this photo, Dillinger sits for a portrait, on Dec. 15, 2020, in Clearwater shortly before he retired.
  11. The new welcome sign to New Port Richey has been installed at U.S. 19 and Main Street, one of numerous projects signifying ongoing change in both incorporated and unincorporated West Pasco. County and city leaders meeting earlier this month talked about common project needs from road work to redevelopment to finding new solutions to the growing homeless population in the area.
  12. The Pasco County School Board holds its meetings inside Building 3 at district headquarters in Land O' Lakes. The board approved a $1.2 million settlement with the family of Marcus Button, a former student injured in a 2006 bus accident. But the deal fell through as the 2024 legislative session came to a close.
  13. Fire Chief Barbara Tripp initiated a call to Tampa Police after a Tampa Bay Times reporter sought public records last month at Tampa Fire Rescue's downtown headquarters. Tripp ordered a department dispatcher to summon the cops. A 911 call was placed by a department dispatcher a minute later.
  14. Alyssa Andres with the Crystal River Bull Shark Project releases a young shark after gathering data on Feb. 11 in Crystal River.
  15. The Pasco County school district has agreed to change the way its schools treat students with disabilities as part of a settlement related to a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation.
  16. This sign greets visitors to the Pasco County school district headquarters in Land O'Lakes on Monday, March 4, 2024.
  17. Nurses from the National Nurses United union protest Monday outside HCA Florida Largo Hospital. The hospital is compromising safety by assigning nurses up to 14 patients, they said.
  18. Beachgoers are seen along Clearwater Beach in 2021. Florida and its beaches are a top destination for spring break. Locally, school districts and three top colleges all share the week of March 11-15 off.
  19. This view is looking south over Eiland Boulevard at the SR 54 intersection.
  20. This screenshot is taken from the Instagram account of Sophie Hall, 34, under the account name "sophiesselfies224." The Pasco County-based influencer is suing Tyreek Hill, a Miami Dolphins player, alleging he pushed her down and fractured her leg.
  21. Dade City Hall
  22. Kacey Musgraves will bring her Deeper Well World Tour to Amalie Arena in Tampa on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. Concert tickets go on sale next week.
  23. The Links golf course in Beacon Woods closed in 2019 and for the last few months the owner has been working with the county on a new plan for the property. Some nearby neighbors are accepting an offer from the owners Lowman Links to take on responsibility for the land, which is now planted with trees. Another homeowners group has not yet stepped forward to decide if the old tree-planted fairways should become their responsibility.
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